Emanuel Gat was born in Israel in 1969. His first encounter with dance was at the age of 23 during a workshop led by Israeli choreographer Nir Ben Gal. A few months later he joined the Liat Dror Nir Ben Gal Company, with whom he toured internationally. He started working as an independent choreographer in 1994, and ten years later founded his company Emanuel Gat Dance at the Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv, with whom he has created several pieces, including ‘Winter Voyage’ (2004) and ‘The Rite of Spring’ (2004), which two have won the Bessie Award. Following this, he settled at the Maison Intercommunale de la Danse in Istres in France, where he created ‘Silent Ballet’ (2008), ‘Winter variations’ (2009), ‘Brilliant Corners’ (2011) and ‘Plage Romanique’ (2014).

Emanuel is regularly invited to present his work and create new choreography for dance companies around the world, including The Paris Opera Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Tanztheater Bremen, Le Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Ballet de Marseille, The Royal Swedish Ballet, Polish National Ballet, Ballet de Lorraine and Cedar Lake among others.

Choregraphy and lights: Emanuel Gat

Music created and performed live by: Awir Leon

Dancers: Thomas Bradley, Annie Hanauer, Péter Juhász, Michael Loehr, Emma Mouton, Genevieve Osborne, Milena Twiehaus, Sara Wilhelmsson, Ashley Wright.

Costumes created in collaboration with the dancers

Production: Emanuel Gat Dance

Co-Production: Festival Montpellier Danse 2016, Grand Théâtre de Provence,

Théatre de la Ville, Paris, Cité de la Musique - Philharmonie de Paris, Scène Nationale d’Albi