Niv Sheinfeld a Oren Laor (Izrael)

Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor have been cooperating since 2004 and rank among the most significant Israeli contemporary dance artists. Niv Sheinfeld started as a dancer. He spent five years in the Liat Dror & Nir Ben Gal company. Afterwards, he worked on independent projects and currently, he cooperates as a choreographer with other companies. Oren Laor studied theater in Tel Aviv and cooperated with the foremost Israeli directors. Hence, their shared work is an intersection of dance and theater which reflects personal experience and motivations as well as social and political themes. Their dance style is a bridge to a more traditional concept of movement and at the same time, it opens itself to fresh forms of expression while drawing inspiration from "high art" as well as popular culture.