Ihsan Rustem

Who is Ihsan Rustem?

British choreographer and dancer Ihsan Rustem was born in London in 1982. He was a student at the Thomas Tallis School before he commenced his formal dance training at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, becoming a member of the National Youth Dance Company from 1997-1999. The following year, at the age of 17, Rustem was invited by Matthew Bourne to join his Adventures in Motion Pictures for the creation of ‘The Car Man’. From 2001-2004 he was a soloist with Philip Taylor’s «Ballett Theater München» before moving to the Netherlands, where he danced for three seasons as a member of «Introdans». Since 2007 Ihsan has lived and worked in Switzerland, initially as a soloist with Cathy Marston’s «Stadttheater Bern Ballet», then at «Tanz Luzerner Theater», where he is currently employed.

Ihsan Rustem has worked with such well-known choreographers as Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot / Sol Leon, Hans van Manen and Nils Christe. He has created ballets with Karole Armitage, Matthew Bourne, Alexander Ekman, Wayne McGregor, Hofesh Shechter, Cayetano Soto, Ken Ossola, Georg Reischl and danced further works by Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe, David Parsons and Twyla Tharp, amongst others. He works extensively with and regularly assists the choreographer Patrick Delcroix.