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Butoh dancers embrace grotesque body movements

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Because graceful pirouettes just don't adequately express existential terror. Performers cover themselves in white powder and contort their bodies in agonizingly slow, awkward poses, effectively turning sheer discomfort into high-end performance art.

Butoh dancers embrace grotesque body movements
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