Performing Arts: Eiko & Koma: A Retrospective of Films
My Parents, 2004 (12 min), created by Shin Otake
The Retrospective Project, 2010 (10 min), directed by Joanna Arnow in collaboration with Eiko & Koma
Naked: A Gallery View, 2011 (12 min), camera by James Byrne, edited by James Byrne in collaboration with Eiko & Koma
Dancing in Water: The Making of River, 2009 (17 min) created by Eiko & Koma in collaboration with Shoko Letton
Offering, 2010 (15 min), created by Eiko & Koma in collaboration with Shoko Letton
In this program, Eiko & Koma will share five short documentary films about their life and work. In My Parents (2004), their son Shin Otake narrates a film exploring his parents' artistic influences, created in 2004 for the occasion of Eiko & Koma receiving the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award. In Dancing in Water: the Making of River (2009), Eiko & Koma revisit their outdoor performance work, River, presented in 11 different bodies of water. Other films on the program include Offering (2010), The Retrospective Project (2010), and Naked: A Gallery View (2011). Following the program, Wendy Perron, Editor in Chief of Dance Magazine, will moderate a short discussion with Eiko & Koma.