Igli was born in Tirana, Albania. Graduate of the National Ballet School of Albania, danced as a soloist at the National Theater of Tirana (Albania), Cannes Jeune Ballet (France), Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden/ Darmstadt (Germany), Ballet Prejocaj (France), CompagnieLinga (Switzerland), and TanzLuzern (Switzerland).
Throughout this time he has worked and collaborated with: Jiří Kylián, Fréderic Flamand, Jean- Christophe Maillot, Davide Bombana, Marcos Morau, Angelin Preljocaj, Alexander Ekman, Jerome Bel, Cayetano Soto, Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, Marguerite Donlon, Tim Plegge, Wayne McGregor, Hofesh Schechter, Alejandro Cerrudo, Jerome Bel, Po Cheng Tsai, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Ella Rothschild, Katarzyna Gdaniec, Marco Cantalupo, Mthuthuzeli November, Muhammed Kaltuk, Tom Weinberger to name a few.
He has been involved in collaborations within the movie industry such as the opening ceremony of “Festival de Film de Cannes” for “The Great Gatsby” by Baz Luhrmann, as well as being casted in the short movie “The Key” (European Commission in Marseille, France). Igli was part of the artistic team of the opening of the Audemars Piguet new museum.
In September 2020 Igli graduated with a “licence in Arts” issued by the European Union. He has been invited to teach and lead workshops around Europe, South America, Asia and Australia and currently continues to collaborate internationally as a dancer, teacher and assistant.
