Alma Karvat Shemesh

Born in 1998 in Tel Aviv, Israel. She graduated with a dance concentration from the Thelma Yellin High-School of Arts. In 2014-2017 Shemesh participated in several summer courses including the Batsheva Dance Company summer course, the HJS summer course in Amsterdam, the Batsheva Program for Outstanding Dance Students and the Yasmeen Godder summer course. She served in the IDF as an Outstanding Dancer and graduated from the Maslool – Professional Dance Program Bikurey Ha’Itim directed by Naomi Perlov and Ofir Dagan. As part of her studies at the Maslool, she was selected to participate in Context Festival in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. In addition, she created a solo which represented the Maslool at SEAD- the Experimental Academy of Dance in Salzburg, 2018.

She joined Batsheva- The Young Ensemble in 2018 as an apprentice.

Alma Karvat Shemesh
Photo: Ascaf

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