About The Festival

A festival is a celebratory and exciting event that curators and creators prepare themselves for, as well as the audience that attends it. Yet these days, the word “festival” is entirely dissonant with the reality we are experiencing and feeling. Nevertheless, we have chosen to hold the “Tel Aviv Dance Festival” event in its 24th year.

Despite, and perhaps because of the situation, we feel it is of the utmost importance to continue to support and promote cultural activities, to bring together and connect the audience with the creators, and to conjure hope.
This year, we’ve decided to turn the spotlight on local Israeli companies and artists who created new works during this complex year, most of which will be premiered as part of the festival. The works express the creators’ world and touch on personal, cultural, social, political, and emotional issues. Each piece brings different and interesting meanings, especially in the context of the current period.

This year, the Tel Aviv Dance Festival allows us to dive into the local space and experience an intimate connection with Israeli creation. We’re proud of the beautiful products born from this complex reality and invite you to find moments of inspiration, pleasure, and hope.

In addition, during the festival, the main square will feature open rehearsals as a communal social act, and you are invited to observe them and get closer to the world of the choreographers who endure a long (and sometimes Sisyphean) process of creation, while they are debating, changing, and regretting. This process is fascinating to watch while diving into the relationship and creative collaboration of the choreographer with the performers.

Thank you for your support and presence. We will continue encouraging and cherishing Israeli creation, even in challenging times.

Anat Leventon and Naomi Perlov