Sharon Eyal was born in 1971 in Jerusalem.
She studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, in the Bat-Dor Studio founded by Jeanette Ordman in Tel Aviv, and in the Hora Jerusalem Company.
At age 17, she joined Batsheva and remained with the company consecutively until 2012, first as a dancer and later as a choreographer. From September 2003 to December 2004, Eyal also served as the company’s co-artistic director and as its in-house choreographer from 2005 to 2011.
As a dancer Eyal performed in many leading roles, including: What’s Left (1990), Stopping Jordan (1992), Queens of Golub (1995), Exhaustion from Dreamt Love (1996), Naharin’s Virus (2001), Three (2005), MAX (2007).
In 2001, Eyal choreographed her first dance piece for the Batsheva Ensemble, PAN, performed in Curtain Up (Haramat Masach) annual festival of dance premiers. Since then, she choreographed many pieces for the company and ensemble, including: INK (2002), Love (2003), Quite Village (2004), Bertolina (2006), Makarova Kabisa (2008), and Bill (2010).
Over the years, Eyal choreographed for other companies as well, including Carte Blanche (Norway), Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg (Germany), Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani (Sweden), and Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT 2).
In 2006, she began collaborating with Gui Behar as a creative partner and musician Ori Lichtik, a collaboration which continues to this day. In November 2012, Eyal left Batsheva and founded the L-E-V Dance Company with Behar.
Eyal won many awards, including the Yair Shapira Award for Excellence in Dance (1994), the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports Award for Young Artists (2004), and the Landau Award for the Performing Arts (2008). She was also selected as an outstanding artist by the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation in 2008.
Repertoire
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The Look
Sharon Eyal
2019 -
HOUSE
Sharon Eyal
2012 -
Lost Cause
Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar
2012 -
DECA’LE
Ohad Naharin
2012 -
Petruchka
Sharon Eyal
2010 -
BILL
Sharon Eyal
2010 -
Makarova Kabisa
Sharon Eyal
2008 -
MAX
Ohad Naharin
2007 - Load More
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Seder
Ohad Naharin
2007 -
Furo
Ohad Naharin and Tabaimo
2006 -
Bertolina
Sharon Eyal
2006 -
Part II
Sharon Eyal
2005 -
Three
Ohad Naharin
2005 -
Quiet Village
Sharon Eyal
2004 -
Love
Sharon Eyal
2003 -
Mamootot
Ohad Naharin
2003 -
Static
Sharon Eyal
2002 -
INK
Sharon Eyal
2002 -
Pan
Sharon Eyal
2001 -
Naharin’s Virus
Ohad Naharin
2001 -
You Got to Live
Sharon Eyal
2000 -
DECADANCE
Ohad Naharin
2000 -
Exhaustion from Dreamt Love
Wim Vandekeybus
1996 -
Different Skies, Different Clouds
Vera Mantero
1994 -
Stopping Jordan
Anat Danieli
1992 -
Nine Persons Precision Ball Passing
Charles Moulton
1992 -
Queens of Golub
Ohad Naharin
1991 -
What’s Left
Anat Danieli
1990
Photos
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Sharon Eyal | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Sharon Eyal | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Sharon Eyal | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Sharon Eyal | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Mari Kajiwara, Yuval Pick, Sharon Eyal | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Yuval Pick, Mari Kajiwara, Sharon Eyal | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Mari Kajiwara, Yossi Yungman, Arnon Zlotnik, Yuval Pick, Sharon Eyal, Inbal Pinto | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Sharon Eyal | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Sharon Eyal, Sandra Brown, Einat Niv, Dana Parness | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Sharon Eyal, Isabelle Chaffaud | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Sharon Eyal, Isabelle Chaffaud | Photo: Gadi Dagon -
Sharon Eyal, Orit Kenan, Dylen Almore | Photo: Shosh Kormosh -
Sharon Eyal, Orit Kenan, Dylen Almore | Photo: Shosh Kormosh
Films & Audio
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The Look Trailer