“I work across mediums combining and mixing them in accordance to the project at hand. My primary interests reflect on taboos surrounding the body, race and the forgery of history.”

About

Hend Elbalouty is Choreographer, Performer and Author. She holds a MA in Performing Arts from Kunsthochschule für Medien, BA in production design from institute of cinema studies in Egypt and 3 years degree in contemporary dance from CCDC.

In the last three years, she worked in many multidisciplinary art pieces such as “FrauenGold'' Video Exhibition in Hamburg, “The Kitchen” Dance performance, Köln, “Absence” a group exhibition at CoCulture Art space, Berlin. In 2021, she created a performance inspired by the local street dance and music in Egypt (Maharagant) for which she was awarded the “kunstpreis der FREUNDE der KHM”.

Hend strives to produce and participate in socially aware dance pieces, constantly exploring the role of Art as a tool to empower the individual and bring out those neglected modes of expression.