Ihsan Rustem

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.luzernertheater.ch |title=Frontpage | Luzerner Theater |language=de |website=Luzernertheater.ch |accessdate=2017-01-09}}

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{{cite web|url=http://www.globaldancecontest.com/ |title=Sadler's Wells - Global Dance Contest 2011 :: Home |accessdate=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830023554/http://www.globaldancecontest.com/ |archivedate=30 August 2011}} and the Audience Choice Award ('Publikumspreis') at the 25th International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover{{cite web |url=http://www.ballettgesellschaft.de/wettbewerb_11_CW_2011.html |title=Choreographenwettbewerb - die Ballett Gesellschaft |accessdate=2012-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120718205641/http://www.ballettgesellschaft.de/wettbewerb_11_CW_2011.html |archivedate=18 July 2012}}

He was the 2014 recipient of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's International Commissioning Project{{Cite web|url=https://www.hubbardstreetdance.com/about-us/repertoire/|title=Repertoire Hubbard Street Dance}} and in 2017 Ihsan's production of Carmen,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihsanrustem.com/carmen|title=Ihsan Rustem – Choreography|website=Ihsan Rustem – Choreography|language=en|access-date=2018-02-13}} created for the NW Dance Project, won Dance Magazine's 2017 Readers' Choice Award{{Cite news|url=http://www.dancemagazine.com/dance-magazine-readers-choice-2017-2511442678.html|title=These Are The Performances Our Readers Loved The Most This Year}} for Best Collaboration.

Rustem is{{when|date=January 2022}} the Resident Choreographer for the Northwest Dance Project.{{Cite news|url=http://nwdanceproject.org/people/ihsan-rustem/|title=NW Dance Project {{!}} Ihsan Rustem|work=NW Dance Project|access-date=2018-02-13|language=en-US}}

He is the former Artistic Director of the Dance Art Studio Ballettschule Luzern{{Cite web|url=http://www.ballettluzern.ch/team-ballett-luzern.html|title=BALLETT-LEHRER in Luzern: BALLETTSCHULE LUZERN – DANCE ART STUDIO Tanzschule Schweiz Lucerne Switzerland|last=www.ballettluzern.ch|first=Dance Art Studio, Genia Snihurowycz Blum|website=www.ballettluzern.ch|access-date=2018-02-13}} and currently serves as their Artistic Advisor.

• Sadler's Wells Theatre's Global Dance Contest 2011 Winner{{cite web|url=http://www.globaldancecontest.com/ |title=Sadler's Wells - Global Dance Contest 2011 :: Home |accessdate=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830023554/http://www.globaldancecontest.com/ |archivedate=30 August 2011}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.ihsanrustem.com Website Ihsan Rustem]
• [https://www.youtube.com/irustem YouTube page for Ihsan Rustem]
• [https://archive.today/20120718205641/http://www.ballettgesellschaft.de/wettbewerb_11_CW_2011.html Hannover Choreography Competition]
• [http://www.globaldancecontest.com Sadler's Wells Global Dance Contest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830023554/http://www.globaldancecontest.com/ |date=30 August 2011 }}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121019104417/http://www.luzernertheater.ch/menschen/ensemble/tanzen Luzerner Theater]
• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4588292/ IMDb.com entry]

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