Biography
Born in Fukuoka in 1949. He learned martial arts like Kendô, Aidô & Aikidô.
He learned & worked Butô w the master KASAI Akira between 1972 & 1979.
In 1980, he created his own comapy « Seiryû kai » in 1980 Tokyo.
Working in Fukuoka since 1985, his aim is to open Butô to the world.
He made a lot of shows in Tokyo, Kyoto, Pékin, Shanghai, Wuzhen … etc, .
He is considered as a master of Butoh.
Nobuo Harada is a dancer, founder of Butoh Seiryukai and also researcher at Kawai Institute for Culture and Education.
In 1972 he was impressed by Akira Kasai’s play,“The bottom of the hill (with a guest performer, Kazuo Ohno)”, and decided to change his way to Butoh.
From 1972 to 1979 he learnt Butoh in Akira’s studio, Tenshi-kan. After his independence from Tenshi-kan, he established Butoh Seiryukai in Tokyo in 1980.
Now based in Fukuoka, he performs both comedy and drama, artistically and inartistically, as a manly dancer in women’s dress.
At his Body Expression Education Workshop in Kawai Institute for Culture and Education, topics like “body and language” and “education and expression” using the actual body are discussed theoretically and practically.
©all pictures Kaz Tsurudome
The unique show of the 7th april 2017 at Le Lieu Sans Nom is availbale on dvd.
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Generative Butoh Dance
Release 2017
HARADA Nobuo Generative Butô Dance / Live in Bordeaux. 原田伸雄 舞踏の現場 in ボルドー It’s a collector’s box set from unique show in Bordeaux of Butô master Harada Nobuo. Carton box 13 X 13 X 2cm w : dvd 72’ + 4 pictures ©Kaz Tsurudome 12,4 X 12,4cm + 4 double sided data sheets french/japanese 12,4 X 12,4. […]
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