2017

• Thu

  12

  Jan

  2017

  "Shift" a Full Moon Performance at the Berkeley Art Museum

  7-9pm

  Berkeley Art Museum
  2625 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA

  “Shift” a Full Moon performance at the Berkeley Art Museum, programmed by Shinichi Iova-Koga. Featuring improvisational artist Ruth Zaporah, Cassie Tunick, Rova Saxophone Quartet and dance artist Yael Karavan.

• Thu

  12

  Jan

  2017

  Fri

  13

  Jan

  2017

  Form no Form (workshop)

  10am - 11:30am

  Malonga Casquelourd Center is located at 1428 Alice Street, in downtown Oakland between 14th and 17th Streets.

  Form no Form

  Through the repetition of form, we train our bodies to achieve balance, internal and external connectivity and precision. In this workshop, various proposals and exercises are presented that both establish and disrupt physical form to engage the principles that lay underneath our practice. We work rigorously to disrupt and embrace habits. Physical puzzles, deep listening and engaged physical conversations promote attentive listening.

  New Year pricing of $5/class – card in advance, cash only at the door
  Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, Studio E

  AXIS launches 2017 with professional company class daily at the Malonga Center in downtown Oakland. Advanced level dancers interested in working in an integrated setting are invited to join us for this limited time offer.  

• Tue

  17

  Jan

  2017

  Workshop for Men

  6:30pm - 9:30pm

  Mountain Home Studio 15 Ravine Way, Kentfield CA 94904

  Please join us for Dance With Anna Halprin: “Workshop For Men” Anna Halprin in collaboration with Shinichi lova-Koga.

  In early times men were strong dancers. They danced for the welfare of their community, to make the crops grow, to bring sun or rain and become strong warriors.

  Shinichi lova-Koga will lead you in a session to free the body and dance as men dance. All men are welcome, no dance experience necessary.

  REGISTER HERE

  Shinichi will encourage physical and mental receptivity, a reduction of contracted muscles and awareness of minute bodily adjustments and interior textures. Our aim is to integrate polarities within the body, the inside/outside, left/right, head/toe, visceral/refined, image/sensate. This builds a coherent body ready to embrace the chaotic stream of the subconscious. Participants are asked to commit to the unknown. We will move, sound and speak in duets, solos and groups. Wear loose clothing and be prepared to shed your planning mind.

• Sat

  18

  Mar

  2017

  Sun

  16

  Apr

  2017

  Beowulf

  1 hour before sunset

  San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

  

  This production of BEOWULF radically departs from that most ancient poem of the same name. When we peel back the layers of story and character, what reveals itself? What dreams emerge? As we tell tales of legendary heroes and monsters, we also reflect on our current times. Join us to discover the weapons of word, body and sound created by We Players, inkBoat and Rova Saxophone Quartet in this epic battle to discover our humanity through the lens of monstrosity.
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• Tue

  21

  Mar

  2017

  Workshop for Men

  6:30pm - 9:00pm

  Mountain Home Studio 15 Ravine Way, Kentfield CA 94904

  In early times men were strong dancers. They danced for the welfare of their community, to make the crops grow, to bring sun or rain, to become strong warriors and celebrate. Shinichi lova-Koga will lead you in an inspiring session to reunite you with other men to free your desire to dance with unlimited freedom. All men are welcome, no dance experience necessary. 

  $30 non-refundable payment to reserve your place. Register HERE

• Fri

  05

  May

  2017

  Duet: The Smallest Country

  7:00pm

  Western Sky Studio: 2525 8th St, #13A, Berkeley, CA, 94710

  

  The Smallest Country

  Duet performance by Cassie Tunick and Shinichi Iova-Koga.

  We’ve been performing together for 18 years.  Our unknown expands.  Our MOMENT contains more and more history, revolving around us as tapestries, storms and toys. 

  Tickets at the door ($10-$20 sliding scale)

• Sat

  06

  May

  2017

  Sun

  07

  May

  2017

  Action Theater Workshop

  10am - 4:30pm

  Western Sky Studio: 2525 8th St, #13A, Berkeley, CA, 94710

  Taught by Cassie Tunick and Shinichi Iova-Koga, this workshop builds on the awakened physical body as a vehicle to express experience, including the experience of the imagination, with depth, precision, and delight. Awareness and play are fundamental revealers of spontaneity and we play extravagantly and subtly with how we occupy our own presence. We explore both solo and ensemble scores through exercises that are simple, playful and challenging. (more)

  Saturday, May 6: 10am-4:30pm
  Sunday, May 7: 10am-1:30pm
  10hrs / $200

• Sat

  23

  Sep

  2017

  Sun

  24

  Sep

  2017

  SF Workshop taught by Shinichi Iova-Koga

  Sat: 10am - 2pm, Sun: 3pm - 7pm

  The Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
  401 Alabama Street (at 17thStreet)
  San Francisco, CA 94110

  Contemporary and traditional Japanese performance practices juxtaposed with the improvisation practice known as Action Theater™

  A 2-day workshop taught by Shinichi Iova-Koga

  Saturday, September 23: 10am – 2pm
  Sunday, September 24: 3pm – 7pm
  
  The first two hours of each day will focus on encouraging the body to achieve flow, precision, lightness and density. The last two hours will concentrate attention on the relationship between actions, space, bodies and sound through the lens of Action Theater™.
  
  There will be a 15 minute break between the first and second half of each day.
  
  2-day cost: $150-$200 income-based sliding scale
  (Saturday only cost $90-$110)
  
  To register, contact Shinichi: info@inkboat.com

• Fri

  13

  Oct

  2017

  Sun

  15

  Oct

  2017

  The Wild Thing: Physical Theater & Somatics Workshop in Berlin

  9am - 5pm daily

  Uferstudios / Studio 7, Uferstraße 8/23, 13357 Berlin, Germany

  

  The Wild Thing activates the electric presence necessary for all performative arts. This workshop combines deep somatic awareness work with the imagistic play available in Butoh dance, the detailed body research within Qi Gong, and the raw expression of Action Theater™ improvisation. Starting with sensory awareness work, you gradually advance into dynamic movement and voice exploration. You re-enter the wild sensory world of full breath and physicality, re-unite with quiet and an inner stillness, and yield into the softness required for wild expression.

  Teachers:
  Sten Rudstrøm, Satu Palokangas, Shinichi & Dana Iova-Koga

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• Fri

  17

  Nov

  2017

  Sun

  19

  Nov

  2017

  Stillness, Flowing, Crackling: Physical Theater Workshop in Luzern

  9am - 5pm

  Luzern, Switzerland

  In this dance/movement workshop we will play with the polarities of deep internal listening and the external, extended relationships between the body, partners and to the environment around.

  The modalities we will employ will be Qi Gong, Japanese Avant-Garde performance practices and Action Theater.

  Teachers: Shinichi and Dana Iova-Koga

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• Sat

  30

  Dec

  2017

  Sun

  31

  Dec

  2017

  Fermentation Lab

  Sat: 4pm, Sun: 2pm

  THEATRE OF YUGEN

  2840 MARIPOSA STREET

  SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110

  Fermentation Lab is a unique performance collaboration between Theatre of Yugen Artistic Director Nick Ishimaru, U.S./Japan Cultural Trade Network’s Kyoko Yoshida, AEDAN Fermented Foods chefs Mariko Grady and Eri Shimizu, Dr. Carol A. Ishimaru, Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Minnesota St. Paul and an expert in microbial education and teaching science through performance, Bay Area-based contemporary dance artists Megan and Shannon Kurashige of Sharp & Fine dance company, and Shinichi Iova-Koga of inkBoat dance company.