Shinichi on 95 Rituals: “Anna is the stone, the rock. This rock drops into the pool and we’re all the little ripples that move out from the impact of the rock…
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INTERVIEWS Archives - inkBoat
In 2006, AXIS Dance Company, comprised of dancers with and without disabilities (physically-integrated), focused on movement and choreographic exploration with four choreographers (Shinichi Iova-Koga, Alex Ketley, Kate Weare and Isabel…
The performances are over, but somehow the collaboration between AXIS, inkBoat, Joan and Dohee has not left my life. I still have an acute muscle memory for some of the…
Before creating choreography, Ko and Shinichi addressed an invited audience at MANCC in 2009 to describe intentions behind Crazy Cloud.
If I go into nature, that is inspiring to me, it elevates me and gives me the strength to continue with the life struggle, but I do not put the…
Jenny Schaffer talks with Shinichi Iova-Koga about how Action Theater has influenced his work.
Email Interview with Paul Roquet Paul Roquet: What interests me still about Butoh is the use of an array of techniques to thwart all attempts at intellectual interpretation. The grotesque,…
Destruction, Creation, and the In-between DEC 2003 Interview with Shinichi Iova-Koga by Alaska Yamada I recently saw “Heaven’s Radio,” performed by inkboat, a theater group founded and led by Shinichi…
Faun Fables interview The following is an excerpt from an email interview with Dawn in April 2002. bzzt: What things have you and Nils done with the Bay area…