Dance Faculty
Netta Yerushalmy
About
For her choreographic work, Netta Yerushalmy has been awarded a USA Artists Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, Princeton Arts Fellowship, Research Fellowship at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Toulmin Fellowship for Women Leaders in Dance at Center for Ballet and the Arts, New York City Center Choreography Fellowship, Jerome Robbins Bogliasco Fellowship, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award, National Dance Project, among others. Her work has been presented by venues such as Danspace Project, Jacob’s Pillow, Joyce Theater, American Dance Festival, New York Live Arts, HAU Berlin, Wexner, La Mama, River to River Festival, Center for the Arts/Buffalo, International Dance (Jerusalem), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Foundation, ODC & Bridge Project, Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance (Tel Aviv). Her work has been supported by the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Watermill Center, NCC/Akron, Djerassi, Movement Research, and Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC).
Working across genres and disciplines, Netta has contributed to artist Josiah McElheny’s Prismatic Park at Madison Square Park, choreographed a Red Hot Chili Peppers music video, worked with cellist Maya Beiser and composer Julia Wolfe on Spinning, and collaborated on evenings of theory and performance at ICI Berlin. As a guest artist and visiting faculty, she’s created work with repertory companies and students nationwide: Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Juilliard School, NYU Tisch, Rutgers, Bennington College, University of Utah, Zenon Dance Company, American Dance Festival, Alvin Ailey School, University of Texas at Austin, Princeton University, UNC Charlotte, Roger Williams University, Sarah Lawrence College, and many others.
As a dancer, Netta has performed with Pam Tanowitz Dance, Doug Varone and Dancers, Joanna Kotze and others. She received a BFA in dance from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Courses
RELATED CONTENT
Paramodernities — Six-part series, multidisciplinary work weaving theory + performance. Presented March 14 + 17, 2019, at New York Live Arts
Distant Dance Demonstration, choreography by Netta Yerushalmy. Video available on-demand through April 13, 2021. Co-presented by Wexner Center for the Arts and Los Angeles Performance Practice
Watch the trailer for Movement (2022 premiere)
New York Times review of Movement
See photos from Project 48 with Batsheva Dance Company
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