you could release me

ISHIDA Dance Company is a new world-class contemporary dance company for Texas featuring venerated dancers from many of the top companies in the world (Houston Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin, Ballet BC, GotebergOperans Danskompani, New York City Ballet, and Netherlands Dance Theater). ISHIDA blends contemporary dance with theatrical elements while retaining the physicality and beauty of the human form from traditional ballet. ISHIDA presents unique narratives relevant to a modern audience that explore archetypal themes and invite existential questions: Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going? Such works enable audiences to gather meaning and emotional connection. ISHIDA’s poetic narratives prompt introspection to lead to greater kindness towards oneself and otherness.

ISHIDA Dance Company presents an evening of thought-provoking premieres in world-class contemporary dance: two new works by ISHIDA including the world premiere of changeling – a fragile depiction of falling in love. The evening also includes a world premiere by Emilie Leriche, a Paris-based choreographer who has created on Scapino Ballet Rotterdam and commissioned by Netherlands Dans Theater (NDT). This will be the first time her work is presented in the US. Lastly, award-winning Finnish British choreographer Kristian Lever, whose work has been presented by Dance Salad, returns to Houston with the US premiere of an intimate work originally created on Hamburg Ballet.