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The Caravan Project at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center: Eiko & Koma performed the Caravan Project at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. This free outdoor performance marked the end o...

Doris Duke Performing Artist Award: On April 19, 2012, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced the names of 21 performing artists who have been selected for the Doris...

Two week season in San Francisco: YBCA celebrated Eiko & Koma's long history with Bay Area audiences, its venues, its community and its artists with a two week residen...

Premiere of Fragile: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland at College Park presented the premiere performances of Fragile, a ...

Residue at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center: Eiko & Koma have a significant presence at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center throughout the 2011-2012 season. In addition to p...

Archive Project started: In February 2012, Eiko & Koma in collaboration with Dance Heritage Coalition started the Archive Project. The  Project seeks to ...

New Year Greetings: Eiko & Koma and the Retrospective team wish you all a wonderful year in 2012. May the world be a better place! Thank you for your...

Chosen as one of the Top 10 Dance Events of the Ye: Eiko & Koma have been chosen by both The Chicago Tribune, Time Out Chicago, and Time Out New York as one of the best dance events of ...

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Named as the Year's Best Ten in Chicago and in New York: Eiko & Koma have been chosen by both The Chicago Tribune, Time Out Chicago, and Time Out New York as one of the best dance events of ...

Poet Forrest Gander presented Eiko & Koma at Brown: Brown University Literature Professor Forrest Gander invited Eiko & Koma for a week-long residency.  This was the first time a p...

Colorado College Residency: Eiko & Koma spent three and half weeks in Colorado Springs this October teaching and performing at Colorado College. The invitation c...

Two exhibitions have closed: Eiko & Koma's two exhibitions Residue at New York Public Library for Performing Arts' Vincent Astor Gallery and Time is Not Even Spac...

Robert Mirabal joins Eiko & Koma in Chicago and Albuquerque : Robert Mirabal joined Eiko & Koma for performances of Regeneration at MCA Chicago and the North Fourth theater in Albuquerque, playin...

Eiko & Koma at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is an amazing performing arts complex at the University of Maryland in College Park. Curator Pa...

Water at the Skirball Cultural Center, LA: On September 9 and 11, 2011, Eiko & Koma performed Water in a garden pond of the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. More than 300...

EIko & Koma at Barnes & Noble: The New York Foundation for the Arts co-sponsored Eiko & Koma with Barnes and Noble for an Author Event on August 16, 2011 at the Eas...

Caravan Project revisited: Eiko & Koma performed Caravan Project on August 23 and 24 in front of the Chicago MCA. For the original Caravan Project, Eiko &...

Performances of Water with Robert Mirabal: Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival opened with Water, a site specific work for the reflection pool at Lincoln Center Plaza by Eiko &...

Revival of Event Fission with Raven: Alverno Presents produced a site-specific outdoor performance of Eiko & Koma's  Event Fission and Ravenat Lynden Sculpture Garde...

Residue opening reception: Residue: An Installation by Eiko & Koma opened with a wonderful reception hosted by the New York Public Library for the Performing Ar...

Eiko & Koma's catalogue published: The Walker Art Center published the first comprehensive monograph of Eiko & Koma's work. The 320-page catalogue—Eiko & Koma: Ti...

Eiko & Koma revive RIVER at ADF: Charles Reinhart, the long time director of the American Dance Festival and strong supporter of Eiko & Koma's work for nearly 30 year...

Eiko & Koma open LIVE exhibition: Eiko & Koma and their team have been in residence at Chicago MCA to install Time is Not Even, Space is Not Empty , Eiko & Koma's...

Visit to Ireland: Eiko & Koma toured to Ireland for the first time. Invited by long time friend Laurie Uprichard, they performed Regeneration, showed d...

3,740 people visited Naked at BAC: The two week run of the living installation Naked closed April 9. In total, 3,740 people came to see Eiko & Koma. On the closing nigh...

The New Yorker reviewed Naked: The New Yorker published 2 page review of Naked by Joan Acocella. Read Bare Truths

Eiko & Koma Awarded LMCC Residency: Eiko & Koma have a new studio at 156 William Street! The residency is made possible by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Swing Space...

Naked opened for two week run: FREE ADMISSION: The living installation Naked opened Tuesday, March 29 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Eiko & Koma were on continual view in closer p...

Drawings from Los Angeles: During a stay in Los Angeles March 2-6, Eiko & Koma were lucky to meet Masha Vasilkovsky while performing at REDCAT. Masha gave them ...

Report on Miami: Tigertail Production presented Eiko & Koma at Coly Theater in Miami Beach February 12-13. Eiko & Koma performed  the Regener...

Studio visit with Sam and Ralph: Retrospective Project Producer Sam Miller and artist/friend Ralph Lemon visited Eiko & Koma's studio at the Park Avenue Armory yester...

Eiko's Residency at Carleton College: Eiko spent the last week in January at Carleton College, teaching a class and workshops, despite a broken toe. She particularly enjoyed t...

Eiko & Koma's Performance in Honor of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture: On Friday, January 21, Columbia University staff, faculty, students and guests came together to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Don...

Donate to Help Japan: http://www.japansociety.org/earthquake The Japan Society ensures that 100% of funds received will go to organizations that directly help...

38 Works by EIko & Koma: What used to be 36 Works by Eiko & Koma is now re-edited and updated to 38 Works by Eiko & Koma (1976-2011).  Their two new ...

Institutions and libraries now can purchase Eiko & Koma's video: Institutions and libraries now can  purchase  DVDs of their work directly from Eiko & Koma. Please email your order to info...

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Our website is faster!: You will notice that Eiko & Koma's website is faster due to a recent server switch. Please be sure to check out the new videos in ...

7745 Visitors to the Walker: Almost 8,000 people saw Eiko & Koma's living installation Naked at the Walker Art Center this past November 2010. video of Naked T...

"Naked" opens at the Walker: On Monday, November 1, 2010 friends, critics, and collaborators gathered in Gallery 2 of the Walker Art Center for a preview of Eiko &...

Kronos Quartet visits Eiko & Koma: Eiko & Koma always enjoy sharing their work in progress with friends and collaborators. Recently, when Kronos Quartet was in town for...

Eiko's Translation is Published: Station Hill Press published Eiko's translation of FROM TRINITY TO TRINITY, a short story by Kyoko Hayashi. This small but powerful book ...

We met our goal!: Thank you for your part in helping us reach our fundraising goal of $5,000! We are thrilled by the response from friends and strangers al...

Eiko & Koma's Walker Art Center Activites : Read all about Eiko & Koma's Walker Art Center activities in Minneapolis last fall: a living installation, a performance of Raven, th...

Residency at Park Avenue Armory: Eiko & Koma have been residency at Park Avenue Armory since the beginning of July. For three months, they will work in a studio on 4t...

Eiko & Koma at ADF: Eiko & Koma had a wonderful 17th summer at the American Dance Festival (ADF). The concert featured a new work Raven as well as their ...

Dance Critics Twitter and create videos about Eiko & Koma: Many dance writers participating in the Dance Critics Conference at the American Dance Festival attended Eiko & Koma's performances t...

Forrest Gander recites poems on Eiko & Koma: Poet Forrest Gander has written three poems in response to Eiko & Koma's work, and created video recitations of the poems: Rust, Enta...

Eiko & Koma return to ProjectSite: Eiko & Koma are back on ProjectSite. Please support Eiko & Koma as they create a new living installation, Naked. In our first t...

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Celebrating Kazuo Ohno: Kazuo Ohno passed away on June 1st at the age of 103.  At his death, he was surrounded by the family members and students who cared ...

Sold-out concerts at Danspace Project : Danspace Project presented Eiko & Koma's Retrospective Project I: Regeneration. In three sold-out concerts, Eiko & Koma showed a ...

36 Works on Vimeo: A video medley that Tara Kelton edited with Eiko has now been finished with the assistance of Shoko Letton of MANCC. 36 Works was origina...

Walker Art Center will publish retrospective catalog: The Walker Art Center will publish a retrospective catalog of Eiko & Koma's work in 2011. In February, Eiko & Koma met the catalo...

Sketches of Eiko & Koma from a Minneapolis artist:

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Retrospective Exhibition at Wesleyan:: Time is not Even, Space is not Empty opened at Wesleyan University on November 19, 2009. This is the first event of Eiko & Koma's thr...

Eiko & Koma awarded Mellon grant: Eiko & Koma were awarded a three-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for work on the Retrospective Project.

Video Documentary about River: Eiko & Koma returned from a creative residency at MANCC where they created  a video work, Dancing in Water: the Making of River....

Dancing with Edward Tufte's works: On June 20, Eiko & Koma  offered a special performance at Aldrich Museum dancing with Edward Tufte's sculptures

30 March 2009: Alaska Residency Eiko & Koma spent four weeks this spring in Alaska as Alaska AIR fellows,  a program  administrated by the...

White Dance Revived: On May 29 and 30, as a part of "Physical Intelligences: Four Days of Dance" at Flynn Theater in Burlington, VA, Eiko & Koma revived W...

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Rust Revived: Eiko & Koma revived Rust (commissioned by ADF in 1989)for the 75th anniversary season of the American Dance Festival 2008. "This Japa...

Hunger premiere: Eiko & Koma premiered  Hunger on October 9 at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. The piece was performed at Joyce Theater Oct ...

Filming of Mourning: Margaret Leng Tan's record label, Mode Record, filmed Mourning at Summer Stages Dance in Concord, MA on July 18, 2008. The DVD will be av...

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26 August 2007: This summer, Eiko & Koma spent 4 weeks (July 30-August 26, 2007) in Alaska sponsored by Alaska Air Artist program administered by the...

30 May 2007: Read about Eiko & Koma's latest performances of Cambodian Stories Revisited in the New York Times.

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4 December 2006: Eiko & Koma was awarded one of the first fifty United States Artist fellowships.

30 November 2006: Friends of the Reyum Art School project was inaugurated.

13 November 2006: Eiko & Koma was awarded 2006 Dance Magazine Award