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Japanese Butoh dance. Formed in 1975 by Ushio Amagatsu, Sankai Juku creates an other worldly, emotionally charged atmosphere, uniting the audience in an imagined world of secret ritual. The work is sensual, meticulously choreographed and performed with immense intensity. Kinkan Shonen, explores a boy's dream about life and death using mystic imagery as dancers’ bodies slowly transform into a series of almost non-human shapes, and a live peacock patrols the stage.