Ihsan Rustem | |
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| Born | London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Choreographer |
| Website | ihsanrustem |
Ihsan Rustem is a British choreographer living in Switzerland
Ihsan Rustem | |
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| Born | London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Choreographer |
| Website | ihsanrustem |
Ihsan Rustem is a British choreographer living in Switzerland
Ihsan Rustem was a student at the Thomas Tallis School in his hometown of London before commencing his formal dance training at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, [1] becoming a member of the National Youth Dance Company from 1997–1999. The following year, at the age of 17, Rustem was invited by Matthew Bourne to join his Adventures in Motion Pictures for the creation of ‘The Car Man’. From 2001–2004 he was a soloist with Philip Taylor's Ballett Theater München (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz) before moving to the Netherlands, where he danced for three seasons as a member of Introdans.
Since 2007 Rustem has lived and worked in Switzerland, initially as a soloist with Cathy Marston's Stadttheater Bern Ballet, then at the Tanz Luzerner Theater. [2]
Rustem has worked with such well-known choreographers as Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot / Sol Leon, Hans van Manen. He originated roles in creations by Karole Armitage, Matthew Bourne, Alexander Ekman, Wayne McGregor, Hofesh Shechter, Stijn Celis, Cayetano Soto, Ken Ossola, Georg Reischl and danced further works by Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe, David Parsons and Twyla Tharp, amongst others. He works extensively with and regularly assists the choreographer Patrick Delcroix.[ citation needed ]
In 2014 he left the theatre to focus his attention to choreography.[ citation needed ]
Rustem was encouraged to choreograph whilst at the Rambert School, creating 10 pieces for the academy. His work 'Twist of Fate', made for the Bern Ballet's 'Dance: Made in Bern' series, was nominated for the 24th International Choreographic Competition Hannover in Hanover, Germany, and for the 2010 Sadler's Wells Global Dance Competition, becoming a finalist in the competitions. The following year he went on to win both the Sadler's Wells Theatre's Global Dance Contest [3] and the Audience Choice Award ('Publikumspreis') at the 25th International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover [4]
He was the 2014 recipient of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's International Commissioning Project [5] and in 2017 Ihsan's production of Carmen, [6] created for the NW Dance Project, won Dance Magazine's 2017 Readers' Choice Award [7] for Best Collaboration.
Rustem is[ when? ] the Resident Choreographer for the Northwest Dance Project. [8]
He is the former Artistic Director of the Dance Art Studio Ballettschule Luzern [9] and currently serves as their Artistic Advisor.
To date,[ when? ] Rustem has created works for Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Northwest Dance Project (USA), Istanbul State Ballet MDT (Turkey), Tanz Luzerner Theater, Würzburg Ballett (DE), Kazan State Opera and Ballet (RU), Koblenz Ballet (DE), National Youth Dance Company (UK), Aksanat Istanbul, Cinevox Junior Company (CH), BYU Contemporary Dance Theater (USA), BYU Theatre Ballet (USA), Interdans (BE), Palucca School of Dance (DE), ArtEz Dansacademie Arnhem (Highschool for the Arts Arnhem, NL), ZHdK – Zurich University of the Arts, Codarts (NL), Introdans (NL) and the Dance Art Studio Luzern.[ citation needed ]
His work Reminiscence appeared on Russia's popular TV competition, The Bolshoi Ballet, where Rustem was a featured choreographer.
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