““95 Rituals,” a perambulatory birthday tribute to the modern dance pioneer devised by physical theater and dance company inkBoat… mix humor, introspection, playfulness and memory with fearless gestures and thoughtfully crafted drama.” – Mary Ellen Hunt, SF Chronicle, 2015
Winner of “OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE” IZZIE award (Isadora Duncan Dance Committee, SF 2005) “‘Romance’ isn’t a word usually associated with the Japanese dance form butoh, but inkBoat’s “Ame to Ame…
Winner of “OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE” IZZIE award (Isadora Duncan Dance Committee, SF 2005) “Yuko Kaseki and Shinichi Iova-Koga, the Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire of Butoh, come together in inkBoat’s…
“ODD,” inspired by the Norwegian figurative painter, Odd Nerdrum, united Shinichi Iova-Koga‘s inkBoat collaborative with Oakland’s Axis Dance Company, which integrates able and disabled performers. In the past, the troupe…
Collaboration between inkBoat and ROVA Saxophone Quartet. Featuring Shinichi Iova-Koga and Yuko Kaseki. Video by Eric Koziol. Direction by Ernie Lafky. Lighting by Allen Willner
“Yuko Kaseki and Shinichi Iova-Koga, the Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire of Butoh, come together in inkBoat’s Ame to Ame (Candy and Rain) at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts….
“Call them postmodern, postminimalist Butoh artists and you might come close to capturing the style of inkBoat. Or call them nothing at all and allow yourself to be seduced by…
Erin Blackwell: Describe your collaboration. what makes this theater? what makes this dance? Shinichi Momo Iova-Koga: The three of us (Ates, Kaseki, Koga) have created this work, which is mainly…
