Meryem Alaoui is a Moroccan dancer-choreographer born in Rabat. She currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
A graduate of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, she has danced for choreographers Amanda Acorn, Peggy Baker, Jennifer Dallas, Susanna Hood, Karen Kaeja and Julia Male among others, and with the company Dancemakers.
In 2009, she started creating her own work, and has since shown her choreographic works in Canada, including ‘Sand Body’ in Hamilton, Toronto and most recently Montreal in March 2017.
She has received support through creation residencies in Toronto at Hub14 and Dancemakers Centre for Creation, and funds from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.