Since 2005, Idan Cohen is a choreographer and opera director who creates, performs and teaches internationally. Please see Creations for current and past work.
Idan Cohen is an opera director and choreographer. He holds a BA in Choreography from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and an MA in Dance-Choreography. He was born and raised in Israel, Kibbutz Mizra. The socialist community of the Kibbutz had a deep affect on his artistic life and work.
Idan was trained as a classical piano player and was awarded scholarship programs and grants for international master workshops from the age of 8. He went on to receive a scholarship to study theater and fine arts at the Art Colony in Israel's Negev desert and graduated with honors.
Cohen danced for 7 seasons with the world-renowned K.C.D.C (Founder Yehudit Arnon, Artistic Director Rami Beer). Since 2005, he's been creating, performing and teaching successfully as an international award-winning director and dance artist.
Idan is represented by Momentum Artists based in NYC, and is a member of the Israeli Choreographers Association and of The Dance Centre based in Vancouver, Canada.
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awards
- 2017 First Place, Orfeo, Beer Sheva Dance Prize, Israel
- 2012 Rozenbloom Award, Tel aviv Municipality, Israel
- 2012 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Culture, Israel
- 2010 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Culture, Israel
- 2008 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Culture, Israel
- 2008 First Performing Prize, My Sweet Little Fur, Solo Tanz Theater Festival, Stuttgart, Germany
- 2008 First Prize, My Sweet Little Fur, Video Dance by Ofek Wertman, Kino Lewchyk Experimental Video Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
- 2007 First Place and Encouraging Award for Original Interpretation of Musical Composition, Margarita Arnaudova International Modern Dance Competition, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2007 Israeli Artists Association (Emi) and Bank Hapoalim Ehud Manor Prize
- 2007 Second Place, A Year in a Fish Life, No Ballet Competition, Ludwigshafen, Germany