Hiromi Ishikawa was born in Tokyo, Japan and started dancing at the Tsuguhiro Hagiri dance studio. She continues her dance studies whilst gaining a BA in English Literature. After graduating she started dancing professionally with Takashi Nishida Dance Company. She then worked for Hiroshi Shoji Dance Company for nine years before travelling to the UK for further dance studies at LABAN. She founded Dance Theatre KHAOS  in 2002 and has shown their work in Europe including performances at the Resolution Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and International solo dance theatre festival in Stuttgart. She has taught extensively throughout her career and in 2003 was awarded a fellowship from the Japanese Government to study community dance provision in the UK. Hiromi continues to dance, teach and choreograph and is currently an MA candidate, department of choreography in Middlesex University. This piece is presented as a part submission for her final project.