Guest Choreographers

Foniadakis was born in Crete, Greece, where he began his dance studies at a local studio. He continued on to the National School of Dance in Athens and thanks to a prestigious scholarship was enabled to study at Maurice Bejart's Rudra School in Switzerland (1992-1994 ).As a dancer, he danced at the Ballet Bejart Lausanne 94-96 under Maurice Bejart himself, at the Lyon Opera Ballet, and with the Karas Company. He performed works by the world's leading choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Matz Ek, William Forsyth, Nacho Duato, Ohad Naharin and more. In 2016-2018 Foniadakis was the Artistic Director of the Greek Opera Ballet, Athens.

As a choreographer, Foniadakis has achieved great success and is invited to create for numerous companies all over the world such as: Darren Aronofsky, Martha Graham Dance Company, Lyon Opera Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Introdans, Basel Ballet, Rambert, Aterballetto, Philadelphia Ballet, Geneva Ballet, Bern Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Hannover Ballet, National Dance Company of Spain, National Greek Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet de Lorraine, Benjamin Millepied Dance Company, Ballets Jazz of Montreal, Bale da Cidade Brazil, Gauthier Dance, Graz Ballet, Chemnitz Ballet, Saarbrücken Ballet, Mannheim Ballet, Gärtnerplatz Theater, MDT Istanbul, Israel Ballet, Palais de Tokyo, Ballet du Rhin, Florence Ballet, Rijeka Ballet.

Nacho Duato is undoubtedly one of the greatest choreographers of our generation. He began his career as an astonishing dancer at NDT under Jiri Kilyan and became an acclaimed choreographer whose works have been staged all over the world by highly acclaimed companies including American Ballet Theatre, Nederlands Dans Theatre, The Australian Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadians, Stuttgart Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Co., The Royal Ballet (UK), Paris Opera Ballet and Martha Graham Dance Company. After two decades in which he led the Spanish National Dance Company (CND) and where his best works were created, Duato directed the Michalowski Theater in St. Petersburg. In 2014 - 2019 Duato took over the artistic director position of the Berlin Opera Ballet, Germany. Back in Spain, his creations are mounted in the Spanish National Dance company. Duato presented his masterpiece "GNAWA" in 2017 in Kamea.

Goecka, is considered one of the most appreciated stars of the world dance nowadays. Goecke launched his cooperation with Kamea in 2019 with "Nichts" and in 2022 continued with the staging of his masterpiece "THIN SKIN". Goecke is an associate choreographer at the "Nederlands Dance Theater" (NDT), his works are presented, among others, at the Zurich Ballet, Munich Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, São Paulo Ballet Brazil, Eric Gauthier Ballet Stuttgart, Vienna Opera Ballet and more. From 2020-22 Goecke was the artistic director of the Hanover Opera Ballet. In 22 Marco Goecke was chosen by the Dance Critics of Europe organization as choreographer of the year, in the same year Jiri Kilyan presented him with the "Kiliyan Ring" - a decoration of the Dutch government appointing Goecke as his successor.

Inger had an unforgettable career as a dancer with the Royal Swedish Ballet and as an exceptional soloist with NDT - Nederlands Dans Theatre as a protégé of Jiri Kilyan. After a spectacular career as a dancer, he directed the Cullberg Ballet in Sweden. In the last 20 years, Inger devoted himself to the career of an independent choreographer and his works are presented in the repertoire of the best companies in the world, among them: NDT, Dresden Sempror Ballet, National Spanish Dance Company (CND), English National Ballet, Ballet Monte Carlo, Aterballeto Italy, Alvin Ailey USA, Stuttgart Ballet, Gothenburg Ballet Sweden and many more. Inger mounted his signature work "RAIN DOGS" in Kamea Dance Company in 2022.

Liran is a choreographer, director and an art creator based in Beer Sheva. At the age of 13, he started dancing in a municipal dance troupe, he continued his training in the dance training track at Bat Dor in Beer Sheva, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in dance from the kibbutzim seminary. Between the years 2013-2019 he initiated and artistically directed the dance stage platform at the Smilansky Festival and The Fringe Theatee Int. Festival, Beer sheva. Liran is the choreographer and the artistic director of the Holit Dance School and Center, the Dance Academy Eshkol and the Ramat HaNegev Dance School. He is a regular director and creator in the international dance festivals "Ashdododance" and the dance festival in Karmiel. As an independent choreographer, in 2014 he won first place at the Eurograde Festival, in Sofia, Bulgaria for his work "Dadon" and in 2015, as part of "Macho Acher" in collaboration with Suzane Dellal, he presented the work "Lundik" in Beer Sheva at the "Shades in Dance" Festival, and created other works both for the stage and for video in an independent production. Liran was invited to create for Kamea by artistic director Tamir Ginz in 2016 ("Berta") and in 2021 ("Zuka"), for his artistic work that year he won the scholarship of the Committee for the Encouragement of Creation of the Swiss Foundation.

Galili graduated from the Bat Dor Dance Studio in Tel Aviv, formerly a dancer in the Bat Dor Dance Company and the Bat Sheva Dance Company. 30 years ago he moved to the Netherlands and became one of the most succesful creators in Europe. Itzik founded and directed the group "GALILI DANCE" in Groningen, 1997-2008, and was one of the founders of the group "DANSGROEP AMSTERDAM", which he led for about a year. His works are staged every year by companies all over the world such as: Stuttgart Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Rembert Ballet, Cuban Contemporary Ballet, English National Ballet, Mexico National Ballet, Ballet Jazz Montreal and more. Itzik presented "Things I Told Nobody" for Kamea in 2015 and "Peeled" and "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" in 2019.

Salant received her training at the Bat-Dor Dance Studio in Tel Aviv, after a brilliant career as a leading dancer in the Bat-Sheva Dance Company, she became co-artistic director of the Bat-Sheva Dance Company alongside Ohad Naharin, she was Naharin's assistant staging his works to companies around the world and developed as an independent choreographer. Adi works and creates in colleges and companies abroad. In Israel she successfully created for the "Fresco" dance company in 2021. Adi was invited to create in Kamea as part of our creative laboratory KAMEA HUB, the work "All Because of Me" was premiered in November 22.

Marcus is a graduate of the dance track of "Herzog" high school in Kfar Saba, a graduate of the dance training workshop in Gaaton and the dance training program of the Vertigo dance company. As an independent dancer she has performed with Celine Baumgratner, the Sally Anne Friedland Band, Kelly Ayash's Bizar Ensemble, Abigail Ilan, the Israeli Opera, Sharon Friedman and more. Dana is a choreographer, dancer, artistic director at the "Naim" studio. Winner of the Minister of Culture and Sport's award in the field of dance for emerging artists for 2021 and the Tel Aviv Municipality's Rosenblum Award for promising young artists for 2022. Dana was invited to create as part of the creative laboratory KAMEA HUB, the work "Equilibrium" was premiered in November 22.