Mounir Saeed

Born 1987 in Cairo/Egypt.

Mounir Saeed is an interdisciplinary artist who has his roots in contemporary dance. As a graduate of the Cairo Contemporary Dance Workshop Program (2008–2011), he has collaborated with a wide range of choreographers both in Egypt and internationally. His first solo work, The Game (2009), premiered at the Cairo Opera House and earned the Excellence Award.

Saeed gained international acclaim with his solo piece What About Dante, which toured widely from 2016 to 2024. The work received third prize at the 20th International Solo Dance Festival in Stuttgart/Germany (2016) and was awarded the Best Theme Prize at the Teatri Riflessi Festival in Sicily/Italy (2024).

His practice has been shaped by international residencies, including Les Bancs Publics – Festival Les Rencontres à l’échelle (France), Dancing on the Edge (Netherlands), and the Research Residency, an initiative of Gare du Nord and Atélier Mondial (Switzerland). In 2021, he presented Nemesis vs. Anubis vs. Everyone at La Biennale di Venezia/Italy. He is also a recipient of the Akademie Schloss Solitude fellowship  (2020/2022).

Saeed’s current research project, Harmonic Chaos, explores the relationship between chaos theory and dance. Through improvisation and collective movement, he investigates how apparent disorder can give rise to new forms of harmony. His work spans performance and pedagogy, continually expanding the possibilities of physical expression and interdisciplinary collaboration.

In 2025, Mounir Saeed is a fellow of the transdisciplinary special fellowship program »Field Trip« – a cooperation between Akademie Schloss Solitude and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz.