MARIKO ISHIKAWA

Dancer • Collaborator • Educator

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    To The Moon
    03:37

    To The Moon

    Short film film that follows a dancer exploring through the outskirts of Iowa City, IA. Directed and produced by Angelica DeLashmette Hurst, Kate Vincek, and Mariko Ishikawa at the University of Iowa.
    The Solitaires
    04:45
    mariko

    The Solitaires

    “The Solitaires” embodies the writing of Martha Mukaiwa, a writer for the University of Iowa’s International Writers Program 2019. The work explores themes of repetition, contagiousness, and the never ending cycle of love and violence.
    Sleeping Beauty Pas De Duex
    06:27
    Mariko Ishikawa

    Sleeping Beauty Pas De Duex

    Guest dancing with Peninsula Youth Ballet. Princess Aurora: Mariko Ishikawa Prince Désiré: Peter Hershey
    Wilderness/Wilderness
    05:26
    mariko

    Wilderness/Wilderness

    A dance film in which the main character becomes a fantastical alter ego of herself. Like Angel, she journeys through spaces of cold desolation and the quietly comforting wilderness, trying to reconcile the either/or fallacies between wilderness and civilization, between masculine and feminine, between growth and destruction.
    Untitled
    02:06
    mariko

    Untitled

    A short film that utilizes the concepts of puppeteering and stop motion to bring motion and life to inanimate objects.
    02:47

    Lighting Project - Cline, Ishikawa, Madden

    Researching different moods with various lighting styles. In collaboration with Jeremey Cline and Jessica Madden at the University of Iowa. Music: "Tabara" by Jeremey Cline.
    Resurface
    07:18
    mariko

    Resurface

    The final product of a process based work that investigates, embodies and remembers human connection with natural elements of the earth through the spiritual, somatic, and creative self. The first solo, Resurface, encapsulates the process through which the dancing body connects with nature.
    thaw | phase
    05:40
    mariko

    thaw | phase

    Stop Motion Project 1
    00:13

    Stop Motion Project 1

    Stop Motion Projects in the making. Featuring gummy bears and fish.
     
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