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In Memory of Kazuo Ohno

  • A. D. Jameson

    • Kazuo Ohno passed away today. He was 103. With Hijikata Tatsumi, he founded Butoh. He was one of the most beautiful dancers.

    You can read a bit more about him here and here.

    I’ve organized some videos of him performing, below.

    Here’s something older, a trailer for a film featuring Ohno and others:

    Ohno never stopped dancing. He performed in a wheelchair in the 1990s, and the following videos see him dancing with Virginie Marchand on his 99th birthday:

    And this last one is my favorite, but you’ll have to click through for it.

    May he rest in peace.

    • A. D. Jameson is the author of five books, most recently I FIND YOUR LACK OF FAITH DISTURBING: STAR WARS AND THE TRIUMPH OF GEEK CULTURE and CINEMAPS: AN ATLAS OF 35 GREAT MOVIES (with artist Andrew DeGraff). Last May, he received his Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the Program for Writers at UIC.

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