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.


Deconstruct Darkness with SHINICHI IOVA-KOGA Never fixed in culture or time, this dance remains a personal investigation.We strengthen trust in our bodies by developing energy-efficient motion and connectivity. Our clarity…
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…
Shinichi Iova-Koga: moments on stage. Selections from 2006 – 2016. Crazy Cloud with Ko Murobushi and Sherwood Chen. Mariko Horo with Ishide Takuya. Line Between with Dohee Lee and Peiling Kao. ODD with Joan Jeanrenaud. Adapt with Jimmy Nakagawa. Hummingbird with Nils Frykdahl and Sten Rudstrøm.