Elnebishy
Eslam Elnebishy
Eslam is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher. Moving between
Frankfurt
and Cairo — between the physical and the political.
For him, the political is not only a subject brought to the stage — it is in how
stage itself works.
He engages with personal experience through choreography and dance, but
finds the abstract form that holds it, and the body that carries more than it shows.
His practice questions representation — what is shown versus what is, and the
distance between the two.
His work moves within a world where certain bodies, certain histories, and certain
ways of knowing have been decided for — and sits with the question of how that
violence can be seen, felt, and undone.
and Cairo — between the physical and the political.
For him, the political is not only a subject brought to the stage — it is in how
stage itself works.
He engages with personal experience through choreography and dance, but
finds the abstract form that holds it, and the body that carries more than it shows.
His practice questions representation — what is shown versus what is, and the
distance between the two.
His work moves within a world where certain bodies, certain histories, and certain
ways of knowing have been decided for — and sits with the question of how that
violence can be seen, felt, and undone.
Featured work
205 Questions about Dance
2023
2023
The Other way Around
2024
2024
Yet to Come
2026/27 - Ongoing
2026/27 - Ongoing
8
August_Vienna
August_Vienna
Yet to Come
ATLAS ProgramImpulstanz festival
ATLAS ProgramImpulstanz festival
Work in progress
13,14
November_Lisbon
November_Lisbon
If depth were on Surface
Choreography by: Bruno Brandolini
Choreography by: Bruno Brandolini
Premiere
5
December_Brussels
December_Brussels
Yet to Come
Residency in Moussem
Residency in Moussem
Work in Progress
18
December_Frankfurt
December_Frankfurt
Yet to Come
Residency in Mousonturm
Residency in Mousonturm
Work in Progress
A body does not always say what it holds.
It can carry one thing and show another —
not as deception, but as a kind of intelligence.
There is a question that keeps returning:how is this still going?Not asked with anger alone. Asked with something closer to laughter — the laughter that comes when disbelief has nowhere else to go.
The work starts from there. From what was experienced, and what still waits — and the line drawn between them. What has already been said about us, and what we haven't finished saying yet.
It starts with disbelief
There is a question that keeps returning:how is this still going?Not asked with anger alone. Asked with something closer to laughter — the laughter that comes when disbelief has nowhere else to go.
The work starts from there. From what was experienced, and what still waits — and the line drawn between them. What has already been said about us, and what we haven't finished saying yet.
It starts with disbelief
something like a statement
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About
For bookings & collaborations:
islamelnebishy@gmail.com