Eiko Otake
Eiko Otake is a Japanese choreographer/dancer who has lived in New
York since 1976. Since 1972 she and her partner Koma have collaborated
as the performance team Eiko & Koma, creating and presenting a
unique theater of movement in diverse venues worldwide, including
numerous appearances at the American Dance Festival, the Brooklyn
Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, and a month-long “living”
gallery installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Eiko &
Koma have received many honors, including a MacArthur Fellowship
in 1996.
