bu·to or bu·toh (b  t )n. A dance form developed in postwar Japan which rejects Eastern and Western dance conventions, expressing intense emotions through slow, controlled, and sometimes distorted movements. [Japanese but , short for (ankoku) but, dance (of darkness) : Chinese (Mandarin) w , dance + Chinese (Mandarin) tà, step, stamping.] |
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