Danya Hammoud

Danya Hammoud is a Lebanese dancer and choreographer. She studied in Beirut and London and received her Masters in Dance Studies and Theories from University of Paris VIII in 2010. In her thesis she questioned the figure of the artist through dancing autobiographies.She created several works which where presented at festivals and theatres all over Europe, the Middle East and Africa, for example: “Meen el Battal?” (2007, Bipod dance festival, Beirut), “S’approcher” (2010, Casablanca), “Mahalli” (2011, Montpellier Dance Festival, Dansem) and “Quatorze tours” (2015, Ballet du Nord Olivier Dubois, Roubaix). As a founding member of Zoukak Theatre Company and Cultural Association (Beirut) she worked on several projects and performances from 2007 till 2014. Danya Hammoud worked with Mounzer Baalbaki, Antonio Tagliarini, Carme Torrent and many others and was honored with awards like the Boghossian Foundation Prize for Choreography for the year 2016 in Lebanon. Currently she is working on a new project called “To rest on a slope” which will premiere in Beirut in spring 2017.