Hana Tefrati Mentorship Awards recipient

Hana Tefrati is a choreographer, performer, visual artist and curator based in Marrakesh, Morocco. After graduating from the European Dance Development Center (EDDC)/ Dance Academy in Arnhem, the Netherlands (2006) she has moved on to work internationally with artists and choreographers: She was awarded the Dance Web Scholarship in 2011 and worked with Tino Sehgal during the Documenta13. In 2012 Tefrati founded the Queens Collective, and in 2014 she established a community art space and home of the Queens Collective. As artistic director she runs multiple projects, residencies and events that allow the audience to connect to each other and build community. Though Tefrati is currently devoted to create new spaces for experimental movement research in Marrakesh, she continues to perform and dance internationally and teach improvisational dance.