MOHAMED SHAFIK 

CONTEMPORARY DANCE MENTOR 

Shafik is a choreographer, art director, performer and dancer from Cairo, Egypt, with a focus on physical theatre performance.

He began his career as a dancer in 1991 with the Egyptian National Folklore Troupe, then joined the Cairo Opera House Modern Dance Company from 1993 till 2001.

Shafik left to found his own company (Homma for Contemporary Dance) in 2002. Since then he has devised many performances and participated in various local and international festivals.

Besides this, he has collaborated closely with the French Descent Danse Association, creating and choreographing several performances that have toured throughout France and Europe.

Shafik has also served as Professor of Contemporary Dance at the Artistic Creativity Centre’s School of Modern Dance in Cairo for two years.