Buto definition
A dance form developed in postwar Japan which rejects Eastern and Western dance conventions, expressing intense emotions through slow, controlled, and sometimes distorted movements.
noun
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Origin of buto
- Japanese butō short for (ankoku) butō dance (of darkness) bu dance (from Middle Chinese ʋuə̆´) tō to step on, stamp, tread (from Middle Chinese dap) probably also influenced by tō to stamp on, tread (from Middle Chinese tfiaw)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition