Sharon Eyal
Artistic Director | Choreographer
Read moreSharon Eyal danced with the Batsheva Dance Company between 1990 and 2008. Eyal served as Associate Artistic Director for Batsheva from 2003–04, and as a House Choreographer for the company from 2005–12. In 2005, she partnered with Gai Behar who's collaborated on Eyal’s creations ever since. In 2013, Eyal and Behar launched their dance company. Eyal and Behar created more than 30 commissioned works for different companies and opera houses, including the Paris Opera, the Nederlands Dans Theater, the Royal Swedish Ballet and the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. Their creations received several prestigious awards such as the German Theater Prize DER FAUST (2018) and the prestigious FEDORA VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2017. In 2023, Sharon Eyal was nominated as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.