Competitions


1999

Eighth Competition – April 30th

    Nira Paaz
  • Competition for High School Dance Departments
    Held with the cooperation of the Dance Supervision of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and the Department of Arts of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality

  • Prize Winners:
  • First Prize– "High School of the Rubin Academy for Music
  • and Dance, Jerusalem"; "Reut" High School of the Arts, Haifa;
  • Second Prize– "Makif Aleph " School, Be’er Sheva; "High School of the Creative Arts, Vitzo, Haifa"

  • Judges:
  • Attorney Zvi Pomrock (Chairman),
  • Alexander Alexandrov, Sally-Anne Friedland,
  • Zohara Simkins-Manor, Galina Panova, Rina Shenfield

1997

Seventh Competition – May 31st

    Helena Dezebieshvilli with the prize

  • Prize Winners:
  • First Prize– Helena Dezebieshvilli
  • Second Prize– Helena Demetrienko
  • Third Prize– Ella Nagli
  • Fourth prize– Sveta Grezovski
  • Encouragement Prize– Alexander Volitsky

  • The Judges:
  • Attorney Zvi Pomrock (Chairman),
  • Alexander Alexandrov, Dahlia Dvir,
  • Prof. Alexander Lipshitz, Galina Panova
  • Roseline Subel-Kassel

  • Guest Performance:
    • The casting of the competitions's sculpture was donated by Zohara Simkins-Manor in memory of her mother Lisa Berdichevsky, Mia Arbatova's sister.
  • The Jerusalem String Quartet


  • The Association's Statue:
  • Created by the artist Tamara Rikman. The casting of the competition's sculpture was donated by Zohara Simkins-Manor in memory of her mother Lisa Berdichevsky, Mia Arbatova's sister. The Association's statue was presented to Aliza Wolf in recognition of her life's work in founding the Bat Dor Studio in Beer Sheva.

1995

Sixth Competition – May 13th

    Zohara Simkins-Manor, a member of the Association with Prize Donor and Judge Lily Artenstein, in the background Chairman Attorney Zvi Pomrock

  • Prize Winners:
  • First Prize– Valerie Kaminer
  • Second prize– Yael Sternbach
  • Third Prize– Yael Crystal
  • Fourth Prize– Helena Dimitrienko
  • Fifth Prize– Yael Shai

  • The Judges:
  • Attorney Zvi Pomrock (Chairman), Alexander Alexandrov, Lily Artenstein, Jeannie Solan, Bracha Zemach, Moshe Romano

  • Guest Performance in Memory of Hezi Leskly
  • In the program - Songs composed especially in remembrance of Hezi Leskly by his friend, Dori Parnas accompanied himself on the piano with Ran Cohen on the cello.
    Guest dancer – Margarita Alexandrova

1994

Fifth Competition – May 14th

    First Prize - Avinoam Silverman

  • Prize Winners:
  • First Prize- Avinoam Silverman
  • Second Prize- Shirley Pasternak
  • Third Prize - Eyal Rubin
  • Fourth Prize- Ella Nagli

  • Judges:
  • Attorney Zvi Pomrock (Chairman)
  • Jeannette Ordman
  • Lily Artenstein
  • Rudi Schaftsma
  • Daniella Shapira
  • Ido Tadmor

1993

Fourth Competition – May 29th

    Shimon Kalichman with Judges

  • Prize Winners:
  • First Prize- Shimon Kalichman
  • Second Prize- Sheli Palmon
  • Third Prize- Michal Abulafia
  • Special Prize- Na’ama Crystal

  • The Judges:
  • Attorney Zvi Pomrock (Chairman), Cora Benhador, Ido Tadmor, Gabi Eldor, Rina Shenfeld, Kenneth Mason

  • Guest Performance:
  • Nadia Timofeyeva – Competition Winner 1992
  • Michael Friedman – Competition Winner 1990

1992

Third Competition - May 23rd

    First Prize - Nadia Timofeyeva

  • Prize Winners:
  • First Prize- Nadia Timofeyeva
  • Second Prize- Hadar Bolka
  • Third Prize- Michal Zachs
  • Special Prize- Avinoam Silverman

  • The Judges:
  • Attorney Zvi Pomrock (Chairman), Cora Benhador, Stella Vardi, Hezi Leskli, Nira Paaz, David Shor

1991

Second Competition - May 25th

    Encouragement Prize - Yuval Tabib

  • Prize Winners:
  • First Prize- Lee Ovnat
  • Second Prize- Shimon Kalichman
  • Third Prize- Tamar Khayat
  • Encouragement Prize- Yuval Tabib

  • The Judges:
  • Attorney Zvi Pomrock (Chairman), Bertha Yampolsky, Zohara Simkins-Manor, Kai Lutman, Dr. Pesach Kolobarsky, Shelley Sheer

1990

First Competition - December 16th

    Zohara Simkins-Manor, a member of the Association, with Michael Friedman - Third prize

  • Prize Winners:
  • First Prize - Lior Lev
  • Second Prize - Michal Alon
  • Third Prize - Michael Friedman
  • Encouragement Prize - Elinoar Zacai Werbner
    • Nira Paaz, Association Director, with Lior Lev - First prize

  • The Judges:
  • Attorney Zvi Pomrock (Chairman), Hezy Leskly, Reuven Formberg, Mia Pick-Ajolo, Zohara Simkins-Manor, Dr. Pesach Kolobarsky, Mary Kajiwara, Shelley Sheer