July 23   Butoh   Occupied Bodies: Re-thinking the Atomic Gaze in Ankoku Butoh   Adam Broinowski     This talk explores key principles devised by the founders of Ankoku Butoh (‘Dance of Darkness’), the most significant original dance form to have emerged from the 1950s and 1960s. Intrinsically linked to Japan’s postwar condition, Butoh transformed the penetrating violence of Hiroshima and the occupation apparatus, re-writing the dominant narrative which underpinned new Japan. Today, the principles of Butoh are imbued with renewed relevance in the shadow of the Fukushima disaster and the return of atomic and Cold War legacies. Seen in this light, Ankoku Butoh—and indeed the art and life of the 1950s and 1960s in general—offers clues for rethinking our lived priorities in a post-‘Fukushima’ world.   About Adam Broinowski Dr Adam Broinowski is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Culture, History and Language at the Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University (ANU). He has worked as an independent professional theatre and filmmaker, and collaborated with various companies including the performance group Gekidan Kaitaisha (Tokyo). He has recently completed a monograph on the cultural history of aesthetic responses in postwar Japan (forthcoming).       Photo: Hijikata Tatsumi, 1968 © Nakatani Tadao, Hijikata Tatsumi to Nihonjin: Nikutai no hanran (1968)