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TEMPORAL TRANSFORMATIONS
The first steps towards transformation exist in time. Suspend, extend and compress the temporal experience with physical precision and imagistic fluidity to open the potential of the moment. Complex and nuanced forces shape the gesture, arising when the gates of mind, energy and body open.
Exercises develop energy-efficient motion and connectivity to build clarity and stability. With this foundation, the chaotic stream of images and impulses materialize as a play between opposing forces. Become wild, as a creature of the woods, ready for what comes.
The workshop will integrate improvisational training and form based guidance to open doorways to the unknown. Once past the threshold, the dance begins.
SHINICHI IOVA-KOGA serves as the Artistic Director of the dance theatre company inkBoat, founded by Iova-Koga in 1998. He has toured North America, Europe, South Korea and Japan, often collaborating with local artists in museums, theaters, studios and site-specific locations.
As a performer, Iova-Koga’s long history with Butoh lurks within his presence, while his years of commitment to the art of improvisation unearth actions not beholden to a particular tradition. A lifetime in the martial arts and his deep investigation into the Daoist internal arts deeply inform his concepts of body, energy and motion. As a director, he primarily works with scores that pit meticulous structure with vibrant agency.
inkBoat and Iova-Koga have been honored by numerous awards and grants, including 6 Bay Area “Izzie” awards and grants from NEA, MAP fund, New England Foundation for the Arts, California Arts Council, Rainin Foundation, Creative Work Fund, and Gerbode Foundation.
He is the editor of the book “95 Rituals,” a tribute to Anna Halprin, and a contributing writer to “The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance.” He is featured in the book “Butoh America.”
Iova-Koga works primarily in San Francisco, New York and Luzern, Switzerland.
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