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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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