Olivia Wood Ishiguro

Olivia came into the world doing what she does best: screaming her head off and being a drama queen. Once known as the Terror of Turtle Creek, Olivia has mellowed into a calmer, but still dramatic, weirdo.

She has memorized almost every movie she has seen more than once, and has acted out verbatim the first 2 Harry Potter movies. Additional fun facts include her love of painting, her fluency in Spanish, her ability to eat whole pints of blueberries in one sitting, and her "crooked, warped hips, tibias, and tailbone."

When not performing with Disagreeable Creatures, Olivia can be found teaching at the School of Philadelphia Ballet and running a dance company with her husband, Yuki, called Yu.S.Artistry, performing works Choreographed by herself, Yuki, and guest artist Yoshito Sakuraba. As a professional performer, Olivia has performed with Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers, Grounded Aerial,  Matter Movement Group, Artist House Dance, Aru dell'Arte, Alden Moves Dance Theater,  and Providence Choreography Project (where she performed premiere pieces by Minami Kikuchi and Margot Aknin).