"Freedom isn't Free" is inspired by the experiences of Japanese Americans who were sent to Internment camps during World War II. This solo part of Freedom isn’t Free expresses the moment when a Japanese American woman is about to be sent to an internment camp during World War II, and then she appears 70 years after the war and reflects on the biased reactions that are still happening now, and can happen to anyone.

 This is one of group section from a future full-length version of Freedom isn't Free. Japanese Americans who lived on the West Coast of the U.S. during World War II faced the situation where they were taken away from where they grew up, worked and had their lives as Americans. This section expresses their struggle of trying to stay in their homes but being unable to resist anti-Japanese American agitation and laws for their expulsion.

 "Freedom isn't Free" is a solo dance piece dedicated to Japanese Americans who were sent to the internment camps and who fought against prejudice.

 "Sekai no Katachi – The Shape of the World" is a solo dance piece inspired by Ms. Ikeda's daily experiences as they interact and conflict with news she is reading from around the world. People are desperately fleeing North Africa, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and creating a refugee crisis in Europe, but in Times Square the focus is on protesting to obtain the right of gender equal nipples. Ms. Ikeda thought about this world that contains contradictions, and she wondered ay the idea of how people decided which matter is most important for them to raise their voices. Yet this same world embraces these differing and conflicting beliefs and values and is still united and spinning around the sun.

 This duet, "kiri no jikan", explores the connections between two women across vast expanses of time and geography. Concept, choreography, and performance: Kaoru Ikeda and Jeramy Zimmerman and credit under CatScratch Theatre

 This duet, "Campo Magnético", is about a metaphor of relationship dynamics. If there are two or more people, there are often power dynamics. Yet we cannot exist if we ignore the other's existence.

 After having the experience of moving from Japan back to the U.S., Ms. Ikeda wondered where and how her new life was to be built. This dance is about feeling unknown fear and confusion yet also being aware that life can expand wherever one goes, if one remains open to being alive.

 This solo was inspired by Ms. Ikeda's friend's death. What is death? Where does a person's sprit and memory go? Does death mean the end of the relationship or can we still keep and build our relationship?

 This solo expresses what happens when we "awaken" and start to realize that our lives are surrounded by so many small matters that have built this world where we live at this moment.