Jüri Nael

Final of Eesti otsib superstaari, Jüri Nael (right), with (from left) Aigi Vahing, Luisa Värk, and Birgit Õigemeel. 2007 Jüri Nael (born 9 July 1975) is an Estonian choreographer, movement director, professor of contemporary performance and theatre pedagogue.

Nael was born and raised in Viljandi. He graduated from Viljandi Culture Academy in 1998, having majored in choreography. Since 2011, he is a lecturer of physical theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Since 2019, he is studying at Estonian Music and Theatre Academy (doctoral studies).

From 2006 until 2011, he was one of the judges in the Kanal 2 television dance competition series Tantsud tähtedega. He has also appeared as an actor in the television series Riigimehed and Väikesed hiiglased.

Works 2006: Margoshes' ja Fernandez' "Fame" (director, musical theatre, in Tallinn Linnahall) 2010: "Naela Waiting for ..." (director, with L. Marshall, solo performance)