The program
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1"Gallantries"
Telma Yellin School of the Arts
Dance Director: David Dvir
Choreography: David Bintley
Music: W.A. Mozart
Staging: Dalia Dvir
Performers: School Students
Students from Telma Yellin have participated in all the galas, workshops
and competitions throughout the years of the Mia Arbatova Ballet Association activity.
2"Excerpt from Le Corsaire"
Performer: Irit Bruner
The Re'im City Dance Center - Holon
Director: Hila Paz
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Minkus/Drigo
Staging and Instructor: Margarita Yussim
Irit is a 15 year old who participated in Mia Arbatova workshops and Galas. She won the following dance competitions:
2004 1st place Ц Munich
2006 1st place Ц Greek
2008 Bronze Medal Ц Germany
3 "Romanso"
Performer: Erez Ilan
Choreography: Natcho Duato
Music: Enrique Granados
Won 1st Prize (Best Male Dancer)
Mia Arbatova Ballet Competition 2008
Won Association Scholarship 2008
Graduate of the Telma Yellin School of the Arts
Dancer in the National Spanish Dance Theater
4"Excerpt from Don Quixote"
Performer: Shiri Shai
Bikurey Ha'Itim Tel Aviv Center
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Staging and instructor: Patricia Aharoni
Shiri participated in the Mia Arbatova galas and competitions
Graduate of the Sapir Music and Dance Conservatory Ц Kfar Saba
(Students from the Conservatory have participated in all the Association events)
Danced with the Israel Ballet Company
Dancer with the ballet of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Germany
"Short Film Ц The Mia Arbatova Association:
20 years of activity in the Israeli ballet world"
5 "Fantasy Waltz"
Rubin High School Academy of Music and Dance Ц Jerusalem
Performers: Hadar Ben Israel, Michael Schneider,
Ron Siman-Tov, Gil Hacohen, Shani Licht, Nizan Resler
Dance Directors: Ziva Shochat and Evi Lipshitz Strasenburg
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Mikhail Glinka
Rehearsal Manager: Reuven Voremberg
Staging: Pat Niedleman
Students from the Rubin Academy have participated in all the association events for the past 20 years
This ballet performance was approved by the George Balanchine Trust.
6 "Studio 2"
Performance: Or Kahalon
Choreography: Pol and Sol
Music: Arvo Part
Won 3rd Prize Arbatova Competition 2004
Graduate of the Telma Yellin School of Arts
Danced in the Spanish National Ballet company
Dancer in the Dutch National Ballet
7 "It Looks like a white night"
Performer: Orian Yochanan
Choreography: Sharon Weisuser
Music: Tuxedomoon
Won 1st Prize Arbatova Competition 2002
Graduated from the Rubin High School Academy Ц Jerusalem
Dancer in the Kibbutz Dance Company
8 "Fading Effect"
Performance and Choreography: Ilan Kav
Music: Armstrong, Heatmister
Won 3rd Prize Arbatova Competition 2002
Graduated from the Rubin High School Academy Ц Jerusalem
Was accepted to the Dance Project
and worked with William Forsythe,
Wayne MacGregor, Angeline Preljocaj and Frederic Feldman
Dancer in the Berne Dance company Ц Switzerland
9 "Left Field"
The Bat Dor Be'er Sheva City Dance Center
Performers: Nili Avito, Lior Horev, Shlomi Meira, Gili Naria
Choreography: Lior Lev
Music: Left Field
Director: Daniella Shapira
Students from Bat Dor Be'er Sheva have participated in many of the association's events
10 "The Absence of Me"
Performance and Choreography: Ella Nagli
Special thanks to Stijn Celis & Gottenburg Ballet
Music: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Won 3rd prize in the Arbatova Competition 1997
Graduate of the Miriam Koufman Ballet School
Danced with the Israel Ballet Company
Dancer in the Gottenburg Dance Company Ц Sweden
11 "The Black Swan"
Excerpt from "Swan Lake"
Performer: Dana Zacharia
Choreography: Matz Ek
Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Staging: Talia Pazv
Won 1st prize in the Arbatova Competition 2006
Graduated from the Rubin High School Academy Ц Jerusalem
Dancer in the Odelia Kupperburg Group
12 "Point of You"
Jerusalem Dance Theater
Performers: Svetlana Sorin, Anna Meshinski, Keren Notik,
Bina Ravitz, Maya Talmor, Liora Lipco,
Pioter Halperin, Asaf Ben Shitrit.
Choreography: Vitali Novitzki
Music: Johan Sebastian Bach
Director: Tamara Mialnik
First time as Association's Guest Performers
13 "Twenty Years, 2 Versions and 5 minutes later"
Performance and Choreography: Lior Lev
Music: Collage: Adolphe Adam, Ludwig Minkus
Musical Editor: Marcus Vetter
Music Arrangement: Marcus Vetter
Won 1st prize in the Arbatova Competition 1990
Graduate of the Bat Dor Be'er Sheva City Dance Center
Danced in the Stuttgart Ballet Company Ц Germany
and The Scapino Ballet Company - Holland
Today Lior is a choreographer in Europe
14 "Dance Me to the End of Love"
Performance and Choreography: Rina Sheinfeld
Music: Leonard Cohen
Hebrew Translation: Koby Meidan
Rina was one of Mia Arbatova's first students
and one of the founders of the Bat Sheva Dance Company
Renowned and internationally awarded performer
Has participated in Mia Arbatova Galas and has also
been a member of the competition jury
15 "Gnos Naos"
Performance and Choreography: Noah Gelber
Music: Pietro Locatelli
Gala Guest
Danced for 8 years in the William Forsythe dance company Ц Frankfurt
Created a choreography for the Kirov Ballet company Ц Leningrad
which has won three prestigious Russian Awards for the company.
Stages Forsyth works all over the world.
Was a guest performer in different galas around the world.
16"Love"
Performer: Talia Paz
Choreography: Sharon Eyal
Music: Lisa Germano
World renowned dancer and former soloist
with the Scapino Ballet company Ц Holland
and the Cullberg Ballet Company Ц Sweden.
Won many prestigious prizes for outstanding
achievements in world of dance.
17 "Who Cares"
Performers: Chen Drori, Liron Kichler,
Keren Levit, Carmel Grosser, Mia Hukshandler,
Bar Rogel, Sapir Barak.
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: George Gershwin
Staging: Reuven Voremburg
Chen Drori won 3rd prize in the Arbatova Competition 2008
Liron Kichler won 1st prize (female dancer) in the Arbatova Competition 2008
The Miriam Koufman Ballet School Ц Petach Tiqvah
have participated for 20 years in the Galas, Competitions and Workshops.
Mrs. Koufman has also raised donations for the Association.
18"Excerpt from Cinderella"
Panov Ballet Theater - Ashdod
Performers: Diana Promson and Vince Smart
Choreography: Valery Panov
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
The Panov ballet theater has participated in many
of the association events throughout the years.
The Mia Arbatova Association would like to extend our deep condolences to Valery Panov
and the dancers of the company on the passing of
Ilana Orlov - may she rest in peace.
19 "The Dying Swan"
Performer: Or Sagi
Choreography: Michael Fokine
Music: Camille Saint-Saens
Graduate of the Bat Dor Be'er Sheva City Dance Center
Danced in the Kibbutz Dance company
Dancer in the all male Trocadero Ballet Company Ц Monte Carlo
"Short film Ц Nira Paaz Ц 60 Years of Dance"
20 "FINALE"
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