A N N A B E L L E D V I R
Annabelle Dvir is an Israeli-Georgian choreographer, voice artist, live sound composer and dance performer, director of her ensemble WOMAN OF SOUNDS. Through the tension between sensation and perception, the heard and the seen, she creates physical-vocal practices and examines new esthetics that merge the feminine reality with fantasy, sci-fi and storytelling. She composes, in a musical-choreographic eye, the embodiment of sound frequencies and the visual shapes of alternating soundscapes in order to transform human preconception, emotions and inner desires. Delves into the forces of the tribal and ethnic, her stage works and practice center the “performance body” as visual, audial-sonoric and mass recurrences.
Annabelle began dancing and singing at the age of six at several frameworks in Israel and New York, and started her professional training in dance and choreography at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where she graduated her BA with the Dean's Honor & Prize in the Choreography Program, the J.A.D.E ensemble and in teaching method certification. She holds MA in choreography and graduated the 2-years Choreography Program of Kelim Center Bat-Yam, Israel.
Just now – December 24 Annabelle’s works 7INCH OF SLAM [2019] & FICTIONS [2021] was invited to be hosted by the BatSheva Dance Company. Chosen by the Artistic Manager of BatSheva – Lior Avizoor and Hillel Kogan. Recently [June 2024] Annabelle work FICTIONS won the 3RD PRIZE of Danse Élargie Théâtre de la Ville – Paris , the terrain company – Boris Charmatz, the Hermès corpate foundation, the Cndc – Angers, directed by Noé Soulier and La Comédie de Valence, CDN Drôme-Ardèche, directed by Marc Lainé.
In 2022 Annabelle won the Israel Minister of Culture Award and prize and was accepted for a residency at the AGORA CITÉ INTERNATIONALE DE LA DANSE Montpellier France, and was an artist in resident in the Yasmeen Godder Company|. In 2023 she was the artist in resident at Suzanne Dellal Residency Program. In 2018 Annabelle awarded the danceWEB scholarship - ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, and the Art Excellence Award and scholarship of Holon Municipality. Between 2018-2021 achieved the Mifal Hapais - Culture & Art Division Grants for full stage works in the field of dance. In 2017 she received the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports creative grant for outstanding emerging choreographers. In 2016 The Gertrud Kraus Scholarship, Certificate of excellence, and in 2015 an art scholarship from The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
Annabelle is presenting her stage work and practice both nationally and abroad, in various frameworks and festivals: HDX Hong Kong, CDE Macao, Opera Prima Festival Italy, cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival Singapore, Slovakia Námestovo Festival, CICC Copenhagen Denmark, FAKI Festival Zagreb Croatia, BELLO PUBBLICO Tuscany Italy, Summer Festival Köln Germany, Madrid Dance Festival Spain, TanzFaktur Köln Germany, La Corrupta Festival Köln Germany, Curtain Up Project, Tel-Aviv Dance, ALTOFEST Italy, CIRCE - Tbilisi Georgia, Diver Festival, Venice International Art Fair, BBB INTERNATIONAL - U.S, International Exposure Suzanne Dellal Tel Aviv, APH Vilnius Lithuania, MASH Dance House Festival and The Jerusalem International Dance Week, Intimadance Festival, Tights: Dance & Thought, Between Heaven and Earth Festival, The Jerusalem Biennale and more.
As a Dancer in the J.A.D.E ensemble, Annabelle has performed in parts of works by: HOFESH SHECHTER, TALIA BECK, ROY ASSAF, SHARON EYAL, JOHAN INGER, MATTHEW BOURNE, IDAN COHEN.
At 2016 she performed (vocals and dance) in the exhibition PRESENCE by Urska Savage - collaboration between the Czech Republic and the Israel Digital Center.
Annabelle is a member of The Israeli Choreographers Association, and CAMPI - Jerusalem Dance and Performance Community. Her research processes are being supported by the by the Goethe Institut - The International Coproduction Fund (IKF) | The Israeli Culture and Sports Administration | The Lottery Council for Culture and Arts - Mifal Hapais | The Quartier Am Hafen - Interdisciplinary Creative Art Center – Cologne, Germany | Suzanne Dellal Centre - Tel Aviv, Israel | The Office of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia of Economy, Science, Education, Youth and Culture in Israel; The Israeli Choreographers Association, and by The School of Movement and Dance - Kiryat Hatarbut - The Ness Ziona Center for Culture & Recreation.
Since 2022 Annabelle is teaching dance classes to people Living with Parkinson’s Disease and Created DEN OF SNAKES A STAGE WORK FOR AND WITH PEOPLE LIVING WITH PARKINSON DISEASE the MOVING COMUNITIES - Yasmmen Godder Company | the professional dance workshop Ga'aton – KIBBUTZ Contemporary Dance Company | the VERTIGO Dance Company professional dance workshop | the RE-SEARCH professional dance program and more.
In 2023 Annabelle worked in collaboration with the NFCT - The New Fund for Cinema and Television on Israel - on a first documentary-dance movie together with the choreographer and director – Eirad Ben Gal. In 2024 she choreographed and directed movement for the VIDEO OPERA ON 4 SCREENS DEATH IN PEACE / BY AYLA PIERROT ARENDT | German-English-Georgian / IN COLLABORATION WITH M o u s o n t u r m Frankfurt Germany.
Now Days Annabelle is working on her new project RADICAL ARCHIVE | BODY IS A __ RECORD 2025-2026 together with collaborators / supporters: La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne – Paris France, La Carreau du Temple – Paris France, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, MASH Dance House Festival & DOCK 11 Berlin [PITCHING SESSION], Sonnenstein LOFT - RedSapata Cultural Initiative - Linz Austria.
