Nationality: Israeli-German
Address: Yehodith -boulevard 9a/ 1. 67016. Tel-Aviv. Israel.
Born: Ein Vered, Israel.

Works

2023
• Petrushka for Ballet Vlaanderen
• Milk teeth – Kammerballetten festival, Denmark.

2022
• Formula – Collaboration with Mirai Moriyama and Nobuko Nakano, Japan.
• Unpair – Kammerballetten festival, Denmark.

2021
• A Year Without Summer – An illustration book.
• On The Edge Of Nowhere – Batsheva Dance Company, Interactive digital creation.
• Summer Snow – Batsheva Dance Company, Co production with Mart International Festival.

2020
• The History of Mankind – Theater creation collaboration with the director Kenichi Tani, produced by KAAT theater, Yokohama, Japan.
• Pigulim – video version, Tel-Aviv Dance festival.
• Pigulim world premiere – LucerneTheater.
• Urban Drawing Project – A drawings Series made during the first months of the COVID-19.

2019
• Futuristic Space – A Japanese production and opening program of Yokohama dance collection 2019. A Collaboration with the artist, Shinji Ohmaki.

2018
• Timeline – A creation for Balletto Teatro di Torino (BTT) Dance Company. Torino, Italy.
• FEED – A creation for Cia Eliane Fetzer de Danca Contemporanea (Curitiba, Brazil) as part of the Brazil/Israel Project.

2017
• IMO the mouth is redundant – A duet, collaboration with the musician Gershon Waiserfirer.

2016
• Sal – A dance installation in Spiral gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
• Flood – Multidisciplinary solo piece. Premiered at Intimadance festival 2016, Tel-Aviv,
and in a site-specific event in Kelim. A collaboration with the artist Nivi Alroy.

2015
• 12 Postdated Checks –A dance, theater piece. Premiered in Curtain-up festival 2015, Israel.
Developed from a theater performance/tour for Rega-Ehad#2 art event in the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa City Hall.
• Rapunzel is stuck on the slide – A site-specific performance and sound installation. Premiered in Bat Yam International Festival of Street Theater and Art.
• Judah, Christ with soy (Japan) – A trio,  site-specific creation. Continuation of the collaboration with the Japanese actor and dancer Mirai Moriyama. Premiered in Uchiko-za Theater, Japan. Re-created for Dance Dance Dance Festival, Yokohama, Japan.

2014
• Judah, Jesus with Soy – A duet, collaboration with the Japanese actor and dancer Mirai Moriyama. Performed in ‘Japan dance week’ in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Produced by Suzanne Dellal Center.
• Demons- a creation of a multidisciplinary show for the music/dance project “The Kokoro” of the composer and singer Lee Triffon.

2013
• Acord – A visual site-specific solo creation, Hanut Gallery, Tel-Aviv. The work consists of object theater, dance, text, live music, and video. Performed in ‘Klipa Adoma’ festival, Bet Rubin Museum, Eretz Israel Museum, Batsheva Hosts, and Suzanne Dellal Center.
• The Gypsies of Jaffa – choreographed the movement for the play by Nisim Aloni, directed by Yossi Pollak. A production of Khan Theater. Was nominated for ‘best choreography’ by the theater awards, Israel.

2012
• Homunculus – A site-specific performance, watched from the street through the windows of an under construction hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel.
• Team Etc. A possibility of a city – A collaborative art installation with Team Etc in Tel-Aviv Museum of Art.
• Bird wears a gray coat – A collaboration with the composer Matan Daskal. The work was produced and developed by the Teiva Theatre, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel.

2011
• Airplay – A solo installation and dance piece. The piece was performed in Stuttgart Solo Festival, Mahol-Lohet 2011 Festival and “Insideout” in Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
• Dood – An independent site-specific production, visual art, dance, and music performance. The performance took place in an old, empty building in Jaffa, Israel.

2010
• Hardwear – An installation. A collaboration with the artist Ziv Ben-Dov and the musician Ohad Fishof. The piece was performed in Batsheva Creates, Teiva Theater, and Intimadance Festival 2011.
• Tango –  A duet presented by Batsheva Creates.

2009
• Two – A trio. The piece was performed in Batsheva Creates.
• The plant –An installation of movement in an industrial elevator.Presented by Batsheva Creates

2006 -2008
• Number One – A piece created for the whole BatSheva Ensemble. Presented in BatSheva creates in Israel and in the JCC in Manhattan, New York.
• The Suit; Road; Gargerim: Works presented by Batsheva Creates.

Working experience

2018-2022
• Revisor, Working as a dancer in Kidd Pivot with the choreographer Crystal Pite.

2013-2016
• Working as a freelance dancer with choreographers Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak performing their work Goldfish.

2015
• Turn Aside V. 2 – An installation project of Boris Oicherman where concrete tunnels of an old telephone company building are turned into the instrument’s resonance chamber.

2014
• The Cunning Little Vixen, Assistant choreographer for Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak in an opera production staged in Bergen, Norway. Produced by Bergen National Opera.
• Dust, Assistant and development of choreography for Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak dance company.

2012-2013
• The Cat That Lived a Million Times, Assistant choreographer for Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Horipro’s musical production staged in Tokyo, Japan.
• Fly Fly Lie, performing & collaborating with the choreographer Shlomit Fondaminski, Curtain –Up Festival 2012, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2010-2011
• Swan Lake, performing Idan Cohen’s work in India, Tel-Aviv, and Copenhagen.
• Check-in, performing Gili Navot’s work, Curtain-Up Festival 2011, Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel.

2008-2010
• Member of Batsheva Dance Company, performing Ohad Naharin’s repertoire:
Mamootot, Max, Project 5, Three, Anaphaza, Decadance, Furo and participating in the creation of Hora.
• Performing Sharon Eyal’s repertoire (house choreographer of Batsheva Dance Company): Bertolina, and participating in the creation of Bill.
• Performing in Batsheva’s Young Choreographers’ series works by Andrea Martini, Bosmat Nossan, Ariel Freedman, Ian Robinson, and Noa Zuk.

2006-2008
• Member of Batsheva Ensemble, performing Ohad Naharin’s works Kamuyot, Zachacha, Decadance, and Telophaza and participating in the creation of Seder.

2002-2006
• Member of Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company, performing in Oyster, Boobies, Wrapped; participating in the creation of What Good Would the Moon Be and Shaker.

Grants, Awards and Residencies

2019 – ‘Small Grant’ from Asylum Arts Institute for new creation.
2019 – Artist in Residence in the Suzanne Dellal Centre’s inaugural residency program.
2019 – Residency at BAC – Baryshnikov art center NYC
2019 – Grant from the art committee of culture – Mifal Hapise for the creation IMO the mouth is redundant.
2017- The Israeli Ministry of Culture Award for the best solo performer for 2017.
2017- Grant from the art committee of culture – Mifal Hapise for the creation of 12 Postdated Checks
2016- Rosenblum Performing Arts Award by the city of Tel Aviv for the promising creator of 2016.
2016 – Artist in Residence at Kelim | Choreography
2016- Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation and Tel-Aviv city hall for the special site-specific project Flood.
2016- Schusterman grant – a grant for creation and four-month residency at Howard University in Washington.
2016- The Israeli Minister of Culture Award for 10 years of creation.
2016- ‘Small Grant’ from Asylum Arts Institute.
2014- Grant from the art committee of culture – Mifal Hapise for the creation of Judah, Jesus with Soy.
2013- Grant from the art committee of culture – Mifal Hapise for the creation of Acord.
2013- Dudu Dotan Award for the best performance dancer in 2013 in  fly fly lie by Shlomit Fondaminski
2013- Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation – special grant for experimental theater for the creation Acord.

Teaching

2022
• Performance project B12, Berlin.

2011-2022
• Teaching Gaga, the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin

2017-2018
• Teaching repertoire work of ’12 postdated checks’ at the Jerusalem Academy of Dance.

2016
•Teaching Gaga and creating for the Dance department of Howard University in Washington DC, fall semester 2016.

2011-2016
• Teaching ballet and Hip-Hop in Klor Academy Dance School. Klor Academy is placed in Kfar-Bloom, Israel and operates for high scholars and for children at all ages.

2010
• Teaching Batsheva Dance Company and Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance company repertoire.

2008
• Teaching `Gaga classes for people` and creating for Kenafayim Art Foundation. A foundation for artists with special needs. It is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

2007
• Managing with Bosmat Nossan an independent intensive summer course for young dancers. The course consisted of classes of modern, jazz, hip-hop and repertories of Batsheva Dance Company and Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company. The course was based in Batsheva studios in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Education

2006-2010
• Gaga, The movement language developed by Ohad Naharin.

1999-2002
• Ballet and Modern Dance Studies in the high school’s dance department of Kfar-Saba Academy. Worked with choreographers Shai Gottesman, Yoram Karmi, Ido Tadmor.

1995-2002
• Modern, Graham, Ballet, Royal-Academy, Release, Flamenco, Jazz and Hip Hop in the Conservatory for Music and Dance, Kfar-Saba, Israel.

Photo: Eliana Ben David, from MIZO catalog