MARIKO ISHIKAWA
Mariko Ishikawa, originally from the San Francisco Bay Area*, is currently pursuing her MFA in Dance Performance at the University of Iowa as a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship. At the university, Mariko has performed in numerous productions and has directed and produced multiple screendance productions. Her research contains dance activism, screendance, classical ballet technique, and Cunningham-based technique.
Mariko has performed professionally with Albany Berkshire Ballet, Mandance Company San Francisco, Menlowe Ballet, Imaginatio Arts, eMotion Arts, and New Ground Theatre Dance Company among others. She has been invited to perform with the Peninsula Youth Ballet, Diablo Ballet, Moscow Ballet, DManagement’s “Performing in Chicago," and Youth American Grand Prix New York Finals (2009 to 2012). In 2012, she won the prestigious San Francisco Beach Blanket Babylon Scholarship for the Arts.
With well over 10 years of teaching experience, Mariko is devoted to educating students in the art of dance and performance. Mariko has taught at numerous schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and has set multiple productions, including The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, Etudes and more. Mariko holds a BA in performing arts and liberal studies from Saint Mary’s College LEAP.
*written in acknowledgment of the ancestral territory of Ramaytush Ohlone (SF) and the Miwok, Yokuts, Patwin, and other Ohlone (Greater Bay Area).
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education:
MFA in Dance Performance, University of Iowa, anticipated May 2021
BA in Performing Arts and Liberal Studies (LEAP), Saint Mary’s College of California, May 2017
Performances:
University of Iowa - MFA Candidate
December 2019 If a tree falls ______, at Space Place Theater, IA
A collaborative performance with the Dance Department
December 2019 Thaw/Phase
Installation Performance in collaboration with Juliet Remmers and Angelica DeLashmette
November 2019 In Motion, Dance Gala at Hancher Auditorium, IA
Scales of Memory set by Urban Bush Women. Reaping 6:4 by Christopher Rasheem McMillan
November 2019 International Writer’s Program and University of Iowa Collaboration at Space Place
Theater, IA
The Solitaires, in collaboration with Julia Cooper and Martha Mukaiwa
Company Member
2019 New Ground Theater Dance Company, San Mateo, CA
Choreography by Coleen Lorenz, Sandi Schubert, Rebecca Faiso
2018 - 2019 eMotion Arts, San Francisco, CA
Works by Mariana Soboral In collaboration with Mario Spinetti, John Lingui
2017 - 2016 Imaginatio Arts, Emeryville, CA
Choreography by Chelsea Farrah, Eric
2010 - 2016 Mandance Company SF, San Francisco, CA
Works by Bryon Heinrich
2012 - 2015 Menlowe Ballet, Menlo Park, CA
Choreography by Michael Lowe, Ronn Guidi, Viktor Kabaniev, Reginald Ray-Savage, Sarah Jean Measor
2011 - 2013 Albany Berkshire Ballet, Albany, NY
Principal in Nutcracker
Guest Artist
2019 ODC Pilot 71
Choreography by Alyssa Mitchel
2018 Face to Face
Lead dancer in “Face to Face” music video for musician Kendra McKinley
2018 Dance Like No One Is Watching
Lead talent for film directed by Cullan Bruce
2018 New Ground Theater Dance Company
Featured work by Leslie Marx
2013 - 2015 Peninsula Youth Ballet
Principal in Nutcracker
2011 Performing in Chicago
DManagement Productions directed by Darren McIntyre
Teaching Experience:
2008 - 2019 Ayako School of Ballet, Belmont, CA
Director Assitant, Parent Liason, Choreographer, Competition Coach, Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Modern Instructor
2018 - 2019 Peninsula Youth Ballet
Assistant Rehearsal Director
2017 - 2019 Kirkpatrick’s School of Dance, San Mateo, CA
Ballet, Jazz, Dance Team Instructor and Choreographer
2016 - 2019 Barre3, San Mateo, CA
Instructor Mentor and Class Instructor
Screendance:
University of Iowa
December 2019 To the Moon
Director, Producer, Lead Editor
December 2019 Thaw/Phase
Video Production Leader for installation performance
November 2019 Lighting Project
Content Creation Collaborator, Editor, Talent
Awards, Honors, Fellowships:
2019 - 2020 Iowa Arts Fellowship
2012 Beach Blanket Babylon Scholarship for the Arts
2009- 2012 Youth American Grand Prix Invitation to New York Finals
Additional Training and Workshops:
2018 Mark Morris Dance Company Summer Intensive
2012 Ballet San Jose Scholarship Recipient
2010 ODC Summer Intensive Scholarship Recipient
1999 - 2012 Ayako School of Ballet Full Scholarship Recipient 2009 - 2012