Eiko & Koma [SEP] country of origin
to study with Kazuo Ohno, who, along with Hijikata, was a central figure in the Japanese avant-garde theatrical movement of the 1960s. Their interest in Neue Tanz took them to Hanover, Germany in 1972 where they studied with Manja Chmiel, a disciple of Mary Wigman. In 1973, they moved to Amsterdam, and for the next two years toured extensively in Europe. 
The Japan Society sponsored the first American performance of Eiko & Koma's "White Dance" in May 1976. In 1983 Eiko & Koma
York, and Eiko has taught at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Eiko is also a Center for Creative Research (CCR) Artist in Residence at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, as well as being Artist in Residence at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Manhattan, New York. She teaches interdisciplinary classes in the departments of Dance, East Asian Studies, Individualized Study, and History. Eiko and Koma are in the process of teaching an interdisciplinary dance theory course at Colorado College.
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