Tsolak MLKE-Galstyan is an Armenian choreographer, director, painter, dancer, playwright, art manager. He is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of the MIHR Theatre - the first contemporary dance company in Armenia since 2003. MIHR is an award winning company that has performed throughout Europe, the Middle East and North America. Tsolak is an Open-air and special events Manager and Curator of Dance Platform at HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival in Armenia since 2005. He is an IETM member since 2009 and has become a member of the Creative Armenia-AGBU Network since 2020.
He is the author of the innovative project: ‘’Music of Movement’’. The project is based on the idea of using alternative musical instruments, created by the MIHR Theatre, for making sounds from the dancers' movements: music is created through movements and reveals the sound of dance.
In 2021 Tsolak has directed and choreographed the contemporary dance movie ''Walls'' within the framework of the program ''Culture in Motion: The Regional mobility Fund of the Goethe-Institut Eastern Europe / Central Asia''. MIHR theatre has participated in the Internationale Tanzmesse nrw in Dusseldorf, Germany with the site-specific contemporary dance performance ''The Song of a Refugee'' in August, 2020. He has directed and choreographed the dance movie ''Love, Sex & Movies'' written and produced by the Australian-German writer Fiona Leonard, which has been Commissioned by the Reading Fringe Festival, UK with funding from Arts Council England and premiered at the Reading Fringe Festival in July 2020.
Tsolak has been dancing for 30 years including traditional Armenian dancing, Latino-American, classical and since 1998, a focus on contemporary dance as both a dancer and choreographer. He has choreographed more than 20 contemporary dance, site-specific, emotional dance, inclusive dance, action-painting, physical, open-air and drama dance performances and innovative projects.