Ian

Ian Isles is a native of San Diego where he formally began his dance training as a young adult. He earned a degree in World Arts & Cultures from UCLA where he focussed on Contemporary Modern Dance, Composition, and various somatic practices. He has finished the Integrated Movement Studies curriculum for Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals under the direct instruction of Peggy Hackney as well as the curriculum for the Body Arts & Science International school for Pilates under the direct instruction of founder Rael Isacowitz. He recently returned from Israel where he further studied Ohad Naharin’s Movement Language, Gaga, with Ohad Naharin himself as well as both current and former company members of Batsheva Dance Company. He is a company member of bkSOUL, enjoys working with Erica Buechner’s Sound Dance Company, has performed as a soloist for Vic Marks and David Rousseve, and has performed for Jesse Zaritt, Mark Haim, Maria Gillespie’s Oni Dance, Nguyen Nguyen, Alexx Makes Dances, Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY, and Sara Silkin.