Areas
No Speaking Left In Me
August 12 - 13, 2022 Midtown Match Theatre
Tickets are on sale now at MidtownHouston.org.
Lateef Williams – dancer
Lateef Williams was born in Philadelphia, PA. He studied at the The Academy of Dance, The Rock School, and the School of American Ballet. He has danced with different companies across the globe from the Washington Ballet, to Ballet Du Rhin in France, Ballet Nacional de Chile, and he is currently dancing with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Belgium. He has danced works from William Forsythe, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Maurice Bejart, George Balanchine, Hofesh Schecter, Johan Inger, Anna Teresea De Keersmaker, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Alexander Ekman, and many more. Lateef has also worked with LA Opera on an award- winning digital short called “Brown Sounds” in collaboration with world renown opera singer Rahann Bryce-Davis and filmmaker Jeremy Adonis.
Outside of dance, Lateef also works as a model part-time and is currently studying to become a Yoga instructor.
He is very much looking forward to dancing with ISHIDA this summer.
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MISSION
The Mission of ISHIDA Dance Company is to transform everyday being through meaning-filled, world-class contemporary dance performances and in collaboration with local organizations to bring the healing nature of dance to underserved communities.
ABOUT
"Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?” was painted by Paul Gauguin in 1897 and depicts states of being. Like Gaugin’s painting, ISHIDA Dance Company prompts existential questions through dreamscapes that celebrate universal themes of our psyche—betrayal, belonging, loss, and love.
ISHIDA Dance presents original ISHIDA poetic narratives as well as works by exciting new choreographers working with some of the most sought-after dancers (Houston Ballet, Ballet BC, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Staatstheater Mainz, and Royal Ballet of Flanders) from Texas and around the world. Choreographers premiere new works as well as past works that have never been performed for local audiences. These unique works aim to invite empathy and introspection to lead to greater kindness towards oneself and the community.
ISHIDA also provides free educational outreach performances and workshops to at-risk youth and underserved communities to cultivate and enrich appreciation for contemporary dance and to provide engagement opportunities with the art form that nurture self-esteem, collaboration, and social and emotional wellbeing.