Miriam Engel is an Israeli and international choreographer, dancer, actress, and entrepreneur. She lives and works in Jerusalem, and has been creating and performing for about 20 years in Israel, Europe, the USA, the Far East, and Africa. Engel initiates international projects and major collaborations around the world, and is founder and director of the International Solo Dance Festival in Jerusalem. In 2011 Engel founded the "Angela Dance Cooperation” in Jerusalem - an artistic body that serves as a home for contemporary creation and produces original dance works alongside international ventures and interactive and location-dependent projects. She also serves as member of the board of directors of the Israeli Union of Performing Artists, as CEO of the “Merhav Mahol” Association, as member of the Choreographers Association, and is former artistic director of the Beit Mazia Dance Series. In addition to her original productions and many performances, Engel is invited as a guest artist to create, perform, lecture, and teach her repertoire and unique technique in organizations and festivals around the world, and is a regular guest artist and lecturer at DePaul University (Chicago) and at the SADC Center (Berkeley, California).
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Burak Kayhan is artistic director, principal dancer and teacher at the National Opera Ballet and the MDT Modern Dance Company at the Ankara Opera House, Turkey. He performed leading roles in canonical productions such as Hamlet, Le Bader, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Copelia, Anna Karenina, Carmen, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Carmina Burana, and more. Alongside his work at the opera, Kayhan has been invited to perform in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland with the piece "Concerto" by the Italian choreographer Marco Cantalupo. He also worked with the Korean choreographer Young Soon Hue Simon, appeared at the Benefiz Tanz Gala event at the Münster Theater, and played the character of Zorba in the ballet "Zorba" by Lorca Massin.
