Oded Graf
Oded Graf, Dancer, Choreographer and teacher established his dance company "Oded Graf & Yossi Berg Dance Theatre" together with choreographer and partner Yossi Berg in 2005.
About the Company
"Oded Graf & Yossi Berg Dance Theatre" is based between Tel Aviv and Scandinavia and has toured to prestigious festivals and theaters around the world, including Montpellier Danse France, American Dance Festival, NYLA, Joyce Theater, New York, Madrid En Danza Spain, DansensHusand Stockholm's Kultur Festival Sweden, The Place Theater London, Lausanne DanseSwitzerland, Belgrade Dance Festival Serbia, TanzTage Berlin and TANZ Bremen Germany,The Joyce Theater and La MaMa Theater New York City, White Bird Dance Portland, SIDance South Korea, and many others.
Guest Choreographer
In addition to touring company productions, Graf has also been invited as a guest choreographer stage and create new works for dance companies across the globe. His choreography has been included in the repertory of prominent troupes in Germany: Donlon Dance Company, StaatsTheater Braunschweig, and StaatsTheater Kassel; Switzerland: Tanzkompagnie Theater St.Gallen; US: Company E; Lithuania: Aura Dance Company; Spain: TNDCompany; Sweden: Norrdans Company; Norway: Baerum Kulturhus; Denmark: The Junior Company. Besides creating for other companies, he is constantly creating short works for academies and universities around the world.
Honors and Prizes
Oded’s compelling choreography has garnered him numerous honors and prizes. He received special grants from the Ballet Master Albert Gaubier's Foundation(Denmark), The Danish Arts Council, Schusterman Visiting Artist Program (U.S.), the AICF, Augustinus Foundation (Denmark), National Banks Jubilee Foundation (Denmark), Knud Hojgaards Foundation, Nordea Foundation (Denmark), the Lottery Council (Israel), the Rabinovich Foundation (Israel), the Bistrizky Foundation (Israel), the Teva Foundation for Excellence in the Arts (Israel).