Kazuo Ohno 大野一雄

butoh workshop @ kyoto, originally uploaded by gu@n.

Dance legend and butoh founder Kazuo Ohno passed away 6/1 at 4:38 pm in Japan. He was 103. Our hearts are with his loved ones.

Kazuo Ohno (or Ohno Kazuo, 大野一雄) (October 27, 1906 – June 1, 2010) was a Japanese dancer who has become a guru and inspirational figure in the dance form known as Butoh. It has been written of him that his very presence is an "artistic fact." He is featured on the cover of Antony and the Johnsons' 2009 CD The Crying Light, which is dedicated to him.