adi salant

After a professional career of 26 years, Adi continues sharing her vast knowledge and experience, enriching the world of movement and keeps exploring her passion to teach, create & choreograph.

Life Is Moving / LIM,  is the title of the workshops & classes where Adi gathered her insights and inputs and is heartily happy to share. 

The name says it all.... 

Adi has been the head of the dance department of Thelma-Yellin, a leading High School of the Arts in Israel, since September 2019.

Adi was the Co-Artistic Director of The Batsheva Dance Company together with Ohad Naharin, for 8 years, 2009-2017.

Her journey in the dance world started at the prestigious Israeli Bat-Dor Dance School, where she was a student for 12 years, and she graduated from Alon High School for the Arts. Upon graduation she was accepted to join the Young Batsheva Ensemble, and two years later was invited to join the main Batsheva Company where she danced for 5 years. After leaving the company, Ohad Naharin invited her to act as his main assistant and to stage his repertoire for leading companies around the world. With her reputation as an internationally acclaimed dance educator and director, she is mentoring dancers from the whole range of the dance world. Adi has choreographed for companies and different dance projects. Her creations are performed worldwide. In 2020, two world premieres of her creations will be held, in March with Sadamatsu-Hamada Dance Company from Japan, and in May with Fresco Dance Company from Israel. 

She is frequently invited to teach contemporary classes, ballet classes and to lead dance workshops. She is a senior certified teacher for Gaga movement research for dancers as well for Gaga/people classes.