The following abstract will elaborate an analysis on the practice of butoh in Brazil. Butoh's aesthetics and body knowledge have become part of cultural studies in Brazil. Many artists and performers today use butoh as a practice of gender and sexuality dissent. It is intended to present the work of the Brazilian artist Mowgli-Saura, creator of what she names Kaos Butoh: a tropical interpretation of the influence of Japanese body art. In addition, it seeks to bring together knowledge about the human through technology and globalization. To support the disussion: the concept of the body will be studied in the works of Christine Greiner, Kunichi Uno and Michael Foucault. Finally, it is intended to expose how the artistic practices of the Japanese Tatsumi Hijikata, Butoh master, raised the brazilian body art to strange and disruptive levels and promoted the creation of works on gender, sexuality and culture.

Authors:
Noah Cidreira Ribeiro, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

About the Presenter(s)
Mr noah cidreira ribeiro is a University Doctoral Student at Universidade Federal da Bahia in Brazil

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