Welcome!

My name is Bruce Baird. I teach Japanese Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. My main research focus is on the avant-garde dance form butô (also spelled “butoh”). I am also interested in new media studies and Japan.

On this page, you can find information about my books and a conference I co-organized. Thanks for visiting.

The photo above is of butô dancer and choreographer Hijikata Tatsumi in 1972. It was taken by Onozuka Makoto.