inkBoat, founded in 1998, continually invites in the collaborative voices of artists who meet in uncertain territories. The company brings together disperate backgrounds in Noh Theater, Coporeal Mime, Butoh Dance, Physical Theater, and unconventional orchestrations involving acoustic instruments, sound design and nostalgic wonderment.
Shinichi Iova-Koga directs “Clouds from a Crumbling Giant,” a rumination on being and non-being in collaboration with Dana Iova-Koga, Jubilith Moore, Dan Cantrell, Elke Luyten, Cass Tunick, Adria Otte, Mari Osanai, Allen Willner and KT Nelson.
The San Francisco premiere in April/May 2026 at SFIAF also featured Pamela Z, Khatchadour Khatchadourian, Suki O’Kane, Kaori Yamashita, Edward Schocker, Crow Nishimura, Brian Collentine, Jon Raskin, Ann Dragich, Eileen Housteau, Erin Carper, Joy Cosculluela, Mary Parks, Jackson Kao, Maia, Elizabeth Pasquale, Jim Koester, Kristine Manuel, Francis Aquino, Mindy Ng, Francis Cailles, Dani Hu and Kevin Armin.
The presentation of Clouds from a Crumbling Giant by inkBoat was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. Development supported by Rainin Foundation, MAP Fund (supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation and Mellon Foundation), National Endowment for the Arts, CASH Fund, Zellerbach Family Foundation and San Francisco Arts Commission.
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