IDA
SAKI
A NOTE FROM IDA
My class focuses on moving through space with ease in our technique. We work on releasing tension in our technique in order to make movement more organic and joyful.
It requires openness, mind-body connection, and curiosity.
I suggest you bring your most positive, non-judgmental attitude. I am open to socks, barefeet, or ballet shoes.
SHE/HER
JOINED TEAM: 2016
Originally from Dallas, Texas, Ida Saki trained at Dance Industry Performing Arts Center and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts. She furthered her studies at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and soon after, became a closing member of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet after dancing with them from 2011-2015. She was recently seen on Broadway in Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ as well as the 76th annual Tony Awards. She has performed in the Off-Broadway shows, The Lucky Ones, Sonya Tayeh’s You’ll Still Call Me By Name, Andy Blankenbueler‘s Only Gold, and played Lady Macbeth and was a Rehearsal Director for the immersive show, Sleep No More. She was named one of Dance Magazine’s Top 25 to Watch and awarded Modern Dance Winner by NFAA YoungArts where she wasalso named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts. Saki was the Assistant Choreographer and played Electra in the film, CATS, and is a featured dancer in the film, In The Heights and Netflix’s Halston, as well as the Associate Choreographer on the Amazon film, Birds of Paradise. She is a lead dancer in Coldplay’s Cry, Cry, Cry music video and is the Associate Choreographer of ZIWE on Showtime. Saki is a co-founder of Dancer’s Give Back Dallas, a non-profit raising funds for cancer research and patient support.