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The group was founded in Tel Aviv in 1993, By Noa Dar and 8 dancers, partners to the creation process and for the development of a unique movement and visual language.
Since established, the Noa Dar Dance Group has created and performed 25 dance pieces. (15 are full evening programs).
The works were commissioned by the most prominent Israeli festivals: Israel Festival, Curtain Up, Acco Festival, and Childrens Sound. These works received excellent responses from public and critics alike.
The company is performing intensively through out the year in Israel and abroad at International festivals including: Rome, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Lisbon, Vienna, Berlin, Rovereto, Budapest, Poznan, Tallinn, Vilnius, Shanghai, Santiago, San Jos'e, Frankfurt, Munster and den Haag.
Noa Dar is a recipient of a numerous of awards and grants, among them -
The Minister of Cultures Prize for her outstanding choreography, the Minister of Cultures prize for performance excellence (2002), for creating Tetris: an award of excellence from the "Acco Festival for Alternative Theater" (2006), The Rosenblum Prize for the performing arts of the City of Tel Aviv - for her chorographical achievements and for artistic excellence (2008),and the most prestiges prize the 2009 Creation Award from the minister of culture (Jan.2010) .
The company is giving regular classes at The Noa Dar Studio, workshops and lecture demonstration for dance students and the public.
The group is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports (the dance division), the Israeli Lottery council for the arts, The Rabinovich Foundation and The cultural relations department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Choreographer and artistic director of The Noa Dar Dance Group, was born in a kibbutz Degania at the north of Israel, where she started her dance training. At 18, she was invited to join the Batsheva Ensemble.
Following a grant she received from Merce Cunningham, she moved to New York and danced with the companies of choreographers: Zvi Gotheiner, Jeanette Stoner and Neta Pulvelmacher.
Noa was a founding member of The Tamar dance Group, where she started to choreograph.
In addition to her creations for her group, Noa has created several works for the Batsheva Ensemble, Mooza dance Co, Beer Sheva Theater, and for Transitions dance Co. of the Laban Center in London.
During the years 1990-1992 Noa performed and created in Paris, supported by grants from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and the French government.
In 1996, Noa was awarded the Minister of Culture Prize for an outstanding young choreographer. In 1997 Noa was a recipient of a creation grant from The Bi-Arts, supported by the British Council. The Minister of Cultures prize for performance excellence (2002), for creating Tetris: an award of excellence from the "Acco Festival for Alternative Theater" (2006), In 2008 Dar was awarded the performing arts Rosenblum Prize for her artistic exellance from the City of Tel-Aviv. And the most prestiges prize the 2009 Creation Award from the minister of culture (Jan.2010) .
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