ABOUT

Amit Yardeni is an Israeli choreographer and dancer. He began his studies at the Bat Dor School in Tel Aviv and the National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam. His professional journey started at the Bat Dor Dance Company, where he performed in works by leading choreographers such as Igal Perry’s Eye of the Storm, Mauricio Wainrot’s If You Only Dance with Pepe and Libertango, Ido Tadmor’s Magritte, and Tamir Ginz’s Platform 1.

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In 2004, Amit joined the Israel Ballet, where he danced as a soloist for 16 years. During this time, he worked with prominent Israeli and international choreographers, including Itzik Galili And the Earth Shall Bear Again, Hikarizatto, Slash, Sharon Eyal NOVA-Carmen, Bill Solo, Krzysztof Pastor Bach Divisions, Dancing Chopin, Dwight Rhoden Moon Over Jupiter, David Nixon Beauty and the Beast, Ronald Savkovic Cinderella, Mauro Astolfi Piaf, Ivan Polinkala Hypnophobia, Pascal Touzeau Nutz, Maria Rizhakina Madame Butterfly, Ido Tadmor Game On, Our Days, Idan Sharabi One, Lena Rosenberg Pippi Longstocking, Mary Poppins, Vladimir Dorochin Peter Pan, Snow White, and Berta Yampolsky Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Harmonium, Coventry, Gura Leader, La Fille Mal Gardée, Encore, Medea, Ni-Na, Optimus, Two by Two and everyone, Dancing to Songs, Written in the Sand, Ex-Ta.

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Amit also performed in works from the repertoire of renowned choreographers, including John Cranko’s Onegin, George Balanchine’s Symphony in C and Serenade, Christian Spuck’s Dos Amores, and Marius Petipa’s Don Quixote, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Raymonda, and The Sleeping Beauty.

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After leaving the Israel Ballet in 2019, Amit performed as a guest soloist with the Jerusalem Ballet in Egor Menashenkov’s choreography Fiddler on the Roof, and joined a tour with Kamea Dance Company in Matthäus Passion 2727 by Tamir Ginz. He also took part in the Movement Project, performing works by Keinan Dinkelman Tanky and Eldad Ben Sasson Stella Stagnos. As part of Dana Ruttenberg’s Project 48 he collaborated with choreographers Roni Chadash and Michal Herman, and participated in the Israeli Opera’s productions of The Italian Girl in Algier and Theodor.

Alongside his work as a dancer, Amit has established himself as an independent choreographer. His works include ObNob, presented at the Curtain Up Festival in 2017, IF IT'S NOT SOUP, IT'S WET BREAD at the Curtain Up Festival in 2018, InkBlack, a duet independently staged in 2020, and 35Hz+, a full-length independent production in 2024.