Ohad Naharin is situated at the forefront of the international dance scene. After performing with Batsheva Dance Company and the troupes of Martha Graham and Maurice Béjart, Naharin embarked on his choreographic career in 1980. His works have been staged by companies around the globe, and in 2018, Naharin assumed the role of Batsheva’s House Choreographer. As artistic director of Batsheva from 1990-2018, he guided the company with an adventurous artistic vision and reinvigorated its repertory with his captivating choreography. Naharin’s work was chronicled in Tomer Heymann’s documentary, Mr. Gaga (2015).

Parallel to his work as a choreographer and artistic director, Naharin has developed Gaga, an innovative and constantly evolving movement language that is available to both dancers and non-dancers. Gaga originated from Naharin’s need to communicate with his dancers and his curiosity in the ongoing research of movement. Gaga has revolutionized Batsheva’s training, enriched dancers’ interpretation of Naharin’s repertory, and emerged as a growing force in the larger field of movement practices worldwide.

A teacher of Gaga, Ohad Naharin’s movement language, since 2010, Saar has been the manager of Gaga in North America since 2012 and was appointed artistic director of Gaga in 2018.
Born on a farm in Israel, Saar danced, played basketball, and rode horses and motorcycles throughout his childhood. He started to practice Gaga with choreographer Ohad Naharin in 1998 and began creating his own dance works at the age of 24. He relocated to New York City in 2003 and co-founded LeeSaar The Company, which presented his choreography internationally. During his 14 years in New York, Saar was honored to receive many awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts grant, and National Dance Project grant. Saar returned to Tel Aviv in 2017, and as Gaga's artistic director, he currently teaches around the globe in classes, workshops, and retreats for dancers and non-dancers alike. He has spearheaded Gaga's integration into therapeutic settings, teaching in hospitals and workshops, and leads the Gaga organization's collaborations with scientific researchers.

Yaara was born in Jerusalem in 1984 and began dancing ballet and modern dance at the age of 6. As a teenager, she danced with the Hora Jerusalem group and later danced professionally in the dance department at Harel Hig School in Mevaseret Zion.
At 18, she joined the Batsheva Ensemble as a young dancer and grew to become a member of the company under the artistic direction of Ohad Naharin. During her years with Batsheva, she performed choreographies by Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal. She later also served as the rehearsal director of the Batsheva Ensemble.
Yaara has been a certified Gaga teacher since 2006 and has been teaching Gaga classes and workshops in Israel and around the world. Alongside teaching Gaga, Yaara studied and developed in the field of alternative medicine and is now a practitioner of Chinese and Japanese medicine, specializing in acupuncture and herbal medicine.

Ofri Lauer is a certified physiotherapist and former professional dancer, with expertise in orthopedic rehabilitation, dance injuries, sports therapy, and pelvic floor diagnosis and therapy. Operating her private clinic in Tel Aviv, she combines her extensive therapeutic knowledge with certifications in Pilates, gym training, and hydrotherapy to provide personalized rehabilitation programs.
Drawing from her background in dance and physiotherapy, a significant focus of her ongoing work is the development of Mova, an innovative treatment method created in collaboration with renowned choreographer Ohad Naharin. This method integrates principles from Naharin's Gaga movement language with evidence-based physiotherapy techniques, offering new pathways for enhanced body awareness, movement efficiency, and sustainable recovery.

Born in New Jersey, Deborah trained at the American Repertory Ballet’s Princeton Ballet School. After receiving her BA from Brown University and her MFA from The Ohio State University, she researched Israeli contemporary dance on a Fulbright grant. Since moving to Tel Aviv in 2008, Deborah founded danceinisrael.com; wrote the book Contemporary Dance in Israel; taught dance history for the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance’s DanceJerusalem program; and published articles in newspapers, magazines, and academic volumes. Her article, “Gaga: Moving beyond Technique with Ohad Naharin in the Twenty-First Century,” appeared in the peer-reviewed journal Dance Chronicle.
Deborah became a Gaga teacher in 2012 through the inaugural Gaga teacher training program and joined Gaga’s administrative team in 2009, where she currently serves as head of foreign affairs. She teaches both for the general public and in therapeutic settings.