Ihsan Rustem is a British choreographer living in Switzerland
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.[1]
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[2] and the Audience Choice Award ('Publikumspreis') at the 25th International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover[3]
He was the 2014 recipient of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's International Commissioning Project[4] and in 2017 Ihsan's production of Carmen,[5] created for the NW Dance Project, won Dance Magazine's 2017 Readers' Choice Award[6] for Best Collaboration.
Rustem is[when?] the Resident Choreographer for the Northwest Dance Project.[7]
He is the former Artistic Director of the Dance Art Studio Ballettschule Luzern[8] and currently serves as their Artistic Advisor.
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