ABOUT
Anat Vaadia
Dancer, Choreographer, Rehearsal Director and Dance Teacher
14 Feibel St., Tel Aviv
+972-54-8126552
EDUCATION
2025-2026 | Certification in the Satya Method
2007–2014 | Feldenkrais Teacher Training Program, certified to teach groups and individuals
2008 | Graduate studies in Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
2002 | B.A. in Dance, Rotterdam Dance Academy (Codarts), The Netherlands
2001 | Studies in Philosophy, Theatre, and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1998 | Preparatory Program, Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio, Tel Aviv
1990–1996 | The Rubin Academy High School for Music and Dance, Jerusalem — graduated with highest honors
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2016 | Travel grant for professional development abroad, Israel Lottery Council for Culture & Arts
2014 | Travel grant, Israel Lottery Council for Culture & Arts, with the work Wall Bunnies
1996 | Recognized as an “Outstanding Dancer” for service in the Israel Defense Forces (1996–1998)
1994–1996 | Three-time recipient of the Sharett Foundation Scholarship, awarded by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 | The Waiting Hollow, Uri Shafir. Premier at Tel-aviv Dance Festival, Suzanne Dellal.
2024 | Love Music (Now!), Yasmeen Godder. Premiere at Israel Festival. Performances in Germany, Austria, and Israel.
2021 | Empathy 2x2, Yasmeen Godder. Performances at Suzanne Dellal Centre and Haifa Museum of Art
2021 | Body in the Street, collaboration with “KAN” Ensemble, choreography by Ori Shafir. Headphone-based performance in Florentin, Tel Aviv
2021 | All That We Are Not: The Rise of the Desire Machines, by Ori Shafir. Premiered at Curtain Up Festival
2020 | Avigdor at Home, Ori Shafir. Dance/Performance via Zoom for nine dancers, premiered at “Viral Festival”
2020 | Avigdor, Ori Shafir. Four-hour durational work with six dancers, premiered at the Performance Conference, School of Visual Theatre, Jerusalem
2019 | Making Sense, choreographed by Shira Eviatar. Premiere at Kelim Centre
2018 | Submission, choreographed by Adi Boutrous. Performances at Suzanne Dellal Centre and Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
2008–2012 | I’m Mean, I Am Yasmeen Godder Dance Company. performed at Pina Bausch Festival (Düsseldorf) and Mousonturm Theatre (Frankfurt).
Dancer and co-creator in Storm End Come. Collaborator in Disturbance Project
2003–2008 | Independent work in Berlin and throughout Germany, collaborations with:
Trisha Brown – Accumulation, Floor of the Forest (Documenta 12, Kassel)
Efrat Stempler – 1,2,3 Sauerfisch…, Shu Shu, Sauerfisch Reloaded (Germany, Switzerland, Armenia, Romania, Singapore, Poland, Serbia)
May Zarhi – Residency at Pact Zollverein, Essen
Michal Mualem & Jean-Alberto De Filippis (Germany)
Livia Patrizi – W.H.A.V.T. (Germany & France)
Clint Lutes – Side of Splendor (Germany)
Mike Salomon – Triptychon (Germany)
Mia Matilda Kroll – Bruno, Sketchbook, Once, Umph (Germany & Poland)
Ilona Pszczetny – Lippenbitter (Germany)
Christoph Winkler – Hinter den Linien, Triple Bill (Berlin & France)
2003 | Guest dancer, Osnabrück Dance Theatre, Germany
1992–1998 | Member of Nina Timofeyeva’s classical dance company, performed across Israel
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS
2023 | Ascending the Mountain (Oleh LaHar), premiered at Kelim Festival, supported by the Israel Lottery Council for Culture & Arts
2021 | Once I Was, created for girls living in a therapeutic youth village, premiered at Meeting Point Festival, curated by Ayala Frenkel
2019 | If You Go, You’ll Get There, two works created within Yasmeen Godder Studio’s community dance project with people living with Parkinson’s and professional dancers
2017 | If There Is No Me, Intimadance Festival, Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv
2014 | Back Stage, winner of the Diablog Competition, later presented independently at Warehouse 2, Tel Aviv, and as part of Tel Aviv Cultural Events
2013 | Wall Bunnies, duet premiered at the International Dance Festival, Machol Shalem, later shown at Warehouse 2 (Tel Aviv) and in Germany
2009 | Eshetish, Gvanim Festival. Additional performances at The Lab (Jerusalem), Tmuna Theatre, Suzanne Dellal Centre, and Berlin
2007 | Under (with Melanie Lane), Germany
2006 | Ephortsatak, performances in Germany and Israel, Karmiel Festival
2005 | IDentity (with Melanie Lane), Germany
REHEARSAL DIRECTION
2023 | Ori Shafir, Not a Forest
2022 | Shaked Mokiach, Depths (Curtain Up Festival)
2022 | Tamar Henig, new work
2018–2021 | Gilad Yerushalmi, Farewell Ropes, Phil Philon, Gurimot
2020 | Ori Shafir, Habitat
2018–2019 | Guy Gutman, Non Troppo, O.S.L.O
2019 | Tsuki Ringart & Carmel Ben-Asher, Intimadance Festival
2008–2018 | Yasmeen Godder Dance Company, Singular Sensation, Love Fire, Common Emotion, Demonstrating Restraint
2017 | Adi Boutrous, Alone Together, Always Here
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Anat began teaching modern dance in Berlin, Germany. Upon returning to Israel, she taught classical ballet at Bikurey Ha’itim and with the group in Jaffa. Since 2008, she has been teaching in numerous schools and institutions across the country, including Orot College, Haleluya Givatayim (a women’s religious school), Studio Pure, Yasmeen Godder Studio, The Group (full training program, lead teacher), Bikurey Ha’itim Dance Training Program (rehearsal director), Tamara Studio in Rehovot, and more. Her teaching spans modern dance, Release technique, classical ballet, improvisation, repertoire, and the Feldenkrais Method. In addition, she teaches movement classes for people with Parkinson’s disease at the Yasmeen Godder Studio. In recent years, she has been teaching through a method she has developed, rooted in years of embodied, consciousness-based, and creative research.
Selected Teaching Experience
2025 | Seminar HaKibbutzim College
2020–Present | Movement research workshops for professional dancers (self-initiated and developed)
2008–Present | Yasmeen Godder Studio – Summer intensives and annual workshops (modern dance, repertoire, improvisation); also teaches within Community in Motion, movement classes for people with Parkinson’s disease2021–2025 | Pro-Mornings – Modern dance for professional dancers
2022 | Mentor, Pro-Mornings Mentorship Program (supported by the Tel Aviv Municipality)
2021–2022 | Teacher at Na’ot – Bilingual dance workshops for Arab and Jewish women
2021 & 2025 | Tamara Studio, Rehovot
2019–2022 | Kelim Choreography Center – Release technique and research methods
2010–2014 | Haleluya Dance School – Modern dance, classical ballet, and creative composition
2008–2022 | The Group – Modern dance, ballet, improvisation, repertoire (full-time track); Orot College – Modern dance, composition (intermittently over the years)
2010–2020 | Feldenkrais Method – Classes in various gyms across Tel Aviv and peripheral areas, as a substitute teacher
