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Japan's oldest dancer Ohno dies at 103

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in June 1998, Japan's oldest and internationally acclaimed Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno (C) performs at Theater Cocoon in Tokyo. Ohno died of respiratory failure on June 1, 2010, at a hospital in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 103.

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Butoh gains international recognition as avant-garde dancing

HOKUTO, Japan - Min Tanaka, 61, performs at an outdoor summer festival ''Dance Hakushu'' held in the Hokuto city's Hakushu area in August 2006.

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Japan's oldest dancer Ohno dies at 103

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in June 1998, Japan's oldest and internationally acclaimed Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno (C) performs at Theater Cocoon in Tokyo. Ohno died of respiratory failure on June 1, 2010, at a hospital in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 103. (Kyodo)