Dorotea Saykaly is an acclaimed independent Canadian choreographer and dancer whose works have been presented internationally.  Based in Copenhagen, she works on personal and commissioned projects between Denmark, Canada and everywhere else. 

As an alumna of the Festival de Cannes, La Biennale di Venezia’s Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica and La Biennale di Venezia Danza College, she creates experiences that invite audiences to reconnect to instinct and explore the subconscious. 

Originally from Montreal,  Dorotea has enjoyed a rewarding career as a dancer at the Compagnie Marie Chouinard (2006-2014) where she received the Gemini Award for Best Performance along with the cast of bODY_rEMIX.  She later danced at the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani (2014-2019) and has worked with renowned choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sharon Eyal, Damien Jalet and Ohad Naharin.

Known for her rich, sensitive yet rigorous physical language, Dorotea was selected by Sir Wayne McGregor for La Biennale di Venezia's Danza College 2024, where she created and staged the immersive work Lethe - A search for the Waters of Oblivion.  Earlier that year, her stage work BLACK MOON , was longlisted amongst the top seven works worldwide for the Sadler's Wells Inaugural Rose International Dance Prize.

Dorotea gained acclaim in 2021 when she received the inaugural Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award, selected by Emily Molnar in collaboration with the jury.  That same year she choreographed, performed in and produced the acclaimed short film, She, which premiered internationally at the Fotografiska Museum New York, garnered several awards and screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide.  She has since gone on to create for companies such as Ballet BC, Ballet Edmonton and Danish Dance Theater,  and youth programs such as TERRITÓRIO V and La Biennale Danza College.

Dorotea also collaborates closely with her partner, film director Emil Dam Seidel.  Together they create works across disciplines and create experiences that shake people out of their brain and into their body. Their holographic, mixed reality experience, Telos I, premiered in the inaugural Compétition Immersive at the 77th Festival de Cannes, making history as the only holographic film ever selected for competition at the Festival. Telos I was later invited to the Best of Immersive Programme at La Biennale di Venezia’s Venice Immersive programme 2024.