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 The Banshee (2018)

3 minutes 30 seconds

The uncut take of Eiko performing with Margaret Leng Tan at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on November 20, 2018. This was a part of the first public showing of Eiko's multi-year, multi-faceted "Duet Project: Distance is Malleable"

Camera by Alexis Moh

The Banshee was composed by Henry Cowell in 1925. The Banshee is inspired by the Irish legend of a she-spirit whose shrieks and moans to warn of an impending death in the family.