2019
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Mon14Jan2019Mon28Jan2019
Profi Training in January w/ Shinichi
Jeweils Montag 10.00 h - 11.15 hUniverse 9, Bewegungsraum, Obermattweg 9, 6052 Hergiswil
Kosten: Fr. 15.-
In January, the training will focus on Noguchi Taiso, with elements from Body Weather Training.
Kontakt: info(at)inkboat.com
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Tue05Feb2019Tue26Feb2019
Profi Training in February
Jeweils Dienstag, 10.00 h - 11.15 htanzerei, Geissensteinring 10 in Luzern
Motion through space, drawing on a number of modalities, including Noguchi Taiso, Qi Gong and Japanese Avant-Garde and Traditional performing arts. Taught by Shinichi Iova-Koga.Kosten: Fr. 15.-, ist direkt vor Ort an Lehrperson zu bezahlen
Die tanzerei wird kostenlos zur Verfügung gestellt.
Anmeldung: mindestens 24 Std. vorher an: 076 571 84 67 oder info@tanzerei.net -
Wed13Feb2019Wed10Apr2019
Weekly Class: Yang Sheng Gong
Jeweils Mittwoch, 10.00 h-11.00 hUniverse 9, Obermattweg 9, Hergiswil 6052, Switzerland
Enter cafe first, ask cafe employee for directions to Bewegungsraum.
Yang Sheng Gong includes a series of physical exercises designed to soften the body, develop functional flexibility and promote general health by increasing the power of the immune system, strengthening connective tissue, tendons and joints and increasing the flow of qi, blood and subtle fluids. Lung resiliency develops through a variety of breathing techniques. Taught by Shinichi
More information on Yang Sheng Gong and other teachings HERE.
Kosten: Fr. 15.-, ist direkt vor Ort an Lehrperson zu bezahlen
Anmeldung: mindestens 24 Std. vorher an: info@inkboat.com
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Fri22Feb2019
Sound, Motion and the Unknown
20.00 hChäslager Stans Kulturhaus
Alter Postplatz
Postfach 253
6371 Stans
Dana and Shinichi Iova-Koga (dance) and Suki O’Kane (music) will be performing short elements from an upcoming work entitled “The Storm in My House.” As well, Shinichi and Dana will be performing for the first time with Fabien Sevilla (music), working within improvisational structures. Sarah Bowman and Shinichi will also be performing an improvisational set. More information HERE. -
Mon25Feb2019Mon01Apr2019
Weekly Class: Basic Movement for Dance
Jeweils Montag, 10.00 h-11.00 hUniverse 9, Obermattweg 9, Hergiswil 6052, Switzerland
Enter cafe first, ask cafe employee for directions to Bewegungsraum.
Basic movements through space from elements of Noguchi Taiso, Qi Gong and Japanese Avant-Garde and traditional trainings.Taught by Shinichi
More information on these and other teachings HERE.
Kosten: Fr. 15.-, ist direkt vor Ort an Lehrperson zu bezahlen
Anmeldung: mindestens 24 Std. vorher an: info@inkboat.com
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Tue05Mar2019Tue26Mar2019
Weekly Class: Profi Trainierung im März
Jeweils Dienstag, 10.00 h - 11.15 htanzerei, Geissensteinring 10 in Luzern
Motion through space, drawing on a number of modalities, including Noguchi Taiso, Qi Gong and Japanese Avant-Garde and Traditional performing arts.Taught by Shinichi
Kosten: Fr. 15.-, ist direkt vor Ort an Lehrperson zu bezahlen
Die tanzerei wird kostenlos zur Verfügung gestellt.
Anmeldung: mindestens 24 Std. vorher an: 076 571 84 67 oder info@tanzerei.net -
Sat16Mar2019
Performance: Second Storm
5:00pm
Second Storm is a work in development towards the creation of The Storm in My House, a multi-disciplinary (dance, music and installation) performance.Along with members of Rova Saxophone Quartet, Second Storm is collaboratively created and performed by inkBoat, directed by Shinichi Iova-Koga. The theme is home: its absence, its presence, and the feeling of home as physical space, identity or culture.
Second Storm features Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, Dana Iova-Koga, Megan Kurashige, Shannon Kurashige, Kamerin McDonald, Suki O’Kane and Amy Rathbone.
Second Storm is Co-Presented with swissnex San Franciso as PART OF TO BE FREE: COUNTERPULSE FESTIVAL 2019
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Sun14Apr2019
Performance: Improvisation
15:00Bewegungsraum, Universe 9, Hergiswil
Shinichi and guests performing improvisation.
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Fri19Apr2019Sun21Apr2019
Workshop: Balance, Wave, Spiral and Soften
Varies by DayWestern Sky Studio | 2525 8th Street, #13A | Berkeley, CA 94710
Friday, April 19, 4pm-8pm: Balance (on and off its edge)
Saturday, April 20, 10am-1pm: Wave (slow becomes smooth, smooth becomes fast)
Saturday, April 20, 2pm-5pm: Spiral (multiple connections within form)
Sunday, April 21, 1pm-6pm: Soften (the dynamics of release)Each of the four sessions focuses on a particular quality of motion. We will explore the structural and energetic components of these qualities in detail. Improvisational scores will stem from the physical research.
Taught by Shinichi
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Sat20Apr2019
Performance: What Crisis?
20:00Western Sky Studio | 2525 8th Street, #13A | Berkeley, CA 94710
An evening of improvisation. We encounter the unknown, sometime with headlong abandon, sometimes like dissolving into the air. Movement Artist Shinichi Iova-Koga with Musicians Kamerin McDonald, Nils Frykdahl and Max Baloian.To see examples of improvisation with Shinichi: https://vimeo.com/channels/improvisation
Tickets: $15 at the door
Photo by Pak Han
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Thu02May2019
Performance: Third Storm
20:00Neubad, Luzern
Das Tanzfest Luzern. Dana and Shinichi perform a short work on a program with Luzern dance companies.
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Sun05May2019
Performance: Fall, Splat, Rejoice in Living
20:30Ufer Studios, Studio 1
Uferstr. 8/23, Badstr. 41a
13357 Berlin
As a child, high places terrified me. It’s natural as it could mean death to fall. The body flinches and tightens. Lately, I’ve been practicing giving in to gravity, to release that contraction born from fear. And then I start sensing the depth of fear, the levels of fear. And then I fall again.
Performed by Shinichi at NOW! Festival
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Sun05May2019
Workshop: Two Minds in Action
13:15-15:45Ufer Studios, Studio 1
Uferstr. 8/23, Badstr. 41a
13357 Berlin
Each step, sound, word or action we generate extends an invitation to those around us, prompting a series of responses and interactions which become the flesh and bones of a new organism. Provided that we remain aware of this relationship, it lives.Taught by Shinichi at NOW! Festival
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Tue14May2019Tue21May2019
Profi Training in May
14 + 21 Mai, Dienstag, 10.00 h - 11.15 htanzerei, Geissensteinring 10 in Luzern
Motion through space, drawing on a number of modalities, including Noguchi Taiso, Qi Gong and Japanese Avant-Garde and Traditional performing arts. Taught by Shinichi Iova-Koga.Kosten: Fr. 15.-, ist direkt vor Ort an Lehrperson zu bezahlen
Die tanzerei wird kostenlos zur Verfügung gestellt.
Anmeldung: mindestens 24 Std. vorher an: 076 571 84 67 oder info@tanzerei.net -
Wed22May2019
Yang Sheng Gong
Mittwoch, 10.00 h-11.00 hUniverse 9, Obermattweg 9, Hergiswil 6052, Switzerland
Enter cafe first, ask cafe employee for directions to Bewegungsraum.Yang Sheng Gong includes a series of physical exercises designed to soften the body, develop functional flexibility and promote general health by increasing the power of the immune system, strengthening connective tissue, tendons and joints and increasing the flow of qi, blood and subtle fluids. Lung resiliency develops through a variety of breathing techniques. Taught by Shinichi
More information on Yang Sheng Gong and other teachings HERE.
Kosten: Fr. 15.-, ist direkt vor Ort an Lehrperson zu bezahlen
Anmeldung: mindestens 24 Std. vorher an: info@inkboat.com
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Fri24May2019Sat29Jun2019
Performance: Die Schwarze Spinne
20:45Schwingplatz Allweg in Ennetmoos (NW) statt, Switzerland
«Die schwarze Spinne», wie sie auf dem Allweg gespielt wird, holt die klassische Novelle von Jeremias Gotthelf aus dem Jahr 1842 in die Gegenwart und damit in unsere heutige Welt der globalisierten Landwirtschaft und der swissifizierten Volkskultur.
Die Geschichte «Die schwarze Spinne» ist schweizerisches Kulturgut. In der laufenden Theater-Inszenierung in Ennetmoos steckt aber auch eine gehörige Portion asiatischer Philosophie. Der Bewegungskünstler Shinichi Iova-Koga sorgte für die Choreografie.
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Fri24May2019
Improvisation Training
10:00Tanzerei
Geissensteinring 10, 6005 Luzern, Switzerland
taught by Shinichi Iova-Koga
Each step, sound, word or action we generate extends an invitation to those around us. We play with timing and space while connecting to our internal feeling states. We learn to say “yes” to the unknown, allowing the situation to develop its own logic, personality and energy. Training based on Action Theater, an embodied improvisation practice pioneered by Ruth Zaporah. -
Mon27May2019
Weekly Class: Basic Movement for Dance
Montag, 10.00 h-11.00 hUniverse 9, Obermattweg 9, Hergiswil 6052, Switzerland
Enter cafe first, ask cafe employee for directions to Bewegungsraum.Basic movements through space from elements of Noguchi Taiso, Qi Gong and Japanese Avant-Garde and traditional trainings.Taught by Shinichi
More information on these and other teachings HERE.
Kosten: Fr. 15.-, ist direkt vor Ort an Lehrperson zu bezahlen
Anmeldung: mindestens 24 Std. vorher an: info@inkboat.com
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Sun02Jun2019
The Con/textured Body, workshop with Dana
1:00-4:00pmAsheville, North Carolina
BeBe Studios, 20 Commerce Street
Contexture- “the act, process, or manner of weaving parts into a whole” Miriam Webster
Also an invented assemblage of Con– Latin prefix for “with or thoroughly” plus texture– “the feel, or consistency of a surface or a substance”
Dana is delighted to be offering this 3 hour class in the same studio in Asheville, North Carolina where she danced as a child.
Until relatively recently, human movement has evolved within the context of survival and a necessary, deep relationship to the environment. For most of us alive in First World modernity, this original context of movement has disappeared and with it has gone the diversity of environmental textures with which we once regularly engaged. For example, as a culture we seldom consciously relate to the ground, and simultaneously the ground we do most often move upon is flat, paved and even. In this class we will be exploring ways to “contexture” the body. We will be experimenting with ways the body can be unified through relationship to environment, we will explore connection to the ground/earth and we will play with ways to reseed the body with a multiplicity of textures. The movement explorations will be fundamental in nature, meaning that they can be applied to many different contexts- Everyday Life as well as various physical practices and disciplines, including but not limited to Butoh Dance. The primary resources Dana will be drawing from are Body Weather, Qigong and Movement Ecology. To find out more about her body of research and physical practices, entitled Elemental Vessel, go here
Hosted by the Asheville Butoh Collective
To register contact Julie Becton Gillum: jbgbutoh@gmail.com
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Fri14Jun2019Sat15Jun2019
The Plurifluent Body, Workshop with Dana
Friday June 14, 6:00-9:00 & Saturday June 15, 10:00-6:00Portland Oregon
This workshop asks how we can explore the body landscape through multiple approaches- through form, through felt inner sensation and through work with images.
Playing both indoors and out, we will research a diversity of movements and examine how doing so can contribute to creative dance making as well as health and mobility in the quotidian realm.
Go here for more about Dana and the Elemental Vessel work. For more information or to register please write to Mizu Desierto: mizu@witd.org
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Sat22Jun2019
Outside, In- Worskhop with Dana and Macarena Ortuzar
10:00-6:00Oxford, UK
Wytham Woods
Outside, In is a one-day workshop in Oxford, UK that offers a diversity of movement explorations, aimed at attuning the body to itself as well as to the environment of the ancient Wytham Woods. This workshop is open to people of any experience/age/fitness level. The only requirements for participation are curiosity, an agreement to be respectful of the Woods, and the willingness to get down onto the ground and hence a bit dirty.To register or if you have any questions, please contact Macarena at: makaodancer@yahoo.com
Go here for more information about Macarena and her work.
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Sun18Aug2019
Work in Progress: The Ones We Fell Among
14:00 - 15:00Universe 9, Bewegungsraum
Obermattweg 9
6052 Hergiswil
From the 10-17th of August, Visiting Artist Ann Carlson has been working with Shinichi and Dana Iova-Koga of inkBoat to create a new dance theater piece, which will premiere in San Francisco in October, 2020. At this informal Work in Progress Showing at Universe 9 you can get a peek into their process and see some of the work that has been made during this week. -
Sat24Aug2019Sun25Aug2019
Workshop: Land Inside
10am - 5pmUniverse 9, Hergiswil and Dreilindenpark, Luzern, Switzerland
In this two-day workshop led by Dana and Shinichi Iova-Koga we will develop qualities of movement, our connection to the ground and how the shifting of our axis and body center brings motion. We will work both indoors, (at Universe 9 in Hergiswil) to focus on the internal dynamics of the body, as well as outdoors (Dreilindenpark in Luzern) to experience the connection between our bodies and the diverse textures of a natural landscape. All ages and levels of experience welcome. All that is required is curiosity and the willingness to get some earth on you.
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Fri06Sep2019
Wanderer Imitates a Cloud
21:15Südpol, Kriens, Switzerland
Wanderer Imitates a Cloud setzt sich tänzerisch und performativ mit den Gemälden des norwegischen Malers Odd Nerdrum auseinander. Das Projekt wurde von Shinichi Iova-Koga (Luzern) entwickelt und wird im Südpol mit den Gästen wie Sherwood Chen (US, FR), I-Fen Lin (Luzern) und weiteren aufgeführt. Musikalisch begleitet wird das Tanzstück von Originalmusik, welche von Joan Jeanrenaud und Dohee Lee komponiert wurde.In a continuation of the ODD project, “Wanderer Imitates a Cloud” is a 40-minute showing of a new work in development that continues to explore the world of paintings created by Odd Nerdrum, created and performed by Shinichi Iova-Koga with Sherwood Chen, I-Fen Lin and special guests. Original music by Joan Jeanrenaud and Dohee Lee.
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Sat07Sep2019
Workshop: Protean Progressions x Stillness in Dynamic
10:00 - 13:00Südpol, Kriens, Switzerland
inkBoat Workshops vermitteln ein Bewusstsein für den Zusammenhang innerer Sensibilität und körperlichem Ausdruck. Wir erarbeiten Bilder unseres Körpers, um zu erkennen, wie wir auf körperlicher und seelischer Ebene funktionieren. Dieses Wissen nutzen wir, um unseren sichtbaren Ausdruck zu schärfen. Dabei greifen die Leiter*innen auf Techniken wie Body Weather Training, Action Theater, Noguchi Taiso, Qi Gong, Yang Sheng Gong und verschiedene japanische experimentelle und traditionelle Praktiken zurück. Beide Workshops werden von Mitgliedern der Gruppe InkBoat geleitet. -
Sat28Sep2019
Fourth Storm
15:00Claridenstrasse Nr. 3, OG 4 rechts, Luzern
In “Fourth Storm” werden wir, die Tänzer der Tanz- / Theatergruppe inkBoat unsere Erkundungen rund um das Thema Home vertiefen. In diesem Fall spielen wir in einer leeren Wohnung, die bald abgerissen wird, mit den Themen Zeitlichkeit, Vergänglichkeit und Verlust. “Fourth Storm” ist Teil der Entwicklung eines größeren Tanz- / Theaterstücks mit dem Titel “The Storm in my House”, das im Mai 2020 in San Francisco uraufgeführt wird. -
Sat12Oct2019
a second Butoh Body Laboratory workshop
4pmZellerbach Hall Room 170
UC Berkeley
ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND!Sat, Oct 12, 2019, 4pm
(please note that the 10am workshop on the same date is sold out)
Butoh Body Laboratory. Movement workshop for all ages and abilities led by Shinichi Iova-Koga. Participants will explore elements of butoh, a form of Japanese dance theater that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques, and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Supporting the Sankai Juku performance “Meguri.”
RSVP requested… scroll down to the “register” button under the 4pm workshop time.
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Sat12Oct2019
Workshop: Butoh Body Laboratory
10:00 AMCenter for Arts and Religion, Doug Adams Gallery (2365 LeConte Avenue, Berkeley)
Butoh Body Laboratory. Movement workshop for all ages and abilities led by Shinichi Iova-Koga. Participants will explore elements of butoh, a form of Japanese dance theater that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques, and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Supporting the Sankai Juku performance “Meguri.”SOLD OUT!!!
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Thu24Oct2019Sun27Oct2019
Workshop: Dance on Land
10am - 5pmAlbany Bulb, San Francisco Bay Area, California
Immerse yourself in the environment of the Albany Bulb, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this intensive workshop, led by Shinichi Iova-Koga, develop your sensorial mind and creative responsiveness through rigorous physical and improvisational training rooted in Noguchi Taiso, Action Theater and Yang Shen Gong exercises. The workshop will end with a public showing at the Albany Bulb. All ages and levels of experience welcome. All that is required is curiosity and the willingness to get some earth on you.
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Sun27Oct2019
Albany Storm
1pm - 5pmAlbany Bulb, Albany, California
A public invitation into the process of developing “The Storm in My House” on the land that inspired the development of this project. Throughout the day, both inkBoat members and workshop participants will be performing in the space. Audience members will be invited to come, go, move around.
Gathering times at 1pm and 3pm. Otherwise, walk, look and see.
With Suki O’Kane, Kamerin McDonald, Shinichi Iova-Koga and workshop participants.
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Wed30Oct2019
Fifth Storm
8:00pmCounterPulse, SF
Fifth Storm is the fifth experiment, the fifth investigation in the creation of The Storm in My House. This work concerns the precarious position artists, and all of us, maintain in the face of social upheaval, economic inequality, displacement, and deterioration of the social safety net; bodies experiencing crisis and humor; recorded voices of those who struggle for food and shelter; an excavation of the perceived lines between any two of us.
RSVP HERE for your free ticket.
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Fri01Nov2019Sat02Nov2019
Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance Symposium
8pmALCHEMICAL STUDIOS
104 West 14th Street (between 6th & 7th Aves) New York, NY 10011
Shinichi performing excerpt from “Wanderer Imitates a Cloud” in an evening of lo-tech short performance works by symposium participants, who share a glimpse into their varied artistic perspectives. Performances by Megan Nicely & Jacquelyn Marie Shannon; jackï job & Michael Sakamoto; Tanya Calamoneri & Rosemary Candelario; Katherine Adamenko & Miki Seifert, Zack Fuller, Shinichi Iova-Koga, Ximena Garnica and the LEIMAY Ensemble, Tania Galindo, Maureen Momo Freehill, and Darinka Pillari. -
Mon09Dec2019Wed05Feb2020
Workshop: Winter Intensive
9:00uhr - 16:00uhrUniverse 9, Hergiswil, Switzerland
Led by Shinichi and Dana Iova-Koga, this will be a unique training opportunity, a chance to train, develop and articulate your abilities, awareness and possibilities as a human, mover or performer. Participants are invited to make significant and lasting improvements to mobility, perception and compositional awareness.
Participants will train 5 days a week (Saturday and Sunday off), 5 hours per day from December 9 to February 5 in a studio at the base of Mt. Pilatus, at Lake Luzern in Switzerland.
We hone internal sensibilities and physical expression. We work with physical/psychological risk and embodied images to redraw and refine the body map. This training requires a strong commitment of body/mind and time.