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Iradukunda Ismael is a 25-year-old Rwandan dancer. He encountered the world of dance as a career in 2010 while working with RDDC, now known as Mindleaps, and then after joined Snipers Dance Crew in 2014 and together they won different competitions like: Dundastar, Akadiho, Onstage, Road to Beijing and Mtn yolo. He has also organized dance events like Magical Summer and Hot December.

Through the EANT festival, Ismael had the opportunity to participate in dance workshops and work with choreographers such as Vincent Harisdo, Wesley Ruzibiza and Louis clement Da costa.

He has also worked as a teacher in 10 Rwandan schools through the Amizero dance company and Orpas-Roppa projects.

Ismael performed in major events such as EANT festival (2017 & 2018), Kwita Izina with Mashirika (2017), Fespad Rwanda (2019), Sanafest in Norway (2019), Cax Africa (2020) and Iwacu na Muzika festival (2020) with Umutana, Rwanda’s national modern group.