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Ilana Khanin is a director of experimental performances. Her work has been developed and presented at Ars Nova, Prelude, Here Arts Center, New Ohio, Judson, Governors Island, The Tank, The Brick, Primary Stages, Theaterlab, Dixon Place, Samuel French Festival, and the Center at West Park. Artist-in-residence at Montclair State University New Works Initiative and Baryshnikov Arts. She has worked as an associate director for Lila Neugebauer, Annie-B Parson, and Lee Sunday Evans at venues including Playwrights Horizons, Playmakers Rep, Abrons Arts Centre, and Carolina Performing Arts. Associate Artist with Big Dance Theater (BAM, London’s Old Vic, Berlin’s Deutsches Theater, among others). Her work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Puffin Foundation. Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award for Best Direction of a Musical.
BFA and MA: NYU. PhD: University of Toronto.