Dana Michel is a choreographer and live artist based in Montréal. Her first extended-length solo performance piece, Yellow Towel, was featured on the "Top Five" and the "Top Ten" 2013 dance moments in the Voir newspaper (Montréal) and Dance Current Magazine respectively. In 2014, she was awarded the newly created ImPulstanz Award in recognition for outstanding artistic accomplishments and was highlighted amongst notable female choreographers of the year by the New York Times. That same year concluded with Yellow Towel appearing on the Time Out New York Magazine "Top Ten Performances" list. Her most recent and critically-acclaimed solo, Mercurial George, was premiered at Festival TransAmériques in June 2016. Both pieces are currently on tour. In June 2017, Dana Michel was awarded the Silver Lion for Innovation in Dance by the Venice Biennale. Also in 2017 she joined Par B.L.eux, a company founded and directed by Benoît Lachambre as associate artist.