Kolben Dance is a contemporary dance company based in Jerusalem with three decades of history, offering professional performances, a dance school for children and youth, repertoire workshops, and community programming under artistic director Amir Kolben.
Kolben Dance is a contemporary dance company based in Jerusalem, Israel, at the Gerard Behar Center on Bezalel Street. The company is marking three decades of activity and describes its work as expanding dance beyond the stage to advance social and environmental goals through collaborations with artists from across Israel. Under the artistic direction of choreographer Amir Kolben, who previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Dance at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, the company presents contemporary Israeli dance that connects communities, generations, and identities. The current ensemble includes five company dancers and two apprentice dancers from Israel, Australia, Brazil, Italy, and Russia.
The company also operates a dance school in collaboration with the Jerusalem High School of Arts. The school offers classes for children from pre-kindergarten through grade eight in modern dance, classical ballet, baby ballet, first steps in dance, and acro dance. Classes are structured by age and skill level, with an excellence track for advanced students. The curriculum emphasizes broad dance skills across different styles and provides students with exposure to the company through workshops with Amir Kolben and company dancers, where they learn repertoire sections and attend company performances.
Kolben Dance is a contemporary dance company that expands dance beyond the stage and uses dance to advance social and environmental goals through collaborations with artists across Israel. The company marks three decades of contemporary Israeli dance that connects communities, generations, and identities.
Kolben Dance is located at Bezalel 11, Gerard Behar Center, Jerusalem. The Jerusalem dancer training track is located at Campus of Arts near Gan HaPa’amon, Jerusalem.
Kolben Dance offers company performances, repertoire workshops for young dancers and dance students to deepen knowledge and refine skills in contemporary dance, a dance school with classes in modern dance, classical ballet, baby ballet, first steps in dance, and acro dance, community activities, and organizational programming.
Young dancers and dance students from Israel and around the world can participate in repertoire workshops. The dance school serves talented dancers from early childhood through high school interested in developing a professional career in dance. Professional dancers can audition for the company.
The organization caters to ages from pre-kindergarten through high school and professional dancers. Classes are offered for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, grades 1-2, grades 3-4, grades 5-6, grades 7-8, and excellence classes for advanced students.
Professional dancers can audition for company positions. The program offers exclusive workshops with choreographer Prof. Amir Kolben and company dancers, during which students learn sections from the company repertoire and get access to watching company performances in theaters. The Jerusalem dancer training track is a collaboration with the Jerusalem High School of Arts.
The curriculum focuses on developing comprehensive dance skills with attention to different dance styles and forms, offering a broad syllabus tailored to students by age and level of dance ability. Modern dance lessons are energetic, fun, and varied, built around warm-up, technique exercises, and ending with a combination. Classical ballet includes technique work with understanding the body, strengthening and flexibility, and performing exercises with personal interpretation and expression. Teachers act as both teachers and mentors.
The company presents performances and season programming. The repertoire includes works such as DOU, ככה, אדי, and סיפורי סבתא.
Address: 11 Bezalel St., Jerusalem, Gerard Behar Center, Jerusalem. Phone: 052-3914930. Email: [email protected]. For audition questions: 052-5096192.