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ISHIDA Dance Company announces INSIDE MY WALLS
World Premiere to play Houston
June 12-15, 2025 | Thursday – Saturday at 8 pm; Sunday at 3 pm
Asia Society Texas Center | 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston TX 77004
Tickets: $30-$90/VIP $120 | Tickets available at IshidaDance.org
ISHIDA Dance Company, nationally recognized in Dance Magazine’s “25 to watch”, in collaboration with Asia Society presents inside my walls with critically acclaimed dancers and choreography by ISHIDA, Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis, and Stephen Shropshire based in the Netherlands. inside my walls will play Houston June 12-15, 2025 at The Asia Society Texas Center at IshidaDance.org.
The program features the world premiere of an original ISHIDA poetic narrative inside my walls. Inspired by internationally acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami and the use of magical realism, inside my walls follows an introvert dictated by routine, who hoards piles of newspapers on the perimeter of his apartment, which he believes protects him from harm. Encountering a mysterious visitor who has been living inside his apartment walls, he finds unexpected solace in their companionship.
The program also includes a world premiere by guest choreographer Stephen Shropshire, who ran his own company Noord Nederlandse Dans, and received awards and honors for his choreography in Europe. Reputable Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis returns to ISHIDA with his ethereal work “Horizons”. Foniadakis’ work is well known in the European dance community commissioned by many of the top European dance companies over the past two decades. The evening promises to be a unique opportunity to see some of best and most interesting choreography from Europe and the US.
About ISHIDA Dance Company
ISHIDA Dance presents original ISHIDA poetic narratives as well as works by exciting new and internationally established choreographers working with some of the most sought-after dancers (Houston Ballet, English National, Ballet BC, Ballet Vlaanderen, Nederlands Dans Theater, tanzmainz, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Ballets Jazz de Montréal) from Texas and around the world. Choreographers present engaging works that have never been performed for Texas audiences and in many cases are world premieres. These unique works invite empathy and introspection to lead to greater kindness towards oneself and the community.
The company’s performances have solidified ISHIDA as one of the most exciting performing arts companies in Houston. There is nothing like ISHIDA anywhere in the United States, artistically or programmatically.
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About Brett Ishida – Artistic Director
Artistic Director Brett Ishida is Japanese American and grew up on a citrus farm in California’s Central Valley. Her love for dance inspired her to move away from home at age fifteen when she received a full scholarship to Kirov Academy and later to School of American Ballet in NYC. She danced with Boston Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, where she first choreographed, and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens performing works by celebrated choreographers Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, and Ohad Naharin, among others. She later graduated from UCLA earning a BA in Literature with emphasis in Poetry. She felt by combining these two worlds from her past, she could become a new voice in contemporary dance and started her own company, ISHIDA, captivating audiences in Houston and Austin.
From the onset, ISHIDA’s work has been critically acclaimed: Broadway World described her work as “stunning and compelling…an incredible boon to the Houston art scene.” Dance Magazine named ISHIDA in the venerated ‘25 to Watch’ and The Washington Post’s Pulitzer-prize winning dance critic Sarah L. Kaufman deemed ISHIDA’s piece home-coming which “tackled a deeply poignant, poetic theme” to be “remarkable.” ISHIDA’s work was presented at the 10,000 Dreams festival at The Kennedy Center in June 2024 featuring works by top Asian Choreographers around the world; Ballet Herald reviewed ISHIDA’s work as “the most memorable and effective piece in this program.”
In December 2024, ISHIDA debuted her first commission for Houston Ballet which Paper City writer Adrienne Jones described as “unforgettable.” At ISHIDA’s last sold out run of performances in January 2025, reviewer Fredrick Goodall said ISHIDA’s world premiere soul-writer was “a masterclass in storytelling through movement.”
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