inkBoat researches the interplay of multiple artistic disciplines and viewpoints, drawing primarily from the Japanese performing and martial arts, improvisational arts, and Daoist internal arts. inkBoat stage works border dance, performance art and theater, and inhabit theaters, museums, streets and abandoned spaces.

Shinichi Iova-Koga at TEDx Hochchule Luzern speaking on the process of improvisation.Luzern, Switzerland.

Taught by Shinichi Iova-KogaAuthorized Qi Gong Instructor with Lotus Nei Gong Dao Yin and Qi Gong principles work to both clear the channels and nourish the Qi within the body. Saturday,…
Our guest choreographer Ann Carlson is a fountain of creativity. She brings brightness into every step and word, crafting this, the first inkBoat duet of Dana Iova-Koga and myself. We…
“The simplicity and rigor of the tiny gestures appeared to come from somewhere outside time. The force with which they repeatedly fell or threw themselves to the floor looked propelled by more than earthly gravity.”
-Rita Felciano, Dance View Times