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Location
Bennington, VT
Project Title
OQ
Fiscal Year Awarded
2015
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Production Grant
Grant Amount
$43,000
Kota’s newest dance project, OQ, “palace” in Japanese, draws inspiration from the highly ritualized Japanese utakai poetry-reading ceremonies performed at the Imperial Palace since ancient times. Commissioned by Japan Society (NY), this work involves an international team of artists including New York architect collective So-il (Florian Idenburg of Holland and Jing Liu of China), Japanese composer Masahiro Sugaya, lighting designer Kathy Kaufmann, and six dancers from diverse cultural backgrounds trained in different dance techniques.