#8 New Directions Poetry Pamphlet
Eiko and Koma
Poet Forrest Gander's mesmerizing series of poems β hinging around a dance schematic β that captures and extends Eiko & Koma's performance with lyrical intensity and vividness For over thirty years, Eiko & Koma, the Japanese-born choreographers and dancers,have created an influential theatre of movement out of stillness, shape, light, and sound. In tribute and collaboration, the acclaimed American poet Forrest Gander has written a mesmerizing series of poems β hinging around a dance schematic β that captures and extends the dancersβ performance with lyrical intensity and vividness.