Artistic Staff

Yaniv was born in Tel Aviv in 1971. He began his dance studies at the Beit Danny Community Centre, under the direction of Batya and Ofra Hanoon. He graduated the Talma Yalin High School and between 1987-1992 studied at the Bat Dor School of Dance, under the direction of Janet Ordman and Roz Sobol.
Yaniv won recognition as an excelling dancer within the frame of the IDF, and was the recipient of a scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
Between 1992-1996 he was a dancer with the Ballet de Monte Carlo, under the direction of Jean-Cristophe Mayo. He joined the Batsheva Dance Company as a dancer in 1996 until 2002. Since 2002 Yaniv is Batsheva Dance Company's company manager and stage manager. In 2007 he received the Yair Shapira Award for his contribution to dance in Israel.
 

Danielle Agami was born in Israel in 1984. She joined Batsheva Ensemble in 2002 and Batsheva Dance Company in 2005. Danielle has been Rehearsal Director for the company since September 2008 and was Artistic Director of the Batsheva Dancers Create project for 2007 and 2008.  

 

Rachael Osborne was born in Australia in 1980. She is a graduate of QUT (1999) in Brisbane, Australia and was a member of The World Dance Company (2000) in Brisbane. She joined Batsheva Ensemble in 2001 and Batsheva Dance Company in 2003. Rachael has been Rehearsal Director of Batsheva Dance Company since September 2008.

Claire was born in Birmingham, England in 1962, and she trained from the age of eleven at both the lower and upper schools of The Royal Ballet School in London until 1981. She performed with the National Ballet of Portugal in Lisbon, the Michael Clark Company in London, London’s Ballet Imperiale, Balletto di Roma, Balleto del Sole, Compagnia Teatro Koros, and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, where she danced for seven years. Claire danced and worked with many choreographers including Jean-Christophe Maillot, Nacho Duato, Renato Zanella, John Neumeier, Uwe Schulz, John Alleyne, and William Forsythe, and she performed in many ballets by George Balanchine and Michel Fokine.
Claire joined Batsheva Dance Company in 2000 as Rehearsal Director and has been Co-Director and Rehearsal Director of Batsheva Ensemble since 2002.

Hillel Kogan was born in Tel Aviv in 1974. He studied at the Bat-Dor School of Dance and at the Merce Cunningham Studio in New York. Hillel was a member of Batsheva Ensemble from 1995-1996, and he also danced with Nomades Dance Company in Switzerland and the Gulbenkian Ballet in Portugal. Since 1996, he has created15 dances for various companies and festivals in Israel and abroad. Hillel is an active member of the contemporary dance scene in Israel as a performer, choreographer, teacher, and improvisation artist.
Hillel has served as Rehearsal Director of Batsheva Ensemble since 2005.