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The dancer who spreads joy with a new cultural phenomenon

A stop to public performances gave choreographer Yaniv Cohen (42) the idea for Flekk. A faceless creature giving work to furloughed dancers and birthday fun to children.
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Yaniv Cohen
  • Born in Israel on 22 December 1977. Lives in Oslo.
  • Dance artist and choreographer. Lecturer at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO). Also works as a self-taught photographer. 
  • Background from Iceland Dance Company in Reykjavik and Carte Blanche in Bergen.
  • Took third place for the duet “I Wish I Was Johnny Cash” during the  2012 Hannover International Choreography Competition.
  • Creator of the Flekk project.
Flekk
  • Culture project created by dancer and choreographer Yaniv Cohen in cooperation with Dansens Hus, Carte Blanche and DansiT.
  • Flekk offers free dance performances to children between 4 and 10 on their birthday.
  • The Flekk creature visits the children and dance outside their home.
  • The project started in Oslo, but is now up and running in ten Norwegian cities.
  • The project is free for the audiences, but dancers are guaranteed a minimum fee. 
  • So far the Flekk project has given work to 10 dancers who have lost assignments during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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