What web of connections do new generations of artists trace? Who are their influences? Since 2012 we have explored artistic constellations and lineages by asking each artist to share a significant artistic influence.   “I don’t actually think about influences… Read more

by Svetlana Kitto   With some missing brainpower, one still thinks. Some missing physical power, one does dance. — Eiko, introducing Program 6   I remember my grandmother, Bella. She was always smiling or crying. Before the war in Latvia,… Read more

Part 8 “not that theories are not beautiful, but that they are feeble” C.D. Wright     Installation St. Marks Church (March 15) D is for Dance Discipline Devotion Says Merce Through Valda An art process is not necessarily a… Read more

by Paul Chan WHAT DOES IT mean to change? No one steps in the same river twice, Heraclitus wrote. The world is unimaginably different now from what it was in 500 b.c. For instance, many rivers today are so polluted… Read more

by Eiko Otake   ANNA HALPRIN No description is necessary for this amazing dance artist. She opened her studio and home to us anytime we were in the Bay Area. I sincerely feel that her work and teaching at her… Read more

[October 2015] In January 2015, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) hosted a public conversation between Eiko and Trajal Harrell, moderated by Sam Miller, as a part of Trajal’s two-year Annenberg Research Commission Residency. Trajal’s residency included an exploration of… Read more

Alexis Moh presents video clips from Eiko’s solos, updated weekly.

by Leeroy Kun Young Kang It seems fitting that I watched these films before witnessing Eiko perform. There is a feeling, part curious, part mischievous, about peeking at someone’s bookshelf when you go to their house for the first time. The… Read more