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.

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“Clouds from a Crumbling Giant” work in progress at San Francisco International Arts Festival, 2023
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“95 Rituals” in honor of Anna Halprin. San Francisco. 2015 (photo by Pak Han)
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Shinichi, a figure in the woods.

Slowly, Refining the System – Qi Gong, Dao Yin & Butoh

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Luzern, Switzerland: October 5 and 6, 2024 The slow movement associated with Butoh dance connects in my mind to a basic martial arts saying: move slowly to develop smoothness. Smoothness…

Shinichi guiding students in Vienna, Austria.

Qi Gong Foundations

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Qi Gong nourishes the body, enhancing blood flow and smoothing the flow of Qi through the channels of the body. To begin this process, the correct alignment of bones and…

Shinichi TEDx talk on Improvisation

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

There are the Ones We Fell Among

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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…