Eslam Elnebishy is a choreographer and dancer, Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt and currently based in Frankfurt, Germany.
He is a graduate of Maat|CCDC contemporary dance school in Cairo, Egypt.
Studied in the year-long program in cairo initiative for liberal studies and arts (CILAS) 2016. And studies in Choreography and performance master’s program(CUP) Gießen, Germany since 2020.
His Choreographic works explore a connection between spoken language and the body, with an interest in questioning current structures of the dance scene, and how it operates. Establishing choreographies that create narratives between what’s seen on stage, and the potential of what’s missing, that’s not seen. That interacts with the imagination, interpretation and memory of the audience.
Since 2017, he created works, like: Solo with others , Just tell me the truth! ,Self Portrait, Taking Place, I’m not talking to you, Don't watch, Go back to your seat, Please!, Once, it was a dream, Troubled Butterflies, Again and again and again.
Which were presented in festivals /venues like :
- Zukunft tanzt Festival, Sommerwerft, Frankfurt tanzt- Open air festival, Tanzwerkstatt Europa Openstage- Munich, Landungsbrücken Frankfurt, Toplotsentrala- Sofia, City of Culture -Tunisia, CCDC Maat Dance platform-Cairo, Falaki theater- Cairo. He has been a resident artist with ID-Frankfurt Rhein Main, Sofia radar, Zukunft tanzt Festival, Goethe institute Cairo and Un/controlled gestures choreography project.
As a dancer, he participated in performances with choreographers like: Fabrice Mazliah, Marie-Lena Kaiser, Jorge Crecis, Olivier Dubois, karima Mansour, Nicolas Cantillon, Michael Klien, Manuel Pelmus and more
