About

Dancer & Choreographer

(born 1998 in Haifa, Israel) is a queer independent artist, gaga teacher and former dancer in Batsheva Dance Company (2016-2023).

In their time in the company Ohad took part in the original creations of "2019" and "MOMO" by Ohad Naharin and "The Look"  by Sharon Eyal as well as restagings and adaptations of Naharin's work. Ohad served a guest teacher at Gibney Dance Company, SUNY Purchase College, Mark Morris Dance Center. In addition to being a dancer Ohad's performance research lies at an intersection between dance, drag and confession, dealing with identity, gender and politics through a hyper personal lens and through various mediums. They presented their solo work "Flat/ a one Woman Cabaret" in 2022 at CCA: Tel Aviv-Yafo Gallery and in Habait theatre 2023 in which they delves into their "queer dancing body". In addition Ohad presented short works within Batsheva Dancers Create platforms, Intimadance Festival 2023, and performed as "Sima Everything" on alternative stages. Ohad writes a personal substack named "The Emancipation of MeMe".

Photo: Shir Lusky & Meital Itkis