Alenka Loesch is a dance/ theatre performer/designer. She co-founded uRo Teatr Koku with Shinichi Iova-Koga which later morphed into inkBoat, based in San Francisco/Berlin. She has participated in many international festivals and been an artist in residence in France, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, US, and Japan.
Loesch became primarily known as a Butoh dancer after 1991 when she began dancing under Hiroko and Koichi Tamano (primary dancers in Tatsumi Hijikata's company).
Her dance attempts to shatter habits which limit our bodies and the
perception of our bodies. She endeavors to reveal her inner world
and achieve absolute presence. She attempts to bare the soul and
reveal the human being in all it's banality, ugliness and beauty to
expose the sufferings and joys of life.
Loesch's productions, both solo and ensemble, have been experienced throughout the North American Continent, Europe and Japan. Productions collide between dance and theater to illuminate personal existence, attuning the primal body to modern life.
Additionally, she has collaborated intensively with Yumiko Yoshioka and TEN PEN CHii Art Factory (Germany: 1996-2001), Antagon Aktion Theatre (Germany:1998-1999), Do Theatre (Russia: 1997-2000), Minako Seki (Germany: 1998-2000), Shadowlight Theatre (USA: 1993-1997), Michael Sakamoto, Mizu Desierto and Holcombe Waller.
