What Is War
Created by Eiko Otake and Wen Hui
Part of Next Wave 2025 and Fall 2025
Upcoming Performances
Tue, Oct 21 at 7:30PM
Wed, Oct 22 at 7:30PM
Thu, Oct 23 at 7:30PM
Fri, Oct 24 at 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 25 at 7:30PM
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Created and performed by Eiko Otake (of Eiko & Koma) and Wen Hui (of Living Dance Studio), What Is War is a powerful collaboration that fuses movement, video, and personal testimony excavated from the artists’ recollections of war and its aftermath. Otake grew up in post war Japan and Wen grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution. Friends since 1995 and working closely since 2020, Otake and Wen explore the enduring impacts of war on human consciousness, collective memory, and the body.
Please note: What Is War contains nudity and addresses the subject of war.
Brooklyn Academy of Music
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