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.
Review by Claudia Bauer What’s in a name? AXIS, the name of Oakland’s renowned physically integrated contemporary dance company, plays on the turning axes of wheels and on accessibility; before…
The performances are over, but somehow the collaboration between AXIS, inkBoat, Joan and Dohee has not left my life. I still have an acute muscle memory for some of the…
“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…
