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Inbal Pinto Dance Company Family Matinee Saturday, October 11, 2pm |
About This Performance
Combining elements of ballet, jazz and modern dance, acting and graphic design, the Inbal Pinto Dance Company’s theatrical productions are perfect for busy young minds. Bring the whole family to watch this Israeli company share its ideas, memories and imagination.
Artist Biography
The Inbal Pinto Dance Company is one of the leading Israeli contemporary dance groups. Headed by founders/creators Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak, the company has been presenting innovative, imaginative and highly professional dance productions since 1994. The uniqueness of the creators is evidenced in all the performances’ details including choreography, costume design, set design and lighting.
The Company is comprised of 11 dancers and two actors. Guided by Pinto and Pollak, who are the choreographers, directors and designers of IPDC’s productions, the company members focus on the creation of new productions, to be presented both in Israel and around the world. The different productions of IPDC are motivated by the wish to learn, develop and make connections among the various art forms onstage.
In addition to international acclaim and awards granted to the IPDC and the creators, the company is very often invited to represent the State of Israel in important festivals and cultural centers around the world. The company’s travels bring Israeli culture to many corners of the world and contribute substantially to the development of Israel’s cultural ties with the world at large.
Inbal Pinto (Artistic Director/Choreographer/Director) was born in Israel in 1969, and began her formal dance training at age 13. She studied graphic arts at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, and worked as a graphic designer for her army service. As a dancer, she first joined the BatSheva Ensemble and was promoted to the senior Batsheva Company. In 1990, she began her career as a choreographer. She was invited to the American Dance Festival to take part in its International Choreographers Program in both 1997 and 1998. In 2000, she won a Bessie—the New York Dance and Performance Award—for her creation Wrapped.
Pinto also created the choreography for theatrical works such as The Chairs and Romeo and Juliet. In 2000, she was given Israel’s Ministry of Culture Award for Dance and the Tel Aviv Municipal Award for artistic achievements.
Avshalom Pollak (Artistic Director/Choreographer/Director) was born in Israel in 1970. The son of well-known Israeli actor Yossi Pollak, he spent time observing his father from backstage, developing an understanding early on of the commitment and drive needed to create a high-quality theatrical experience for an audience. He was trained as a classical actor and graduated from the Nissan Nativ Drama School in Tel Aviv. He has acted in a large number of films and television programs as well as many theatrical plays at the Habimah National Theater, the Cameri Theater, Gersher Theater and the Haifa Municipal Theater. Roles have included Romeo in Romeo and Juliet; Cassio in Othello; Valere in The Miser; Tuzenbach in Three Sisters and Phillips in Orpheus.
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