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A Body in Places Met Edition (2017)
Savage Logic
The Brooklyn Rail, December 2017-January 2018
Erica Getto
A Body in a Cathedral (2016-17)
Eiko Otake at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
InfiniteBody art and creative consciousness, November 26, 2016
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
A Body in the East Village (2016)
Eiko Invites You to Her Inner Land of Wraiths
The New York Times, March 2, 2016
Brian Seibert
Eiko’s ‘Platform 2016,’ With a Class, a Film and More
The New York Times, February 22, 2016
Siobhan Burke
A Body in Places, Danspace Project, New York — ‘Bracing’
Financial Times, March 7, 2016
Apollinaire Scherr
Dancing in Places
DanceBeat, March 8, 2016
Deborah Jowitt
My Eiko Journal: Part 1
InfiniteBody, March 2, 2016
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
My Eiko Journal: Part 2
InfiniteBody, March 3, 2016
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part I
The Dance Enthusiast, March 17, 2016
Robert Johnson
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part II: From Dashwood Books in the East Village to the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan
The Dance Enthusiast, March 23, 2016
Robert Johnson
One Last Time: Platform 2016: “A Body in Places”
Danceviewtimes, March 27, 2016
Martha Sherman
After Fukushima: 24 hour installation (2016)
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part III: Experiencing “After Fukushima: a 24-Hour Event” and More during Platform 2016
The Dance Enthusiast, March 29, 2016
Robert Johnson
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part II: From Dashwood Books in the East Village to the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan
The Dance Enthusiast, March 23, 2016
Robert Johnson
Book Club (2016)
Eiko’s ‘Platform 2016,’ With a Class, a Film and More
The New York Times, February 22, 2016
Siobhan Burke
Conversation Without Walls: Bearing Witness (2016)
My Eiko Journal: Part 5
InfiniteBody, March 12, 2016
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Eiko’s ‘Platform 2016,’ With a Class, a Film and More
The New York Times, February 22, 2016
Siobhan Burke
Danspace Project Platform (2016)
Eiko’s ‘Platform 2016,’ With a Class, a Film and More
The New York Times, February 22, 2016
Siobhan Burke
Eiko, Koma and Soloists Perform in Sacred Space
The New York Times, February 29, 2016
SIOBHAN BURKE
Eiko Invites You to Her Inner Land of Wraiths
The New York Times, March 2, 2016
Brian Seibert
Dancing in Places
DanceBeat, March 8, 2016
Deborah Jowitt
A Body in Places, Danspace Project, New York — ‘Bracing’
Financial Times, March 7, 2016
Apollinaire Scherr
The Dance Enthusiast Hits The Streets for PLATFORM 2016: A Body in Places
The Dance Enthusiast, March 1, 2016
Deirdre Tower
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part I
The Dance Enthusiast, March 17, 2016
Robert Johnson
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part II: From Dashwood Books in the East Village to the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan
The Dance Enthusiast, March 23, 2016
Robert Johnson
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part III: Experiencing “After Fukushima: a 24-Hour Event” and More during Platform 2016
The Dance Enthusiast, March 29, 2016
Robert Johnson
Bodies in a Place: Precarious II: Guest Solos
Danceviewtimes, March 23, 2016
Martha Sherman
One Last Time: Platform 2016: “A Body in Places”
Danceviewtimes, March 27, 2016
Martha Sherman
Film Series at Anthology Curated by Eiko (2016)
Eiko’s ‘Platform 2016,’ With a Class, a Film and More
The New York Times, February 22, 2016
Siobhan Burke
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part III: Experiencing “After Fukushima: a 24-Hour Event” and More during Platform 2016
The Dance Enthusiast, March 29, 2016
Robert Johnson
Installations in the Sanctuary and Artists Reponses (2016)
My Eiko Journal: Part 4
InfiniteBody, March 9, 2016
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Precarious (2016)
Eiko, Koma and Soloists Perform in Sacred Space
The New York Times, February 29, 2016
SIOBHAN BURKE
My Eiko Journal: Part 3
InfiniteBody, March 6, 2016
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Dancing in Places
DanceBeat, March 8, 2016
Deborah Jowitt
Bodies in a Place: Precarious II: Guest Solos
Danceviewtimes, March 23, 2016
Martha Sherman
Talking Duets (2016)
Eiko’s ‘Platform 2016,’ With a Class, a Film and More
The New York Times, February 22, 2016
Siobhan Burke
One Last Time: Platform 2016: “A Body in Places”
Danceviewtimes, March 27, 2016
Martha Sherman
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part III: Experiencing “After Fukushima: a 24-Hour Event” and More during Platform 2016
The Dance Enthusiast, March 29, 2016
Robert Johnson
The Ghost Festival (2016)
Dancing in the Dark
dancelog.nyc, May 19, 2017
Martha Sherman
Komo Otake’s solo debut at ADF a ‘triumph’
The Herald-Sun, June 14, 2016
Susan Broili
Eiko, Koma and Soloists Perform in Sacred Space
The New York Times, February 29, 2016
SIOBHAN BURKE
A Body in a Library (2015-)
In my (under) estimation...
On libraries, history and community, September 23, 2015
Pat Tully
The Library That Was Once a Church
Purple Rocks and Pond Water, September 18, 2015
Rolande Duprey
Eiko Otake Holds a Mourning Service at Rush Hour
The New York Times, June 24, 2015
Siobhan Burke
Sickness and Health
Artforum, July 3, 2015
Lauren O'Neill-Butler
Wesleyan Photo Exhibit Depicts 2011 Nuclear Disaster In Japan
Hartford Courant, February 23, 2015
Apparition of a Face in a Crowd
The Brooklyn Rail, December 18, 2014
Madison Mainwaring
A Body in Places (2014-)
The Best Dance of 2016
The New York Times, December 7, 2016
ALASTAIR MACAULAY, GIA KOURLAS, SIOBHAN BURKE and BRIAN SEIBERT
Startling, unexpected drama
The Herald-Sun, July 9, 2015
Susan Broili
Sickness and Health
Artforum, July 3, 2015
Lauren O'Neill-Butler
Eiko Otake Holds a Mourning Service at Rush Hour
The New York Times, June 24, 2015
Siobhan Burke
Apparition of a Face in a Crowd
The Brooklyn Rail, December 18, 2014
Madison Mainwaring
The Library That Was Once a Church
Purple Rocks and Pond Water, September 18, 2015
Rolande Duprey
The Hiroshima Panels, Pioneer Works, New York — ‘history is given a moral weight’
Financial Times, November 23, 2015
Ariella Budick
Eiko’s ‘Platform 2016,’ With a Class, a Film and More
The New York Times, February 22, 2016
Siobhan Burke
Eiko Invites You to Her Inner Land of Wraiths
The New York Times, March 2, 2016
Brian Seibert
Dancing in Places
DanceBeat, March 8, 2016
Deborah Jowitt
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part I
The Dance Enthusiast, March 17, 2016
Robert Johnson
Eiko Otake: A Body in Places - Part II: From Dashwood Books in the East Village to the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan
The Dance Enthusiast, March 23, 2016
Robert Johnson
Eiko summons spirits in Vizcaya performance
Miami Herald, March 31, 2016
Jordan Levin
My Eiko Journal: Part 1
InfiniteBody, March 2, 2016
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
My Eiko Journal: Part 2
InfiniteBody, March 3, 2016
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Photo exhibition: A Body in Fukushima (2014-)
Wesleyan Photo Exhibit Depicts 2011 Nuclear Disaster In Japan
Hartford Courant, February 23, 2015
CFA's "A Body in Fukushima" Exhibit Offers Breathtaking Look at the Japanese Tsunami
Wesleyan Argus, February 18, 2015
Jianna Xiong
The Hiroshima Panels, Pioneer Works, New York — ‘history is given a moral weight’
Financial Times, November 23, 2015
Ariella Budick
"A Body in Fukushima" beautifully re-creates a painful History
Wesleyan Argus, February 9, 2018
Connor Aberle
A Body in a Station (2014)
Sickness and Health
Artforum, July 3, 2015
Lauren O'Neill-Butler
Eiko Otake Holds a Mourning Service at Rush Hour
The New York Times, June 24, 2015
Siobhan Burke
Apparition of a Face in a Crowd
The Brooklyn Rail, December 18, 2014
Madison Mainwaring
The Caravan Project (2013)
Slow Down; Now Breathe
DanceBeat, January 22, 2013
Deborah Jowitt
For Such a Little Trailer, There’s a Lot Going On
The New York Times, January 17, 2013
Alastair Macaulay
Fragile (2012)
Eiko and Koma’s ‘Fragile’ is emotional dance but difficult to endure
The Washington Post, February 23, 2012
Pamela Squires
Eiko & Koma and Kronos Quartet "Fragile"
Ballet-Dance Magazine, February 22, 2012
Carmel Morgan
Moving from one dark room to another
San Francsico Chronicle, March 20, 2012
Leah Garchik
EIKO & KOMA AND KRONOS QUARTET
eventseekr blog, March 21, 2012
Nathan Cranford
Naked: Video Installation (2011)
Eiko & Koma's invisible motion at MCA
Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2011
Sid Smith
On Nakedness: Video Installation (2011)
Poetry of Stillness, in a Moment Streached to Infinity
The New York Times, April 1, 2011
Roslyn Sulcas
Residue (2011)
The Week Ahead
The New York Times, Augist 28, 2011
Roslyn Sulca
Eiko & Koma
The New Yorker
Time is Not Even, Space is Not Empty (2011)
Eiko & Koma's invisible motion at MCA
Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2011
Sid Smith
Time is Not Even, Space is Not Empty: Eiko & Koma
Art Asia Pacific Magazine Issue 76 , November/December 2011
Anthony Elms
Water (2011)
Into the Pool, Slowly but With Feeling
New York Times, August 1, 2011
ALASTAIR MACAULAY
Dancers Eiko and Koma bring the wilderness to Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors
The Star-Ledger , August 2, 2011
Robert Johnson
Dance review: Eiko and Koma's 'Water' at Skirball Cultural Center
Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2011
Laura Bleiberg
Naked (2010)
Poetry of Stillness, in a Moment Streached to Infinity
The New York Times, April 1, 2011
Roslyn Sulcas
In a Place of Dreams and Dreamers
Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2011
Robert Greskovic
Eiko and Koma Travel Slowly Into Dreams
Village Voice, March 30, 2011
Deborah Jowitt
Bear Truths
New Yorker, April 11, 2011
Joan Acocella
Eiko & Koma's invisible motion at MCA
Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2011
Sid Smith
Raven (2010)
Retrospective Project I: Regeneration
The Village Voice, June 1, 2010
Deborah Jowitt
Eiko & Koma at Dancespace by Wendy Perron
Dance Magazine, June 1, 2010
Wendy Perron
Eiko & Koma Timeless
The Herald Sun, July 4, 2010
Susan Broili
Eiko and Koma: Birth and death again and again and…
Third Coast Digest, July 24, 2011
Tom Strini
Eiko and Koma Dance Their Retrospective in Abq.
Adobe Air Stream, October 3. 2011
Conrad Skinner
Live Review: Eiko & Koma "Regeneration"
TimeOut Chicago, September 22, 2011
Zachary Whittenburg
Regeneration (2010)
Retrospective Project I: Regeneration
The Village Voice, June 1, 2010
Deborah Jowitt
Eiko & Koma at Dancespace by Wendy Perron
Dance Magazine, June 1, 2010
Wendy Perron
Eiko & Koma Timeless
The Herald Sun, July 4, 2010
Susan Broili
On Being There and Not Being There
July1, 2010
Celeste Fraser Delgado
Natural Forms: Life, Forces, and Circumstance
NEA Dance Critics Institute
Mary Love Hodges
Tweet Review
2010 Dance Critics Institute
Eiko & Koma at Dancespace by Wendy Perron
Dance Magazine, June 1, 2010
Wendy Perron
Eiko and Koma Dance Their Retrospective in Abq.
Adobe Air Stream, October 3. 2011
Conrad Skinner
Live Review: Eiko & Koma "Regeneration"
TimeOut Chicago, September 22, 2011
Zachary Whittenburg
White Dance (revival) (2010)
Retrospective Project I: Regeneration
The Village Voice, June 1, 2010
Deborah Jowitt
40 Years In, a Couple Still Seeks New Ideas
New York Times, May 28, 2010
Claudia La Rocco
Eiko & Koma at Dancespace by Wendy Perron
Dance Magazine, June 1, 2010
Wendy Perron
Eiko & Koma Timeless
The Herald Sun, July 4, 2010
Susan Broili
Eiko and Koma Dance Their Retrospective in Abq.
Adobe Air Stream, October 3. 2011
Conrad Skinner
Live Review: Eiko & Koma "Regeneration"
TimeOut Chicago, September 22, 2011
Zachary Whittenburg
Hunger (2008)
“Hunger” feeds on themes of decay, desire
Sentinel Milwaukee, Oct 19, 2008
Tom Strini
Cambodian Stories Revisited (2007)
A World of Glacial Movements, Tense With Emotions
New York Times, May 26, 2007
Alastair Macaulay
Grain (revival) (2007)
Eiko & Koma teams with Cambodian dancers for first time
The Herald Sun, June 20, 2007
Susan Broil
Eiko and Koma: how times have changed
News & Observer, June 26, 2007
Linda Belans
Mourning (2007)
One piano, two dancers and music's secret
The Oregonian, March 5, 2007
Tim Du Roche
A primal 'Mourning' and hope for rebirth
July 18, 2008
Thea Singer
Human Predators at Large, Butoh Style
New York Times, October 20, 2007
Gia Kourlas
Eiko and Koma Pity the Earth
Village Voice, October 20, 2007
Deborah Jowitt
Calculated Choreography: Eiko & Koma Mourn for the Masses
May 1, 2008
Stephanie Leong
Post-traumatic Earth: Eiko + Koma and Tere O’Connor at Concord
July 23, 2008
Marcia B.Siegel
Quartet (2007)
The Slowness of Motion, and What It May Reveal
New York Times
Alastair Macaulay
Looking Toward the Future: Eiko and Koma at ADF
The Classical Voice of North Carolina, June 25, 2007
Kate Dobbs Ariail
Cambodian Stories (2006)
After the Killing Fields - Cambodian Stories: An Offering in Painting and Dance Eiko & Koma with The Reyum Painting Collective
Dance View Times, April 3, 2006
Lisa Traiger
Grand Themes, Conveyed in Movement and in Paint, in 'Cambodian Stories'
New York Times, May 22, 2006
Jennifer Dunning
A Moving Portrait of Cambodia
Washington Post , April 1, 2006
Pamela Squires
Eiko and Koma: "Cambodian Stories: An Offering of Painting and Dance"
The New York Theatre Wire, May 22, 2006
Jack Anderson
Death Poem (2005)
Evoking the Delicacy of Life in a Subtle Dance of Death
New York Times , June 25, 2005
Jack Anderson
Do or Die: Eiko and Koma offer a haunting portrait of the end of life in Death Poem
Time Out
Gia Kourlas
Shape Shifting: Choreography creates moving images through stillness
Village Voice , July 5, 2005
Deborah Jowitt
Enduring Energy Bidding the Big Farewell with Eiko and Koma
The Dance Insider
Chris Dohse
Tree Song (2004)
For Primal Duo, the Memories of Trees Hold No Terror
July 23, 2005
Jennifer Dunning
Offering (2002)
Offering goes to the very heart of mourning
Los Angeles Times, October 14, 2003
Sasha Anawalt
Images of Devastating Grief and the Courage to Go On
New York Times, July 19, 2002
Jack Anderson
Gripping perfomance opens citywide artfest
Oregonian , September 13, 2003
Catherine Thomas
Peaceful Offering: For the movement rituals of Eiko & Koma, the life force shines through, even in death
Time Out , June 12, 2003
Gia Kourlas
Sacred Spaces
Village Voice , July 30, 2002
Elizabeth Zimmer
Be With (2001)
Travel Companions on Life's Inevitable Journey
The New York Times, January 31
Anna Kisselgoff
When Nights Were Dark (2000)
Next Wave Festival Review
New York Times , December 1, 2000
Anna Kisselgoff
Breath (1998)
PERFORMANCE ART REVIEW; A Landscape's Darkness Illuminated by a Nude
New York Times, June 8, 1998
Jennifer Dunning
River (proscenium version) (1997)
At the Creation, a Tender Adam as Eve's Rescuer
New York Times , December 5, 1997
Jack Anderson
River (outdoor work) (1995)
A Nuanced Production With Nature as Co-Star
September 11,1995
Jennifer Dunning
Floating On: Eiko and Koma Reconstruct The River for ADF
An Online Arts Journal in North Carolina, July 5, 2011
Kate Dobbs Ariail
Peace is River: Eiko and Koma recreate site-specific work for American Dance Festival
the World Art Reviews, July 7, 2011
Ali Duffy
Rust (1989)
ADF: Dances of conflict and unity
The News and Observer, June 18, 2008
Orla Swift
Tree (1988)
By The River (1986)
Dance: Eiko & Koma
The New York Times, October 8, 1987
Jack Anderson
Night Tide (1984)
Dance: Eiko and Koma Portray Nature
New York Times, January 28, 1984
Jack Anderson
Eiko and Koma Dance Their Retrospective in Abq.
Adobe Air Stream, October 3. 2011
Conrad Skinner
Grain (1983)
Dance: Eiko and Koma In a Durham Premiere
New York Times , June 24, 1984
Anna Kisselgoff
Event Fission (1980)
Eiko and Koma: Birth and death again and again and…
Third Coast Digest, July 24, 2011
Tom Strini
Fur Seal (1977)
Two Dancers From Japan In 'Fur Seal'
February 25, 1978
Anna Kisselgoff
The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable ()
Reports from TBA 2019: Eiko Otake
Oregon Arts Watch, October 1, 2019
Linda Wysong
At ADF: Moving Performances by Eiko Otake and Friends
CVNC An Online Arts Journal in North Carolina, July 8, 2019
Andrea McKerlie Luke
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