A flor no Butoh de Kazuo Ohno

Abstract

The article is a comparative study about Butoh and Nô language, focusing on the aspect of an actor s performance. Zeami’s advice given to the actors of Nô theatre, recorded in Füshikaden Book III (written in the XV century) served as the base. Zeami stresses the necessity of actors tirelessly polishing their art, in order to captivate the spectators. Something which is only possible when the actors get to apprehend the Flower of interpretation. The analyses of the performance and thoughts of Kazuo Ohno, born in 1906, one of the founders of Butoh、 Language and still acting at present on the stages around the world is the reference of the comparison among two languages. Thus the search for Zeami’s Flower in the universe of Ohno’s art is the Ariadne’s thread in the Butoh labyrinth.