ABOUT
Roni Chadash is a choreographer, dancer, and contemporary dance teacher based in Tel Aviv.
In her movement research, Roni is deconstructing the body into multiple joints that function independently.Her continuous quest revolves around uncovering instinctive, emotional, and unfiltered sources for movement.
Roni’s Creations are marked by her daring attempt to deconstruct not only the body, but also the very essence of movement, visual representations, the dynamic interplay between the audience and the performers, and the act of the show itself. The way she deals with the body peels it from history, stereotypes and dictated labeling and confronts it with a naked present.
Born in 1990, Roni grew up in Kfar Shmaryahu and graduated with honors from the dance department of Hayuval High School in Herzliya, under the direction of Galya Gat. After a two-year break from dancing, she studied at Vertigo's training program (2011-2012) and subsequently at the Gaaton Dance Workshop (2012-2013).
Roni’s first solo work for stage, “Ani-Ma”, was an evolution of her first video dance, “Spineless", and earned the prestigious “Shades in Dance” award of Suzanne Dellal in 2015.
In her initial years of creating, Roni focused on solo works, exploring her body's instincts, desires, and specific physicalities, which led to the development of a distinctive movement language and vocabulary. Since 2017, she is collaborating with various performers, exploring the intersection between her movement language and their bodies.
Roni's works received numerous awards for their originality, in Israel as well as abroad, including Israel Ministry of Culture Award for Young Choreographers (2024,2021, 2018) and ‘Shades in Dance’ Award (2015). Her works are presented worldwide and she been commissioned to create pieces for theaters abroad, including Staatstheater Kassel and Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern.
As a dancer, Roni has collaborated with various choreographers both in Israel and abroad, including Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor, Maya Brinner, and Odelya Kuperberg.
As a teacher, Roni teaches contemporary dance and repertoire at prestigious dance schools in Israel and abroad, including Anton Bruckner University (Linz), The Maslool, Ironi Aleph Dance Department, Gaaton Dance Workshop, Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance, Re-Search, and Vertigo Dance Workshop.
