Butoh, influenced by European expressionism, shifted Japanese traditional dance to the artistic avant-garde of the 20th century postwar period. The founders of Butoh were two revolutionaries of dance, Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, who fought conventions and rules with the desire to reveal the truth of the human being in life and death. I met Ko Murobushi and Mirjam Morad in the late 90s and had the opportunity to photograph several creations, always drawn to their storytelling and exploration of the body.