Mutability

ISHIDA Dance Company presents the world premiere of Mutability.

The program includes two original ISHIDA poetic narratives: green apples—which experiments with matriarchal archetypes granting and rescinding power with a cast of four formidable women; and another of the same program title. Mutability follows a struggling male actor on set in rehearsal. It employs magical realism and the form of a meta-play to further the drama and connection to the audience, and possibly text from acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami.

The program also includes the US premiere of an intimate work by Marco Goecke, Germany’s most renown and prolific contemporary choreographer over the past two decades. The evening promises to be a unique opportunity to see some of the best and most interesting choreography from Europe and the US.

About ISHIDA Dance Company

ISHIDA is a world-class contemporary dance company based in Austin and was the only company in the US to be nationally recognized in Dance Magazine’s prestigious “25 to watch” list for 2023. ISHIDA features venerated dancers from many of the top companies in the world (Houston Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Juilliard, Ballet BC, Netherlands Dance Theater, GöteborgsOperan, tanzmainz, Les Ballets Jazz Montreal and others) in works that relate to modern audiences prompting introspection and greater kindness towards oneself and others.

This project is funded in part by the City of Austin’s Elevate Grant Program.

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