Biography
Charlie Khalil Prince (1991) is a Lebanese dance and performance artist. His interests are rooted in the intersection of the political and the poetic body, and the many profound resonances this creates. His transdisciplinary choreographic works have been presented in several major festivals and theatres, including ImPulsTanz Festival, Dansmakers Amsterdam, Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Vancouver International Dance Festival, Oktoberdans, Fabbrica Europa, and Beirut International Platform of Dance. Charlie holds a Bachelor of Music from McGill University in Montréal with a minor in Religious Studies, and continues to engage as a composer in his artistic practice. In 2023 he was artist in residence at the Villa Empain in Brussels, after having received the Prize for Dance and Performance awarded by the Boghossian Foundation in Belgium. He was also an APAP (advancing performing arts project) 2020 artist supported by the European Union Commission for Culture from 2017 to 2020.