ELIAS CHOI-Buttinger

Elias Choi-Buttinger was born in 1987 in Linz, Austria. He graduated from
Anton Bruckner University in Contemporary Dance Performance and
Education and practiced breakdance for more than 15 years. His most
significant work, the Inter-dance-project, was sponsored by the Austrian
government in 2014 and 2018 for cultural exchanges and dance creations
between Linz and Kolkata. He has won the Interculturalism Prize of Upper
Austria and the Linz City Cultural Integration Award (Integration Prize) 2018
and is a frequent guest of festivals worldwide — Macedonia International
Street Art Festival (Baskerfest Mazedonia), the Austrian International Youth
Art Festival (international Schaxpirfestival), among others – and cultural
exchanges in many other cities. Choi-Buttinger is committed to intercultural
collaboration and blending different cultures.