Butoh/ACTION

These performances will bring to a close a two-week residency, during which movement artists Shinichi Momo Iova-Koga and Cassie Terman will explore what comes of colliding Butoh and Action Theatre methodologies. While the two traditions tend to produce performances that look very different from one another, the two share some of the same philosophical underpinnings. This residency and these performances will seek to discover where the two traditions may speak to one another and in in doing so, re-invigorate the creative process.

"Mr. Koga and Ms. Terman are sure, charismatic performers. May [they] soon perform again together." — Jennifer Dunning, New York Times (1/9/06)

"inkBoat is at the forefront of a new generation. Founder Shinichi Koga creates startlingly imaginitave psychological journeys of humor and horror…" –San Francisco Chronicle (1/29/06)

"It’s always heartening…to find a young maverick artist so gifted that audiences seem to discover him through natural buzz about his talent. Such has been the case with Shinichi Iova-Koga…. Like many of his generation, Iova-Koga has cast off butoh’s calcified clichés — the shaved head, the white body paint, the glacial pacing and practically patented look of horrified despair — and yet retained its expressionistic, grotesque essence." — Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle (1/26/07)