During the lockdown in the spring of 2021, I undertook an online introductory course on Butoh. Being intrinsically introvert, a non-performer with no dance training, I was not sure how I would cope with this exploration of my inner body. It’s deeply personal. I am accessing some of the issues around degeneration of the body. It is a dialogue with myself. 

In addition to myself being the subject, these videos are a departure for me in that they use footage captured using a real camera – I am indebted to Kamlan Munsamy for his skilled and intuitive camera work, all done in one take.

Body butoh degeneration exploration human osteo-arthritis skin