Eiko Otake

What is War is an evening-length performance. Created by NY-based multidisciplinary artist Eiko Otake and Chinese choreographer/filmmaker Wen Hui, it investigates the life history, artistic interactions, and friendship between two older Asian female artists and how their distinct cultural and political upbringings mark and remain as memories in the body. Together, they explore and unearth the inherited trauma of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Cultural Revolution, and Japanese anti-Vietnam War student uprisings in the late 1960’s. Through dance, spoken text, and video, Otake and Hui meditate on war, violence, and the social movements they observed in very different societies.

Caretakers of the Land/Land Acknowledgement: Lenape

Estimated Artist Fee: $25,000 estimated Artist Fee for one week engagement (travel and per diem included) Housing not included.