iLuminate the Holidays this season

iLuminate the holidays with the awe-inspiring critically-acclaimed show that fuses light, sound and dance in an stunning spectacle of technology that’s perfect for the whole family! Catch them before they go back on tour.

From the moment the lights fade to darkness, you’re transported into another world…another dimension, where the music moves you and the visuals are unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Welcome to the world of iLuminate. Named “Best New Act in America” by America’s Got Talent, the brilliant cast of the country’s top dancers and choreographers, along with energetic music, creates a mind-blowing, multi-sensory live show experience. As the show progresses, each scene creates a new “room” inside “Club iLuminate” where an exhilarating blend of music, dance, illusion, technology, and comedy comes to life for an experience that’s sure to be the most fun you’ll ever have in the dark!

iLuminate™’s patented technology has been used in numerous performances by Grammy winning superstars such as Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, The Black Eyed Peas, and David Guetta, among others.

ILUMINATE

iLuminate is an American dance and performance group powered by state-of-the-art technology and electrifying entertainers who perform in the dark to create the ultimate high tech dance experience. iLuminate produces explosive performances with customized wireless lighting programs. Their performances are filled with extraordinary lighting effects, choreographed with phenomenal dance moves that take your audience on an exhilarating ride. Performances can be customized with your organization’s logo and an executive reveal.

THE MOST FUN YOU WILL HAVE IN THE DARK…

Founded by dancer and software engineer Miral Kotb, iLuminate enables performers, choreographers, engineers, technicians, stylists and artistic directors to produce high-energy performances with customized wireless lighting programs.

Since launching in 2009, iLuminate’s patent-pending technology has been used in numerous performances by Grammy-winning superstars such as Christina Aguilera, The Black Eyed Peas, and David Guetta, among others. They have also been featured on hit television shows including The Voice, America’s Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars and X Factor, as well as such awards shows as American Music Awards, MTV’s Video Music Awards, BET Awards, The Nickelodeon Awards, Billboard and Latin Billboard Awards, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Having catapulted into an international sensation, iLuminate has performed across the globe for various events, including among others, headlining at the Cairo Opera House in Egypt; performing with Labrinth for Sony’s Xperia smart phone launch in London; dancing at automotive shows in Canada and South Africa; participating in Capezio’s prestigious 125th Anniversary Celebration at New York’s City Center; performing live on the internationally broadcasted Latin Billboard Awards; and participating in the Hennessy Classivm Mega Event in China.

In addition, iLuminate continues to perform each year at corporate events across the country for such prominent companies as IBM, Lenovo, Opryland, Energizer, Dell, Cisco, Olympus and Starwood Hotels, among many others.

MIRAL KOTB

Miral Kotb‘s keynote inspires teams to find common ground and purpose in order to produce outstanding results. Miral doesn’t just talk about her achievements with iLuminate — she helps audiences to simultaneously tap into the same passion and commitment in order to reach their goals. Her keynote is perfect for conferences with team building and innovation themes, entrepreneurs, women in technology, and STEAM initiatives.

Miral Kotb is a highly sought after speaker who has worked for many corporate clients — Google, AVIXA, Verizon, Tierpoint BraveIT Conference, Hyland Software, and more — to inspire and motivate their people. She also has spoken at Google’s sponsored ‘Made with Code’ — where she mentored young girls — On Cue, TedX Teen, Center for Global Brand Leadership, and TedX Broadway on the intersection of art and technology. In her capacity as a Cancer survivor, Miral has also spoken at pharmaceutical programs and foundation galas.

Combine Miral Kotb‘s engaging keynote with an exhilarating iLuminate performance.

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Miral Kotb is a two-time cancer survivor, who has overcome extreme obstacles both personally and within the ever-changing world of technology.  Miral Kotb is also a prolific entrepreneur in the fields of technology development and the performing arts. In 2009, she combined her passion for dance and technology to create iLuminate, the world’s first light dance technology company.

Read her incredibly inspirational and uplifting story in Newsweek <here>.

Miral Kotb

Women are notoriously underrepresented in the fields of engineering, technology, design, science, and mathematics, but Miral Kotb challenged the status quo. Miral Kotb, founder and chief executive officer of iLuminate – the world’s first light dance technology company. After graduation from Columbia University, Kotb worked as a software engineer at Bloomberg, LP before freelancing as a mobile app developer. At that point, Kotb wanted to explore the idea of combining her “loves” – dance and software development – which led to the creation of iLuminate.

Miral Kotb’s iLuminate ignited an electrifying phenomenon, became a finalist on the hit television show America’s Got Talent, and was dubbed “the best new act in America”. iLuminate continues to perform at numerous corporate events across the globe and positively impacts millions of audience members with spectacular performances, including her new Las Vegas show “Happy Hour”.

Tech & Entrepreneurial Keynote Speaker

Miral is passionate about empowering young people to pursue opportunities in STEM/STEAM. An engaging and influential public speaker, she knows how to enlighten audiences about the creative side of technology. As a successful Entrepreneur she speaks about her experiences and the ups and downs of starting and running iLuminate, focusing on Women Entrepreneurs and general Entrepreneurship and Business Management.

Miral has spoken at numerous events, including Google Zeitgeist, Google’s Made With Code, On Cue, TEDx Teen, TEDx Broadway, Wonder Woman Tech, TIDE Conference, The Apple Developer Conference, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Adaptive Paths, Center for Global Brand Leadership, National Arts Marketing Project, NEXTECH, Capital One, and Acuity Brands, among others.

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Women are notoriously underrepresented in the fields of engineering, technology, design, science, and mathematics, but. Miral Kotb challenged the status quo. Miral Kotb, founder and chief executive officer of iLuminate – the world’s first light dance technology company. After graduation from Columbia University, Kotb worked as a software engineer at Bloomberg, LP before freelancing as a mobile app developer. At that point, Kotb wanted to explore the idea of combining her “loves” – dance and software development – which led to the creation of iLuminate.

Miral Kotb’s iLuminate ignited an electrifying phenomenon, became a finalist on the hit television show America’s Got Talent, and was dubbed “the best new act in America”. iLuminate continues to perform at numerous corporate events across the globe and positively impacts millions of audience members with spectacular performances, including her new Las Vegas show “Happy Hour”.

Tech & Entrepreneurial Keynote Speaker

Miral is passionate about empowering young people to pursue opportunities in STEM/STEAM. An engaging and influential public speaker, she knows how to enlighten audiences about the creative side of technology. As a successful Entrepreneur she speaks about her experiences and the ups and downs of starting and running iLuminate, focusing on Women Entrepreneurs and general Entrepreneurship and Business Management.

Miral has spoken at numerous events, including Google Zeitgeist, Google’s Made With Code, On Cue, TEDx Teen, TEDx Broadway, Wonder Woman Tech, TIDE Conference, The Apple Developer Conference, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Adaptive Paths, Center for Global Brand Leadership, National Arts Marketing Project, NEXTECH, Capital One, and Acuity Brands, among others.

A two-time cancer survivor, Miral has overcome extreme obstacles both personally and within the ever-changing world of technology. Through it all, she believes in being true to herself, and encouraging others to do the same.

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The #1 Billboard Hot Latin song is from the highly-anticipated upcoming motion picture, “Bad Boys For Life” starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.

You can watch the iLuminate performance at the Voice finale below.

iLuminate

iLuminate with the Black Eyes Peas at the Voice Finale

iLuminate is an American dance and performance group powered by state-of-the-art technology and electrifying entertainers who perform in the dark to create the ultimate high tech dance experience. iLuminate produces explosive performances with customized wireless lighting programs. Their performances are filled with extraordinary lighting effects, choreographed with phenomenal dance moves that take your audience on an exhilarating ride. Performances can be customized with your organization’s logo and an executive reveal.

The most fun you will have in the dark…

Miral Kotb

Founded by dancer and software engineer Miral Kotb, iLuminate enables performers, choreographers, engineers, technicians, stylists and artistic directors to produce high-energy performances with customized wireless lighting programs.

Since launching in 2009, iLuminate’s patent-pending technology has been used in numerous performances by Grammy-winning superstars such as Christina Aguilera, The Black Eyed Peas, and David Guetta, among others. They have also been featured on hit television shows including The Voice, America’s Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars and X Factor, as well as such awards shows as American Music Awards, MTV’s Video Music Awards, BET Awards, The Nickelodeon Awards, Billboard and Latin Billboard Awards, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Having catapulted into an international sensation, iLuminate has performed across the globe for various events, including among others, headlining at the Cairo Opera House in Egypt; performing with Labrinth for Sony’s Xperia smart phone launch in London; dancing at automotive shows in Canada and South Africa; participating in Capezio’s prestigious 125th Anniversary Celebration at New York’s City Center; performing live on the internationally broadcasted Latin Billboard Awards; and participating in the Hennessy Classivm Mega Event in China.

In addition, iLuminate continues to perform each year at corporate events across the country for such prominent companies as IBM, Lenovo, Opryland, Energizer, Dell, Cisco, Olympus and Starwood Hotels, among many others.

Miral Kotb

Miral Kotb‘s keynote inspires teams to find common ground and purpose in order to produce outstanding results. Miral doesn’t just talk about her achievements with iLuminate — she helps audiences to simultaneously tap into the same passion and commitment in order to reach their goals. Her keynote is perfect for conferences with team building and innovation themes, entrepreneurs, women in technology, and STEAM initiatives.

Miral Kotb is a highly sought after speaker who has worked for many corporate clients — Google, AVIXA, Verizon, Tierpoint BraveIT Conference, Hyland Software, and more — to inspire and motivate their people. She also has spoken at Google’s sponsored ‘Made with Code’ — where she mentored young girls — On Cue, TedX Teen, Center for Global Brand Leadership, and TedX Broadway on the intersection of art and technology. In her capacity as a Cancer survivor, Miral has also spoken at pharmaceutical programs and foundation galas.

Combine Miral Kotb‘s engaging keynote with an exhilarating iLuminate performance.

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TIDE is a conference for creators – innovators from design, integration, live events, architecture, and brand experience – who are shaping the future of integrated experiences.

The worlds of dance, software, and light converge with electrifying results in iLuminate, the entertainment company created by Miral Kotb, which combines wearable LED technologies with choreography performed in the dark to create interactive audience experiences.

Pioneer of the Impossible

Miral Kotb talks about the relationship between dance and code. “At first, they might seem radically different, but both dance and code are languages — tools of communication as well as expressions in their own right”, according to Kotb. “They are also the sums of their parts: each choreographed arm lift or head turn is like a command. Only when interlinked do motions and lines of code tell a larger story. Programming and dance also consider the audience, situating viewers (or users) within a narrative or experience.”

MIRAL KOTB

In 2009,  Miral Kotb combined her passion for dance and computers to create iLuminate, the entertainment technology company that combines state-of-the-art technology with exhilarating dancers who perform in the dark to create the ultimate audience experience.

Miral received her degree in Computer Science from Columbia University while honing in on her dance skills in New York City. Upon graduating she secured a position with Bloomberg L.P. as a senior software engineer, then entered the world of mobile application development. Her work as a dancer and choreographer has been presented at numerous venues worldwide.

ILUMINATE

The concept for iLuminate emerged while Miral was developing iPhone applications.  She had a vision of dancers wearing costumes that illuminated wirelessly to compliment the music and choreography — wireless technology that could be controlled from the palm of one’s hand. She pursued her idea with help from some of the best hardware and software engineers in the business. Developing iLuminate was the perfect way for Miral to combine her uniquely different worlds and follow her true passion.

iLuminate took audiences by storm in 2011 when America voted the dance-in-the-dark sensation to be one of the top finalist positions on the hit television show, America’s Got Talent.  Since then, Miral and her unprecedented technology, programming, choreographing, and overall artistic direction has catapulted iLuminate into an international phenomenon that mesmerizes audiences across the globe.

Miral has programmed iLuminate’s patent-pending technology for such Grammy-winning superstars as Christina Aguilera, The Black Eyed Peas and Death Cab for Cutie. The technology has also been featured on shows including Dancing With The Stars, The American Music Awards, Mira Quien Baila, The X Factor, MTV’s Video Music Awards, Nickelodeon’s HALO Awards, and the BET Awards. In addition, Miral has directed summer shows for several Six Flags Parks across America, a show featured at Disneyland’s ElecTRONica Festival, and has 2 shows currently being performed at sea on the luxury cruise line, Crystal Cruises. She has directed and produced a full-length show, Artist of Light, that lived in the heart of Broadway for 3 years and has since been touring in Malaysia, Hong Kong, around the states, and is setting up for its premier in Europe. iLuminate also performs for many corporate events around the world with clients including Nike, IBM, Energizer, Starwood Hotels, Intel, MINI Cooper, Lenovo, Capital One, Lexus, among many others. iLuminate has been featured in commercials for College Basketball’s March Madness and Hasboro’s new Twister game. Recently Miral and iLuminate had the honor of ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ.

Keynote Speaker

In just a few short years, the rising entrepreneur has become a highly sought after speaker and advocate for women in computer science. At the personal request of Google founder Larry Page, Miral spoke (alongside Sr. Richard Branson and other renowned speakers) at Google Zeitgeist. She also spoke at the Grace Hopper Conference, a conference focused on women in computing, and appeared along with Mindy Kaling and Iconic Pop at Google’s launch event for Made With Code, an initiative aimed at empowering young women with computing skills. Miral was also a keynote speaker at Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference. As a two-time Cancer survivor, she has spoken at foundation galas, including Friends of Egyptian Children with Cancer. She also partnered up with Code.org to create an educational video that is played for students in Elementary schools around the world and she mentors young women in coding. Other notable presentations are: On Cue, TedX Broadway, and TedX Teen Center for Global Brand Leadership.

Given Miral’s vast background, she is able to tailor her talk to fit the message and audience. One topic she focuses on is Women in Technology, with presentations to both young girls in school interested in pursuing technical careers and women in the work force. As a successful Entrepreneur she speaks about her experiences and the ups and downs of starting and running iLuminate, focusing on Women Entrepreneurs and general Entrepreneurship and Business Management. iLuminate itself is the result of a seamless merge of Art and Technology and Dance and Technology, giving Ms. Kotb to expertise to address audiences in the field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). With this merge of two worlds Ms. Kotb has a presentation that emphasizes the importance of Teamwork and Collaboration and the importance of Co-Inspiration. Ms. Kotb is a Cancer Survivor and she has told her story of the struggles of fighting Cancer and how she allowed this life changing event to inspire her to pursue her dreams. The tone of her presentations are inspiring and encourages audiences to continuously find a way to love what they do in everyday life, follow their dreams, and never get intimidated by life.

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Entrepreneur, dancer, choreographer, and software engineer Miral Kotb talks about adversity and success in her recent interview with Jason Crowley. How do you become a master of the “turnaround”? Read the full interview here.

Miral Kotb, who is the Founder and CEO of the theatrical and technology-based company, iLuminate. In 2011 iLuminate gained international fame on America’s Got Talent in which they were a finalist.

Miral Kotb

In 2009, entrepreneur, dancer, choreographer, and software engineer Miral Kotb combined her passion for dance and computers to create iLuminate, the entertainment technology company that combines state-of-the-art technology with exhilarating dancers who perform in the dark to create the ultimate audience experience.

Miral received her degree in Computer Science from Columbia University while honing in on her dance skills in New York City. Upon graduating she secured a position with Bloomberg L.P. as a senior software engineer, then entered the world of mobile application development. Her work as a dancer and choreographer has been presented at numerous venues worldwide.

iLuminate

The concept for iLuminate emerged while Miral was developing iPhone applications.  She had a vision of dancers wearing costumes that illuminated wirelessly to compliment the music and choreography — wireless technology that could be controlled from the palm of one’s hand. She pursued her idea with help from some of the best hardware and software engineers in the business. Developing iLuminate was the perfect way for Miral to combine her uniquely different worlds and follow her true passion.

iLuminate took audiences by storm in 2011 when America voted the dance-in-the-dark sensation to be one of the top finalist positions on the hit television show, America’s Got Talent.  Since then, Miral and her unprecedented technology, programming, choreographing, and overall artistic direction has catapulted iLuminate into an international phenomenon that mesmerizes audiences across the globe.

Miral has programmed iLuminate’s patent-pending technology for such Grammy-winning superstars as Christina Aguilera, The Black Eyed Peas and Death Cab for Cutie. The technology has also been featured on shows including Dancing With The Stars, The American Music Awards, Mira Quien Baila, The X Factor, MTV’s Video Music Awards, Nickelodeon’s HALO Awards, and the BET Awards. In addition, Miral has directed summer shows for several Six Flags Parks across America, a show featured at Disneyland’s ElecTRONica Festival, and has 2 shows currently being performed at sea on the luxury cruise line, Crystal Cruises. She has directed and produced a full-length show, Artist of Light, that lived in the heart of Broadway for 3 years and has since been touring in Malaysia, Hong Kong, around the states, and is setting up for its premier in Europe. iLuminate also performs for many corporate events around the world with clients including Nike, IBM, Energizer, Starwood Hotels, Intel, MINI Cooper, Lenovo, Capital One, Lexus, among many others. iLuminate has been featured in commercials for College Basketball’s March Madness and Hasboro’s new Twister game. Recently Miral and iLuminate had the honor of ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ.

Miral Kotb

Keynote speaker

In just a few short years, the rising entrepreneur has become a highly sought after speaker and advocate for women in computer science. At the personal request of Google founder Larry Page, Miral spoke (alongside Sr. Richard Branson and other renowned speakers) at Google Zeitgeist. She also spoke at the Grace Hopper Conference, a conference focused on women in computing, and appeared along with Mindy Kaling and Iconic Pop at Google’s launch event for Made With Code, an initiative aimed at empowering young women with computing skills. Miral was also a keynote speaker at Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference. As a two-time Cancer survivor, she has spoken at foundation galas, including Friends of Egyptian Children with Cancer. She also partnered up with Code.org to create an educational video that is played for students in Elementary schools around the world and she mentors young women in coding. Other notable presentations are: On Cue, TedX Broadway, and TedX Teen Center for Global Brand Leadership.

Given Miral’s vast background, she is able to tailor her talk to fit the message and audience. One topic she focuses on is Women in Technology, with presentations to both young girls in school interested in pursuing technical careers and women in the work force. As a successful Entrepreneur she speaks about her experiences and the ups and downs of starting and running iLuminate, focusing on Women Entrepreneurs and general Entrepreneurship and Business Management. iLuminate itself is the result of a seamless merge of Art and Technology and Dance and Technology, giving Ms. Kotb to expertise to address audiences in the field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). With this merge of two worlds Ms. Kotb has a presentation that emphasizes the importance of Teamwork and Collaboration and the importance of Co-Inspiration. Ms. Kotb is a Cancer Survivor and she has told her story of the struggles of fighting Cancer and how she allowed this life changing event to inspire her to pursue her dreams. The tone of her presentations are inspiring and encourages audiences to continuously find a way to love what they do in everyday life, follow their dreams, and never get intimidated by life.

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