Eiko and Koma
New York
USA Prudential Fellows, Dance

Eiko and Koma have been performing together since 1972. They are known for choreographing intricate and deliberate movement works that combine contemporary dance, performance art, and interdisciplinary, cross-cultural elements. Their works have been presented in venues such as the Japan Society, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Walker Art Center, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Eiko and Koma have collaborated with many other artists and groups, from composers and musicians such as Joseph Jennings and the Kronos Quartet to nonprofessionals such as a group of young Cambodian art students. They have also been the subject of exhibitions at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. They are recipients of two Bessies, a 1996 MacArthur Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among many other honors. They received the 2004 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement and the 2007 Dance magazine award.

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