HAGIT ABIR

Hagit is a graduate of Bezalel Academy Of Art And Design,  Jerusalem 2001. In 2003 Hagit Studied Stage Design with Rakefet Levi at  Shenkar College of Design. Following her Studies at Shenkar she went on to Study makeup for stage &Theatre and Hat design with Sofia Bach. Since 2004 Hagit has designed costumes and props for major opera, dance, theatre and television productions.

These selected works include:

Dana Ruttenberg Dance Group - Private I’s and POLY
The Israeli Opera - " Magic Sounds", directed by Niza Shaul
Props  for - "Nabucco","A Journey to the End of the Millennium"
"The Child Dreams","Samson and Delilah"
Batsheva Dance Company - " Beak" and "Starting Point", choreography by Mami Shimazaki
Batsheva Workshop - choreography by Kristin Inao
Kame'a Dance Company (Bat-Dor) -  "Step...Count....", choreography by Lior Lev
Kolbendance Dance Company - "Interface", choreography by Amir Kolban
Michal Helbin Photography
Beit Lessin Theater - "Dolphins", directed by Dedi Baron
Habima National Theater - "39 Stairs", "Hevron", "Dybbuk", and "Anna Karenina"
The Cameri Theater of Tel-Aviv - "King Lear " and "Death of a Salesman"
TV Commercials

TAL ADLER ARIELI

Tal Adler was born in Israel in 1989, where he was trained at the Thelma Yelin High School of the Arts. He later moved to New York and graduated with a BFA from The Juilliard School. He currently lives in Tel Aviv where he dances with choreographers Yossi Berg and Oded Graf, Yasmeen Godder and Michael Getman. During his time in New York (2007-2015), Tal worked with Andrea Miller's Gallim Dance and with The Equus Projects which is a dance company that creates site-specific work for dancers and horses. He also danced in Montreal for company Le Carré des Lombes, and with choreographer and media artist Jonah Bokaer with whom Tal is still working. He's been dancing with DRDG since 2016 in the works "Armed" and "Naba 2.0".

OSHRAT BANON

Graduate of Ironi Alef High School Dance Department. Danced with Dana Ruttenberg Dance Group between 2004-2012. Former dancer with the Batsheva Ensemble under the Artistic Direction of Ohad Naharin.

CARMEL BEN ASHER

Born in 1994. Graduate of Blich high school dance department and Ga'aton Dance workshop. As a freelance dancer collaborated with the choreographers: Noa Zuk and Ohad Fishof, Osnat Kelner, Hillel Kogan, Roni Chadash and Dana Ruttenberg. Recipient of the danceWEB Scholarship program for 2017 at ImPulsTanz, Vienna international dance festival. Joined the cast of Naba 2.0 in 2018.

EINAT BETSALEL

born in 1983 in nahariya Israel. Studied dance at Edna Betsalel School of Dance and Gaaton Workshop lead by Yehudith Arnon and Einav Levy.  Winner of an Excellence scholarship from the America Israel Cultural Foundation. Danced with The kibbutz Dance Company 2 under the Artistic Direction of  Rami Beer.   Worked with the Israeli opera and choreographer as  Barak Marshall in the creation "Rooster", Shlomi Bitton, Noa Dar, Odelya kuperberg and Renana Raz.  Since 2008 working with Inbal pinto & Avshalom pollak Dance Company.

Today Dancing with choreographers Dana Ruttenberg and Noa Shadur , studying Business and Sociology and working as a rehearsal director at the Maslool Dance School led by offir dagan and Neomi Perlov.

ADI BOUTROuS

Studied at The Gaaton Dance Workshop and the Maslool Professional Dance Program in Tel Aviv. Joined DRDG in 2012. Collaborated with choreographers Iris Erez, Anna Rothlisberger (Switzerland), Hillel Kogan and Noa Shadur.

RAN BROWN

Graduate of the Mateh Asher School of Performing Arts (Kibbutz Ga'aton) and the Kibbutzim College of Education (B. ED.). Chief Editor of "Maakaf", an online journal for dance, visual theater and performance art. Member of the Steering Committee in the Dance Department of The Israeli Dancers’ Union. Danced in Muza dance company in works by Joseph Tmim, and as an independent dancer worked with choreographers Odelia Kuperberg, Jana Russell (Germany), Niv Sheinfeld, Ronit Ziv and Rotem Tashach.

Representative of Israel for 2008 at the danceWEB Scholarship programme in the International Dance Festival in Vienna, ImPulsTanz, with the support of a scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.  Teaches at The Jerusalem Academy, Kelim School for Choreography, and Thelma Yelin among others.

Winner of the Ehud Manor and Bank Hapoalim Scholarship for encouraging creativity in 2010.

Shmuel halfon

Graduate of The The Maslool Professional Dance Pogram under the Artistic Direction of Naomi Perlov and Offir Dagan.
Shmuel Danced with "Tzivei Machol” Dance company (Artistic director: Itzik Cohen) and was a member of The Inbal Dance Theatre, performing in works by Mor Shani, Noa Shadur and Brarak Marshall.
As a freelance dacer, Shmuel worked with Dana Ruttenberg, Sharon Vazanna, Anya Brud Tal, Sahar Azimi, Dana Marcus, Renana Raz, Itzik Gallili, Ido Gidron and Yael Schiller. 
He also performs regulary with the theatre Beit Lessin, participated twice in Project 48 Dance and performed in Maurice Bejar's "Bolero" at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv.
Shmuel is a certified yoga instructor, and teaches repertory and technique workshops across Israel.

AYALA FRENKEL

Born in 1986. Collaborated with different choreographers, such as Ohad Naharin ("Kamuyot" project), Yossi Berg and Oded Graf, Tamar Borer, Anna Rotlisbereger (Switzerland), Maya Brinner, Iris Erez, Yasmeen Godder and Bosmat Nossan. Created "Gazelle" and "2HER".
Member of DRDG since 2011. 
Ayala has a professional background in Ballroom and Latin American Dance. She is a practitioner of the Ilan Lev Method.

MICHAEL GETMAN

YAIR GUTTERMAN

Artist and Designer. Studied Industrial Design at Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. Designed for David Ross Studio, and designs lamps and furniture for Gwango, China. Won second prize in the design competition for Zag company, "Furniture 2000" Tel-Aviv. Showcased in "International Travel Souvenir Design competition 2005" Gyeonggi Province ‚Korea, and "kitchen is the heart of the home" imm cologne design competition. Collaborated with DRDG on Kontrapunkt and NABA.

neil harris

Neil Harris  trained in acting and performance at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, and went on to perform in political theater in Scotland, before moving to Israel in 1979 as a founder member of Kibbutz Tuval. For a number of years he taught theater to young adults with a criminal record, and in the Community Theater Department at Haifa University specializing in The Theater of the Oppressed. In 2005 he started combining his theater work with dance, and in 2010 he was invited to join the faculty of the American Dance Festival in North Carolina, teaching courses on Performance and Activism, as well as mentoring MFA in Dance candidates in their thesis productions, and himself performing in some dance works that toured the USA. In the past few years, Neil has been working with a number of Israel-based artists as a performer and also as a loosely defined dramaturg/third eye/assistant/critical voice/teacher. Neil collaborated with DRDG on Dream Team (2017).

GILAD JERUSALMY

Born in 1989 - Tel Aviv, Israel. An independent dancer and creator for stage and media.
Gilad studied at: “SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance,” Austria (2014-2015); “Maslool – Professional Dance Program” Tel Aviv-Jaffa (2012-2014); “Hakvutza” (“The Group”) – School for Movement and Dance for Adults, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (2011-2012); “Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts” Giv’atayim - theater major (2003-2007).
He has worked as a dancer and performing artist with a number of directors and choreographers in Israel and internationally including: Dana Ruttenberg, Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor, Elad Schechter, Ronit Ziv, Lloyd Marengo, Oded Ronen, Sharona Florsheim and others.
His first work for the stage – “EARTH (female)” – a duet for two male dancers, premiered at “HaZira 2017” Jerusalem – a performance art arena providing an alternative platform for new and innovative work.
Gilad teaches contemporary dance and repertory workshops at different schools. He is also the Dance Studies and Social Activity Coordinator at “HaKvutza” (“The Group”) – School for Movement and Dance for Adults, Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Gilad joined DRDG in 2017 and was a creative performer in "Dream Team" and performs in "Naba 2.0".