Neshama Nashman
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Neshama Nashman is a Canadian choreographer and dance artist based in Düsseldorf, Germany, where she has been a soloist with Ballett am Rhein since 2020. Previously, she was a demi-soloist with the Kraków Opera Ballet in Poland.
As a choreographer, Nashman has gained international recognition for her versatile and passionate approach to the art form. In 2024, Tanz Magazine's Jahrbuch named her an "Interesting Choreographer" for her piece And so am I, created for the Noverre: Young Choreographers project. She is a recipient of two Creation Grants from the Canada Council for the Arts for her Matthäus Passion Project. Her works, including the Kafka-inspired Eine kleine Frau and the pas de deux And my beloved, have been performed at major venues such as the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Pina Bausch Center, Mainfranken Theater Wurzburg, tanzhaus nrw, DanceWorks Chicago, Tanzmesse Festival, Düsseldorf, The Stuttgart Ballet, and Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music. In 2026, Nashman will return to Canada to serve as artist-in-residence for the Banff International String Quartet Festival.
