EDUCATION
2017 L’Ecole des Sables, Diploma Toubab Dialaw, Senegal
2014 Destino Dance Company, traditional and contemporary dance, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2014 City Hall Theater & Cultural Center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2010 Entoto TVET College, Diploma, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
RESIDENCIES + WORKSHOPS
2024 - Creative Climate Leadership Switzerland
2024 - Open studio at Dampfzentrale Bern, Marzilistrasse - Two weeks residency
2023 - Young Experts seminar panelist at Utøya, Norway
2022/23 - South – South Arts Fellowships attending Sharjah Biennial 15
2022 - Honorable Mention in the Video Arts category of the 2022 Engage Art Contest for Swarm
2021 - On the Grind due residence with The music composer Sven Kacirek Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2020 - Choreography Gojo residencies online
2019 - Choreography residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Choreography residency, Center Nationale de la Danse, Paris, France
Dance notation classes, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, Paris, France
Dance Workshops, Micadanses, Paris, France
Workshops, Cullberg Ballet, Stockholm, Sweden
DANCE VIDEO
2021 // Gefit
The two performers deal with numerous pressures shifting power balances submissions and complexity trust in the
current situation in the country.
2021 // The wind is here
In this video, I talk about the current issues about my country Ethiopia, including environmental issues, political issues,
and the current civil war that has consequences for the whole country.
2020 // SWARM “መንጋ”
This video is selected as the winner of best environmental dance video by Christoph Winkler dance company. Swarm
is a witness of current situation in Ethiopia, linking environmental issues to humanitarian crisis engulfing Ethiopia at the
moment. Tracing the narrative of an ordinary Ethiopian citizen’s laborious existence in parallel with the life cycle of
trees, Swarm reveals the entangled relationship between nature and humans.
2020 // MOVEMENT VOCAB
Movement Vocab is a creative research and cross-media collaboration developing a new contemporary dance
technique inspired by movements of traditional Ethiopian dances. This is a short video introducing the five thematic
movements that make up the new technique.
2020 // RIDE THE TIGER
TROIS C-L’s video-dance competition open for professional choreographers and dancers, together with performing
artists Jennifer Gohier and Nout Fanglao produced the video Ride the Tiger, exploring the meaning of distance not
only physically but in social, emotional, and artistic terms. This video won second place in this competition.
PROJECTS
2021 (ongoing) - The poster project initiating an archive-led showcase of visual and performing arts poster.
2019 (ongoing) - Movement Vocab, a creative research project, creative director
2019 (ongoing) - Addis Guzo | Movement is life, a contemporary dance training for the physically disabled, co-director
2018 (ongoing) - Contemporary Nights, artists collective organizing event series, co-founder, performing arts coordinator
PERFORMANCES + WORKSHOPS
2024 - Installation performance at Living Room Moserstrasse 30, 3014 Bern, Switzerland
2023 - Slow Show performance : Züricher Theater Spektake, Zürich, Switzerland
2022 - Menga online , Serbia
2022 - Madre Museum Napoli , Italy
2022 - Tanzekongress KUZ Kulturzentrum Mainz with Christoph Winkler company , Germany
2022 - Florida Magazine ,Germany
2021 - ON the Grind due residence working progress Addis Ababa. Goethe-institute
2021 - SOLO SOLO SOLO dance showcase. Addis Ababa. At alliance Ethio ,Francaise
2021 - Launch of the environmental. Dance online
2020 - Humans Move: collaboration with National Theater Wales for a virtual performance, online
Breaking Point II: solo performance and a continued study on sound-led audience interactivity, Mombasa,Kenya
2019 - MOVEMENT VOCAB: flight of Ethiopian traditional dances to contemporary form, Open workshop,
Center Nationale de la Danse, Paris, France
Dance-voice-art project: cross-media collaborative performance, Cite International des Arts, Paris France
2018 - Breaking Point: an interactive dance performance, Fekat Circus, AA, Ethiopia
Afro Hip Hop Theater: an urban contemporary dance show, solo, Alliance Ethio-Française, AA, Ethiopia
Following Light: solo, multi-media performance, Goethe Institute, AA, Ethiopia
Trapped: inclusive duet, contemporary dance, Alliance Ethio-Française, AA, Ethiopia
Liquid Language: solo, multi-media, Italian Institute, AA, Ethiopia
2017 - ADEY International Dance Festival: traveled across Ethiopia to give short contemporary dance workshops to dancers in
various regions in Ethiopia and organize & perform an Ethio- Contemporary piece fusing traditional &
contemporary dance, National Theater, AA, Ethiopia
Meqenet: dance showcase, dancer & event director, Alliance Ethio-Française, AA, Ethiopia
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 - Dance in Addis: adults dance class at Aleme village AA, Ethiopia
2019 - Dance in Addis: adults dance class at Fekat Circus AA, Ethiopia
2019 - African Dance: kids dance class at Destino Dance, AA, Ethiopia
2018 - Kids dance class: after-school activity at Little Einstein, AA, Ethiopia
2018 - Kids dance class: after-school activity at Boliam School, AA, Ethiopia
2017 - Salsa: adults’ class at Bailamor Dance Group, AA, Ethiopia
Community dance class: open for all at Destino Dance, AA, Ethiopia