Go to page 158 of Scintillae 2012 for 'Hiroshima Dance' (NB: 'Europe after the Rain' is on Pg. 157). Poems copyright Ian irvine (Hobson) all rights reserved.

Image: 'Three dancers engaged in 'Silent Scream''. From, Jassminesclassblog - copyright with the blog owner and/or associates. There are many excellent links/images and a brief description of this form of dancing at the blog.

In her blog Jasmine writes: "Butoh is an amazing modern movement art form. It came, conceptually, out of the post atomic experience in Japan.  Where many forms of dance, such as ballet, focus on the form of the body, and the aesthetic qualities of the human body and the beauty of the shapes it can make, Butoh focuses instead on the grotesque.  It is a way of expressing the human potential for lack of self, for destruction and death." 



Dr Ian Irvine (Hobson) is the author of two novels, a book of poetry and an acclaimed nonfiction book on chronic forms of alienation and ennui. His works have featured in various Australian national writing anthologies as well as in over 100 journals and magazines. He has co-edited over 20 writing anthologies and has taught as a creative arts educator and sometimes course coordinator since 1994. He is the founder and chief songwriter of the alt. rock band Interstitium, and was also the lead singer and co-songwriter of Australian alt rock band "Goya's Child (Original)" before his departure in 1994.