Saeed Hani
Artistic Director
Movement Art International Dance Festival
(c) Vincent Flouret
Saeed Hani is a Syrian-German-Luxembourgish choreographer, director of Hani Dance, and artistic director of the Movement Art International Dance Festival in Trier and Luxembourg. His artistic work explores the complexity of the human condition through powerful visual imagery, physical intensity, and emotionally charged movement landscapes. Drawing inspiration from human stories, visual art, music, psychology, and cultural memory, Hani creates immersive worlds where movement becomes a language of vulnerability, tension, identity, desire, and transformation. As a queer artist with Aramaic-Syrian roots, he often addresses themes such as war, ego, sexuality, the body, belonging, and social repression. His choreographic approach places dancers in highly specific emotional and physical environments, allowing authentic movement to emerge from instinct, memory, and lived experience. Through this process, he creates works that are visually striking, emotionally raw, and deeply human.
Hani Dance
Founded in 2016, Hani Dance began its journey with ONE NIGHT STAND, a work that gained attention in Germany and received international recognition at the Full Moon Dance Festival in Finland in 2018. Later that year, the company presented DEM MENSCHEN EIN WOLF in Germany. In 2019, DARK BIRD premiered at the Hong Kong International Choreography Festival, further establishing Hani Dance within the international contemporary dance landscape. In 2020, THE BLIND NARCISSIST premiered in Trier and was later presented through TROIS C-L’s HORS CIRCUIT programme in Luxembourg. The work toured internationally and was presented at TUFA Theater in Trier, Danza in Rete Festival in Vicenza (Italy), the International Festival of Contemporary Dance in Mexico City, and the East Point West Festival in San Luis Potosí (Mexico). Over the years, Hani Dance has been presented at numerous international festivals and venues, including the CHANGMU International Performing Arts Festival in Seoul, DIFFERENTI SENSAZIONI in Turin, Divadlo X10 in Prague, Luxembourg Pride, and ArcA Theater. In 2021, Hani collaborated with Italian-Luxembourgish choreographer Giovanni Zazzera on OUT OF RANGE, which was performed in Luxembourg and Germany.
In 2022, Saeed Hani was commissioned by Battery Dance Company in New York to create Wind in the Olive Grove. The work premiered at the Schimmel Center in New York and subsequently toured to Palestine, Houston, New York, Bremen, and Halle (Saale). His production INLET was developed during residencies at Uferstudios Berlin and in Trier and was later presented through TROIS C-L’s HORS CIRCUIT programme, the Lila López International Contemporary Dance Festival in Mexico, and the Akropoditi Dance Festival in Greece. In August 2024, INLET premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with seventeen performances and received a nomination for The List Award for Best Performance in Physical Theatre, Dance and Circus. Recent creations include KHAOS (2023), developed during a residency in Geneva and premiered in Luxembourg, and Wings of Wealth and Woe (2024), commissioned by the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau. His latest work, Unveiling the Abstract (2025), was developed through artistic residencies supported by Réseau Grand Luxe, including TROIS C-L | Maison pour la danse (Luxembourg), Grand Studio (Brussels), POLE-SUD – CDCN Strasbourg, L’Abri (Geneva), and Onassis Stegi (Athens). The work premiered at Mierscher Theater in Luxembourg and Europahalle Trier in Germany before being presented at ArcA Theater in Luxembourg in 2026. Today, Saeed Hani’s works continue to tour internationally across Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Middle East, and the United States, resonating with audiences through their emotional honesty, physical intensity, and distinctive visual language. Alongside his choreographic practice, he remains dedicated to creating platforms for artistic exchange, dialogue, and cultural connection through both Hani Dance and the Movement Art International Dance Festival.