RCDF 2021 Brochure English

She studied classical and contemporary dance in Brussels. She was a member of the folkwang tanzstudio and guest choreographer at various theatres. Since 1996, she has founded and directs the cie. toula limnaios together with ralf r. ollertz. studied music composition and conducting in Italy and Germany. for his works he has received numerous in- ternational awards. since 1996 he has founded and directs the cie. toula limnaios together with toula limnaios Odd Johan Fritzøe,1962, educated at The National Ballet School 87, worked with choreographers as Giorgio Rossi (I), Karine Sapporta (F) and Collage Dance Company (N). In 1992 he started designing his own works. He was awarded Performance Arts Hub in 2000 and Dance Critic Prize in 2009. He created the CODA festival in 2001. He is now Honorary Member of the festival. He was born in Hebron, Palestine, in 1965. He was the Artistic Director in 2007-2010 and the Director of the International Academy of Art, Palestine, in 2010- 2013. Previously, he was the General Director of the Fine Arts Department in the Palestinian Ministry of Culture (2004-2006). Hourani, participated in many local and interna- tional exhibitions. Hourani is the co-founder of the International Academy of Art Palestine in Ramallah and the initiator of the 2011 Picasso in Palestine project. He has curated and organized several exhibitions. He writes critically in the field of art and is an active member and founder of a number of cultural and art institutions. In 2013, he was awarded the Creative Time Prize, for Art and Social Change in New York City. Ekenes established the Panta Rei Danseteater in 2000. Since its establishment, the PRD has enjoyed recogni- tion for providing fresh, exciting and inspiring performances and outreach programs. The company is based in Oslo, Norway, where it designs new works for touring and develop projects to support arts. The Founder of “Anania”, the first contemporary dance company in Morocco, and launched the “Al Mokhtabar” program, the first training in contemporary dance. In 2005, he created the 1st international contemporary dance festival in Morocco “On Marche” and was awarded in 2020, for the 15th edition, the Medal of the Knight of Arts and Letters Dancer & Choreographer Artistic Director/Choreography Artistic Director/Music Dancer & Choreographer Dancer & Choreographer CEO and Artistic Director for Panta Rei Danseteater (PRD). Visual Artist Omar Rajeh – Lebanon toula limnaios - Germany ralf r. ollertz - Germany Taoufiq Izeddiou – Morocco Odd Johan Fritzøe – Norway Anne Holck Ekenes - Norway Khaled Hourani – Palestine Omar Rajeh is a Lebanese choreographer and dancer based in Lyon. After obtaining a master’s degree in dance at the University of Surrey in Britain, he created his Maqamat company in Beirut in 2002. Author of more than twenty choreographic creations. He is the founder of BIPOD-Beirut International Platform of Dance and of Moultaqa Leymoun, a platform that supports emerging artists and promotes the development of contemporary dance in Lebanon and other Arab Countries. He is also the co-founder of Masahat Dance Network and the creator of the digital platform Citerne.live. g.corvaia