Dana Michel

Dana Michel is a live artist. Her works interact with the expanded fields of improvisation, choreography, sculpture, comedy, hip-hop, cinematography, techno, poetry, psychology, dub and social commentary. Before graduating from the BFA program in Contemporary Dance at Concordia University in her late twenties, Michel was a marketing executive and a competitive runner and football player. In 2014, she was awarded the ImPulsTanz – Director’s Award for YELLOW TOWEL, and was highlighted among notable female choreographers of the year by The New York Times. In 2017, Michel was awarded the Silver Lion for Innovation in Dance at the Venice Biennale. In 2018, she became the first ever dance artist in residence at the National Arts Centre, Canada. In 2019, she was awarded the ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art (Kuopio, Finland). In 2022, the Canada Council for the Arts awarded her the Jacqueline Lemieux Prize in recognition of her contribution to dance in Canada.

Based in Montréal, Michel is currently touring four solo performance works: YELLOW TOWEL, MERCURIAL GEORGE, CUTLASS SPRING and MIKE.