• 2010 Dance Critics Institute

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Between Struggle and Ecstasy
By Celeste Fraser Delgado
Moving between difficult and ecstatic struggle, Eiko & Koma tense and surrender over the course of an evening and a life. - Lisa Kraus

Real Time Retrospective
By Celeste Fraser Delgado
140 characters is all you get. Ready, set, Eiko + Koma.

eiko & koma retrospective - so much history on 1 stage. so rare and special to revisit a prolific dance career in real time -- Stephanie Glickman

Limbs Articulate Micromovements
By Celeste Fraser Delgado
Intense limbs articulate micromovements unhurriedly in Eiko + Koma's Retrospective Project. Though subtle, the dance is potent. -- Claire Spera

Tell No Story
By Celeste Fraser Delgado
Eiko & Koma did not tell a story, their works can be regarded as a visual metaphor about life and fate. -- Mu Yu

Nakedness Is More Difficult
By Celeste Fraser Delgado
"Nakedness is more difficult now that our bodies are changing," said 58-year-old Eiko Otake after performing nude at ADF Monday. -- Elizabeth Schwyzer

Diving Into Texture
By Celeste Fraser Delgado
Watching Eiko + Koma is like diving into layers of texture. You don't need lots of movement when you have this kind of depth. -- Meryl Cates

No Robert Wilson Opera
By Celeste Fraser Delgado
Not like a Robert Wilson opera -slow, Eiko & Koma retrospect a shared life well performing, gaze into their world and ours.-- Emily Hite

Growth Is Decay Is Growth
By Celeste Fraser Delgado 
Eiko and Koma prove that stillness and motion are the same. Growth is decay is still growth...Mary Love Hodges