Houston’s own Ishida Dance, nationally recognized in Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch”, presents waiting/REX at Asia Society Texas Center.

waiting / REX is a daring world premiere contemporary dance double bill, bringing into visceral dialogue the works of Samuel Beckett and Sophocles.

Reimagining Waiting for Godot and Oedipus Tyrannus through a striking physical lens, these classics become charged, embodied experiences.

waiting suspends audiences in cycles of repetition, humor, and longing, while REX unfolds a haunting, surreal dreamscape following a young man’s search for identity, power, and truth.

Pulitzer prize-winning dance critic Sarah L. Kaufman described Ishida’s work as “deeply poignant” and “remarkable.” And in Broadway World, Brett Cullum wrote, “The dancers weaved pure magic in the air, and you could almost hear jaws dropping as they moved…”

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