Yael Cibulski (b.1988) is an Israeli dancer, teacher and choreographer, based in Berlin.
Yael holds a bachelor’s degree in dance from the Codarts University for the Arts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and is a former member of the Vertigo Dance Company in Israel. Additionally, Yael is a Feldenkrais® practitioner, certified by the Ruty Bar Feldenkrais Method Training Program in Tel Aviv.
Since 2015, Yael has worked as a freelance dancer with various choreographers. Additionally, she has taught and developed her technique in the form of masterclasses and workshops held around the world, at a variety of academies, companies and dance training programs.
2014 – 2018
Feldenkrais Teachers training program of Ruti Bar (Tel Aviv)
2007-2011
BA at the Rotterdam Dance Academy (Codarts)
2006-2007
Dancer Training Program in of the Kibutz Dance Company, Israel
2003-2006
High School Graduate of the Dance Department in Ein-Ha’Horesh, Israel
Freelance teacher / rehearsal director / creator, both independently and in pre-professional dance programs such as:
- The Vertigo International Dance Program (Jerusalem, Israel)
- Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (Ga’aton, Israel)
- The Dance Workshop Ga’aton (Israel)
- Bikurey Ha’itim (Tel Aviv, Israel)
- Codarts Dance Academy (Rotterdam, Holland)
- Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance (Munich,
Germany) - Marameo, TanzFabrik (Berlin, Germany)
- TanzFabrik (Berlin, Germany)
- Bad Lemons (Munich, Germany)
- Goa Dance Residency (Goa, India)
- DAR Dance Academy (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- MAD Dance Company (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- NOD (Torino, Italy)
- Milkshake Project (Paris, France)
Additional work during 2015-2021
- Restaged repertory of the Vertigo Dance Company at private studios around Israel and abroad – Opificio (Rome), Madanze (Milano).
- Dancer at ‘Idan Sharabi & Dancers‘ (Tel-Aviv).
- Dancer and assistant choreographer to Jasmine Ellis (Munich). Presented our works: “Empathy,” “Yove,” “Ease of Confusion,” “Relent”
and “Laila” at Springboard Danse Montreal 2016 and 2017 (Montreal,
Canada). - Dancer in “Arnhem CS,” a project by Dunja Jocic (Amsterdam, Holland).
- Dancer in “Sexbox” by Impermanence Dance Theatre (Bristol, UK), performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017 (Scotland, UK).
- Freelance dancer with Vertigo Dance Company.
- Rehearsal director for Sally-Ann Friedland Dance Company.
2011-2015
- Dancer and co-creator with the Vertigo Dance Company in Israel. Performed around Israel and abroad with several pieces by Noa Wertheim, including: “Birth of the Phoenix,” “Vertigo and The Diamonds,” “Mana,” “Null,” “Reshimo,” “Vertigo 20” – winner of the Israel Ministry of Culture Prize for Best Performance in 2013.
- Co-production with American choreographer Anna Halperin (2014).
2011
- Performed and co-created a project by Fernando Martinez, supported by Random Collision in the Netherlands.
- Performed and co-created “PreText” by Chan Ho Lam in the Netherlands and Hong Kong.
2007 – 2010
Internship at Conny Janssen Danst – performed and co-created “Ruis” which toured across the Netherlands.