Mio Ishikawa (she/her), Japanese dance artist based in New York City, works collaboratively across multiple artistic mediums.
Ishikawa is a performer at Punchdrunk's Sleep No More and Sidra Bell Dance New York.
Ishikawa is a recent recipient of 2023-2024 NYU Center for Ballet Art - Juilliard Fellowship in support of her upcoming creation. Her works have been presented at High Line Nine Gallery in Chelsea, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Walnut Hill School for the Arts and New World Symphony in Miami. Ishikawa choreographed and directed the movements for photographers Tatyana Nagayeva, Olga Rabetskaya and Robert and Shana PerkeHarrison.
Ishikawa is an associate director of a bicoastal dance platform BODYSONNET. As a core member, she has been a part of residencies in US and Germany and have produced dance performances and films. She led workshops at NYU and Mercyhurst University as a teaching artist of SBDNY.
Ishikawa trained at the Juilliard School (BFA 2019). She has worked with choreographers Kyle Abraham, Alejandro Cerrudo, Maleek Washington, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Amy J Gardner and among many others. Ishikawa has performed at the live event for Amazon Prime TV series, Wheel of Time at Times Square and in the TV commercial, "Your universe" by Diners Club Japan.
Across artistic mediums, Ishikawa has worked with artists, Dan Colen for his exhibition Executioner anonymous gallery in nyc, Moon Chang for her exhibition VENUS STUDIO , MIZU for her music video prphtbrd, Jake Olsen and Kevin Peter for motion capture at zerospace and among many others.