Performers 2023

ilDance will tour an evening of two new works 'BACK2BACK’ by directors and choreographers Israel Aloni & Lee Brummer in April 2023.

Learn more about the artists you’ll see performing with the artist bios for the casts of ‘Something to do, someone to love, something to look forward to’ and ‘Schism’.

'Schism’ and ‘Something to do, Someone to love, Something to look forward to’ are the productions featured in an April run with two dates in Östersund (13 and 15 April) at Estrad Norr and two dates in Stockholm (18 and 19 April) at Telefonfabriken.

Tickets for all four dates are available now. Get your tickets for Östersund here and for Stockholm here.

Something to do, someone to love,
something to look forward to

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Schism

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.