Eiko Otake - A Body in Places

About This Event

Guest presenter Eiko Otake will present a film screening with Zoomed-in discussion of her internationally known work. Movement-based interdisciplinary artist Eiko Otake responds to ecological crises in films such as A Body in Tokyo. Born and raised in Japan and a resident of New York since 1976, Eiko’s work in Eiko & Koma helped earn the duo a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim, the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival and the Dance Magazine Awards. Eiko now performs as a soloist, directs her own projects, and creates films. This screening will share some of her recent, visually striking works. MP4 Corridor Member Missy Pfohl Smith, along with Visual and Cultural Studies PhD candidate Tristan Bass-Krueger, will facilitate discussion and Q & A. ASL interpretatio and closed captions will be provided.

Featured Guests

• Eiko Otake, movement–based, interdisciplinary artist
• Missy Pfohl Smith, University of Rochester
• Tristan Bass-Krueger, PhD Candidate in Visual and Cultural Studies

Co-sponsors

• On Film
• Program of Dance and Movement
• Visual and Cultural Studies
• Schwartz Performing Arts Fund of the Institute for the Performing Arts
• the Humanities Project
• University Committee for Interdisciplinary Studies
• Film and Media Studies