http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/arts/dance/recalling-butoh-pioneers-at-japan-society.html 2016-09-07 17:16:46 Recalling Butoh Pioneers, at Japan Society Work inspired by Kazuo Ohno and Tatsumi Hijikata will be presented on Sept. 16 and 17. === One day, the Japanese dancer Takao Kawaguchi had a vision. “It suddenly popped into my head: I want to become Kazuo Ohno,” he recalled. Ohno, who Mr. Kawaguchi’s “About Kazuo Ohno” shares a program with Big Dance Theater, a New York group