Global Butoh: San Francisco Butoh Festival, August 15, 1998, Program

Workshop presented by Kokoro (sometimes misspelled as Kokora) Dance on August 15, 1998 at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Workshop performance directed by and featuring members of Kokoro Dance., Kokoro Dance is a Vancouver-based post-butoh company, formed in 1986 by Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi. It takes its name from the Japanese word Kokoro- meaning heart, soul, and spirit. Kokoro Dance creates deeply evocative and provocative performances. Inspired by Butoh, but with a background in western modern dance training Kokoro fuses the aesthetic of East and West.

1998年8月15日，由Kokoro舞蹈团（Kokoro Dance，有时被误拼为Kokora）于旧金山海洋海滩（Ocean Beach）呈现的工作坊活动，其演出由该舞团成员执导并参演。Kokoro舞蹈团是一家扎根于温哥华的后舞踏（post-butoh）艺术团体，由芭芭拉·博热（Barbara Bourget）与杰·平山（Jay Hirabayashi）于1986年共同创立。其名称取自日语词汇“Kokoro”，意为“心灵、灵魂与精神”。该舞团创作极具感染力与颠覆性的舞台作品，既受舞踏（Butoh）艺术启发，又兼具西方现代舞的训练背景，将东西方美学融为一体。