Jerusalem International Dance Week 2020

Yossi Berg & Oded Graf
Founders \ Artistic Directors \ Choreographers \ Dancers

Founders and Artistic Directors of Yossi Berg & Oded Graf Dance Theatre.
Since the beginning of their partnership in 2005 (after having incredibly successful individual careers including companies such as, Batsheva Dance Company, DV8 Physical Theatre, etc), this dynamic duo has built a reputation for creating supremely physical, provocative, and poignant dance works. Their company is touring extensively in the most prestigious festivals around the world (Montpellier Danse, American Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater NYC, DansensHus Stockholm, SIDance South Korea, to name but a few); they create for opera houses and won numerous choreography awards. Yossi & Oded offer new ways of looking at dance and exploring performance. Yossi & Oded were Aerowaves artists; received Israel's Ministry of Culture Award for Outstanding Choreographers and were awarded the Rosenblum Prize for Artistic Excellence in the Performing Arts. The choreographers’ rich repertory includes 10 evening length works and many short works. They teach extensively around the world, focusing on the next generation of dancers. The Company was featured in the movie LET’S DANCE! for ARTE channel and in various publications including The Weizmann International Magazine of Science and The New York Times.
Yossi Berg & Oded Graf Dance Theatre is a non-profit organization that operates for the promotion and diffusion of the Art of Dance; it responds to the social realities of contemporary life, inspires deeper reflection, and offers hope and beauty.