Following the performance of Hazem Header’s MANEATER on 22.03.2026, he will participate in an artist talk with Warehouse9 board member, Niels Bjørn about Queer Art in Egypt. 

Hazem Header is an Egyptian contemporary dancer and choreographer. In 2021, he founded the Breaking Walls Dance Film Festival, Egypt’s and the region’s first dance film festival. Prior to that in 2017, Hazem launched the Breaking Walls Festival, Cairo’s first international festival for site-specific performances. Previously, he combined his passion for movement and artistry to create NÜT Dance Company-NDC in 2013, a legally recognized entity in Cairo that produces dance performances and cultural events.

Hazem has gained international recognition for his contributions to contemporary performing arts. He was selected in 2021 as a member of the IETM/International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts’ Global Connectors program and, in 2024, was elected to the IETM Advisory Committee for a three-year term. Hazem earned a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education, with a focus on personal training, biomechanics, and kinesiology. He also studied at the governmental center, Cairo Contemporary Dance Centre (CCDC) at the Cairo Opera House.

Niels Bjørn just finished editing a 3-part podcast series about queer life in Egypt. Niels Bjørn travelled in Egypt, collecting stories from LGBT+ people, and in this process, Hazem Header was very helpful in connecting Niels Bjørn with Egyptian LGBT+people. The podcast series documents the hardships these groups face in a country that – despite its long queer history – now puts effort into tracking down, persecuting and punishing LGBT+people. The podcast series will launch in April or May as one of the stories in the new LGBT+podcast “Ufortalt” (Untold). Niels Bjørn founded “Ufortalt” with two other queer radio professionals and podcasters. Also, Niels Bjørn has a background in film and tv, has worked as a programmer for Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, as Communications Manager for World Outgames in Copenhagen, and now works as an urbanist, writer and podcaster.

IPAF:
IPAF er Warehouse9s internationale performancefestival. Festivalen er en væsentlig udvidelse af organisationens dedikerede arbejde med at støtte og præsentere LGBTQIA+ kunstnere og kulturaktører. IPAF er et dynamisk mødested, der skaber muligheder for kunstnerisk udvikling, liveoptrædener og tilgængeliggør rum til dialog og fællesskab.

I år er festivalen co-produceret med Dansehallerne og præsenterer genre-brydende værker i København, der aktivt engagerer sig i identitetspolitik, seksuelle udtryk og kropsrepræsentationer. IPAF er grundlagt på en stærk overbevisning om, at dans og performance kan tilbyde nye perspektiver og forståelser af virkeligheden, inspirere den kollektive fantasi og kæmpe for bedre og mere retfærdige fremtider.

IPAF is made possible with support from Dansehallerne, Statens Kunstfond, Københavns Kommune and Vesterbro Lokaludvalg.

Billetter
This artist talk will follow the MANEATER performance on 22.03.2026. Tickets are purchased via Dansehallernes website: https://dansehallerne.dk/en/public-program/
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Tilgængelighed
Dansehallerne in Copenhagen has step-free access via an elevator to all floors. Accessible and gender-neutral restrooms are on the ground floor.