Choreographer and dancer Megumi Eda at PARC to work on her new work fish άɪ lens

fish άɪ lens is a multidisciplinary autobiographical dance performance by Megumi Eda, filled with humor, heart, and a touch of whimsy.
The piece is structured into six chapters, like following a map, tracing the key stages of Megumi’s life across Nagano/Japan, Hamburg, Amsterdam, London, New York, and Berlin. Leaving Japan at 16 to chase ballet dreams, Megumi’s journey is marked by cultural blunders, language mishaps, and poignant self-discovery.
Much like a fisheye lens—distorting and reframing—her experiences reveal unexpected truths. Joining her is a shadow – Shintaro Oue, a teenage friend she astoundingly hadn’t seen in 30 years. Together, they explore the places and moments that shaped Megumi’s artistry, blending past and present to create a vivid, transformative narrative experience.
fish άɪ lens aims to go beyond Megumi’s personal story and share new perspectives and rich emotions with audiences.

Megumi Eda is a dancer and filmmaker creating multimedia works that blend theater, dance, and film. She began her career at 17 with the Hamburg Ballet, later joining the Dutch National Ballet and Rambert Dance Company, performing a wide range of classical and contemporary works.
In 2004, she moved to New York as a founding member of Armitage Gone! Dance, collaborating on over a dozen new works as a muse for Karole Armitage. That year, she won the New York Dance Performance Award (Bessie Award) and was named Best Performer by Dance Magazine in 2009 and 2015. She has also worked extensively with Yoshiko Chuma, developing innovative performance projects.
Since relocating to Berlin in 2019, Megumi has focused on her own interdisciplinary creations, exploring Multi-Generational War Trauma, Women’s Rights, and Institutional Abuse in the Dance World. Her notable works include Please Cry (2022), DIVINE (2023) with Yuko Kaseki, and MOMENTUM the second sleep, prima parte/il solo (2022) with Cristina Kristal Rizzo.

oncept, performance, video: Megumi Eda
choreography, dramaturgy, performance: Shintaro Oue
special guest for music, composition: Kazuhisa Uchihashi
costume: Mylla Ek