ilDance Performers
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Arunas Mozuraitis
A professional and versatile dance artist. With a foundation rooted in House Dance, honed over years of dedicated training. Endowed with an innate sense of musicality and a boundless capacity for movement, Arunas possesses a distinctive language of expression. His insatiable thirst for knowledge, coupled with passion for physicality, propels him to continually evolve in diverse artistic landscapes.
Performing in "Boys Just Want To Have Fun" and "Dancing Histor(y)ies" pieces 2024-2025
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Elias Khanamidi
Elias is a versatile dancer with a passion for creative expression through exploration. Drawing from a background in diverse dance styles, including such as Breaking, he passionately merges different movement languages to bring a unique perspective to the contemporary dance scene. Elias's journey in dance has been enriched by collaborative experiences and interactions in different dancing communities.
Performing in "Boys Just Want To Have Fun" and "Dancing Histor(y)ies" pieces 2024-2025
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Victor Persson
Victor Persson is a Swedish contemporary dancer based in Stockholm. He graduated from Balettakademien Stockholm in 2021 and since then he has been working as a freelance performer in Sweden, working with ilYoung, ilDance’s junior company under the artistic direction of Lee Brummer and Israel Aloni, as well as choreographers Virpi Pahkinen, Matilda Fleberg, Christina Tingskog to name a few.
Performing in "Boys Just Want To Have Fun" and "Dancing Histor(y)ies" pieces 2024-2025
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Elias Kraft
Elias Kraft started his dance and performing journey in Falun, Sweden, dancing intensely in the local hobby school for some years in his late teens. Later decided to educate himself in the artform, first in Härnösand, Sweden and later at SEAD in Salzburg, Austria.
Elias is very interested in choices, timing, contact, tension, flow and humor.
Performing in "Boys Just Want To Have Fun" and "Dancing Histor(y)ies" pieces 2024-2025
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Tomer Giat
Tomer Giat is a freelance dancer, performer, creator, rehearsal & tour manager. Born and raised in Israel. Graduated “Aharon Katzir” High School and the ‘Maslool Bikurey Ha'Itim’ Art Centre, under the management of Neomi Perlov & Offir Dagan. Tomer performed with Idan Cohen Dance Company and Dafi Altabeb Dance Group. He was also assistant to choreographers Roy Assaf, Sharon Vazanna and Idan Sharabi & Dancers (IS&D). Along the past decade Tomer has been working as a freelance dancer, assistant and rehearsal manager, working with numerous creators from the Israeli and Internationally dance scene: Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor , Rachel Erdos, Israel Aloni (ILDance), Ravid Abarbanel, Gilad Jerusalmy, Or Marin, Roy Assaf, Odelya Kuperberg and more. Recently, serves as tour manager and head of international relations. In 2023, Tomer started his own way of creating works. His first solo ‘Missing’ was created for ‘IntimaDance’ Festival. His second solo ‘Hindsight’ created as part of “1|2|3 Program”-for emerging Choreographers of the Suzanne Dellal Centre. Tomer also treats with Fashikom® method and Holistic Massage therapy leading by Tal Ziv CKTI. Awarded scholarship and part of the 5th ‘ATLAS’ program in ‘ImPulsTanz’ Festival, Vienna, from the America-Israel Culture Foundation (AICF), Mifal Hapais- Israeli Ministry of Culture and supported by The Independent Creator's found (Ministry of Culture and Sports).
Performing in "Boys Just Want To Have Fun" and "Dancing Histor(y)ies" pieces 2024-2025
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Atte Rimpelä
My roots for physical practises are in contemporary circus and various external apparatuses within it. By changing view from the apparatus, to a body that is working with an object, the apparatus became the body and with that shift of order I started to discover many new things and a sense of freedom from working with my way of existing. Rest is not history but a confused relationship of pure love.
Performing in "Boys Just Want To Have Fun" 2024-2025
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Siri Elmqvist
Siri was born in Vilhelmina, Sweden and started her dance training in Piteå's dance gymnasium. She continued at Baletakademien Gothenburg and at the ‘Maslool’ - professional danceprogram in Tel Aviv.
Siri had her first professional experience with ilDance, in the piece "...and also, TIME" premiering in 2013, and later as an original cast member of "An I for an I" by Lee Brummer (SE). During the season 2014/2015 she worked with "AURA Dance Theatre" in Lithuania and from there moved to Berlin to join Siciliano Contemporary Ballet, under the direction of Salvatore Siciliano. Since 2017 she has been freelancing and worked with choreographers such as Julia Maria Koch (DE), Sagi Gross (IL), Michael Portnoy (US) and Eric Gauthier (CA). During 2019, Siri had the exciting opportunity to perform and compete with the solo "SIRI", by Julia Maria Koch, in solo dance contests in Stuttgart, Gdansk, Masdanza festival in Gran Canaria and Prisma Festival in Panama.
Siri performed her first work in the role of both singer and performer in the project "Hive Rise" and has recently danced in various dance films, choreographed and directed by Marie Zechiel (DE) and Lauren Pringle (UK). She currently teaches ballet at the professional artist school "Die Etage" in Berlin.
Performed in "Something To Do, Someone to Love, Something to Look Forward to" 2023
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Anoushka Jago
Born in London, Anoushka began her training at Trinity Laban and Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
She later travelled to Israel to train under KCDC and then to Italy for NOD before going on to perform work by choreographers such as Jasmin Vardimon, Botis Seva and Karole Armiatage. She has featured in the BBC Young Dancer Awards and collaborates frequently with emerging choreographers.
Anoushka graduated from the Gaga teacher training programme in Tel Aviv in 2020 under the artistic direction of Bosmat Nossan, Saar Harari and Ohad Naharin, and has been teaching in the UK ever since.
Performed in "Something To Do, Someone to Love, Something to Look Forward to" 2023
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Lee Brummer
Lee Brummer is an independent choreographer, international guest teacher and educator.
As a performer she danced with the Bat Dor Dance Company (Israel), The Emanuel Gat Dance Company (Israel) and with various independent choreographers across Europe. She has worked as choreographer's assistant in a variety of dance productions and musicals in Sweden and abroad.
Brummer completed her BA-Dance and teaching degree at The Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance and has studied psychology, theatre and pilates alongside her career as a dancer and choreographer.
Over the years Brummer has been teaching and working with companies such as: DV8, Australian Dance Theatre, Sydney Dance Company, National Dance Company Wales and Norrdans to name a few. Additionally she has been guest teaching open professional classes and at universities and schools worldwide. Brummer has been choreographing her own work within different structures since 2010.
Today her teaching practise is composed of anatomical and physical exploration which is dedicated to discovering ones individuality, originality and capacity within their own body. In her choreographic practise, text and spoken word have become more influential as part of the process and work on stage. Her attraction to text is varied and spreads across the spectrum of originally written text, interviews, scripts and spoken word.
Brummer co-founded ilDance together with Israel Aloni in 2012.
Performed in "Something To Do, Someone to Love, Something to Look Forward to" 2023
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Naomi Kats
Naomi was born in Israel and graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance High School in 2017 and from the ‘Maslool’- professional danceprogram in Tel Aviv, under the artistic direction of Naomi Perlov and Offir Dagan in 2019.
As a student in the 'Maslool' she worked and performed with the piece ‘KRUMP’ by Avshalom Pollak dance theater (IL) and ’12 Postdated Checks’ by Ella Rothchild (IL)..
Naomi is Former dancer in “ilYoung”, ilDance’s junior company under the artistic direction of Lee Brummer and Israel Aloni.
Since 2020, Naomi has been working as a freelance performer with several Israeli choreographers, such as Lotem Regev, Rachel Erdos, Ido Gidron and Ayelet Cohen. She also worked as Lotem Regev's assistant in the creation process of 'Beautiful strangers’. In 2021, Naomi was a part of "Perspectives from the field" - residency program in Kibbutzim College of Arts and in 2022 she joined SUB.LAB.PRO Ensemble in Hungary as a guest artist for two distinctive creations; “Flappers” by Adrienn Hód and “Ring” by Jenna Jalonen.
Performed in "Something To Do, Someone to Love, Something to Look Forward to" 2023
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Jennifer Wallén
Jennifer was born in Germany but grew up in Sweden. She graduated from The Royal Swedish Ballet School's contemporary vocational education in 2020.
During her education, she performed in pieces by teachers and guest choreographers. As a part of her final year in school, she was an apprentice with Göteborgsoperans Danskompani during the setting of 'Naharin’s Virus' by Ohad Naharin and with Ballet Preljocaj Junior. Before beginning her professional dance training, Jennifer was a competitive dancer competing both nationally and internationally for the Swedish national team.
Since 2021, Jennifer has been working as a freelance performer and has worked with ilYoung, ilDance’s junior company under the artistic direction of Lee Brummer and Israel Aloni as well as with Helena Franzén, Joseph Sturdy and Art Of Spectra. In 2022 she will work with ilDance on three new creations.
Performed in "Something To Do, Someone to Love, Something to Look Forward to" 2023
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Lærke Ilkjær Apelon
Lærke Ilkjær Apelon (1987) is a Freelance dance artist based in Denmark. She studied dance at Balettakademien in Stockholm (2010-13) furthermore she’s a Certified Ashtanga yoga teacher.
Lærke is a former gymnast and attended the Danish national performance gymnastics team.
Along the way, Lærke has mixed both the art of teaching, performing and choreographing.
Performed in "Schism" 2023 -
MINQ
MINQ is a Sound Artist, Sound Designer, DJ, Radio Presenter, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor and independent researcher living in Berlin.
Their current work, Sonic Utopias | Research Lab explores community-building and politics through embodied sound practices. This is an environment that creates space for and centres on the lived experiences of Queer and Transgender Black, Brown, Indigenous and People of Color.
MINQ's monthly radio show, Sonic Utopias on Refuge Worldwide is where they share musical inspirations as well as some of their original work.
Performed in "Schism" 2023
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Israel Aloni
Israel Aloni is an independent choreographer, educator, performer, writer and culture entrepreneur.
As an independent choreographer, Aloni has developed their own choreographic language which is also the core of their teaching method. Aloni’s practice is mainly derived of their fascination with the infinite creativity of the mind and fantasy, whilst utilizing the body as a physical demonstration of the self – a medium for interaction with others and subjectively experiencing the world.
Currently, Aloni is describing the language and methodologies of their practice, in order to share a more sequential and coherent trajectory of their philosophy with others. All of Aloni’s multidimensional and multidisciplinary practices are voluntarily or involuntarily orientating towards the development of their method – The I.Aloni Experience.
Performed in "Schism" 2023
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Smadar Goshen
Smadar Goshen is a choreographer, dancer and teacher.
Invested in discovering the endless range of expression that lies in the human body, and using this range to reveal it as a highly sensitive communication instrument.
Adores this feeling, when the passion for moving and creating is ignited as the fire that keeps us alive.
Performed in "Schism" 2023