Sigal Armoza
Sigal Armoza
Sigal Armoza is an independent creator, choreographer, and dancer who was born and raised in Israel. She founded The Sigal Armoza Dance Group which integrates an array of art disciplines into dance. She explores connections between dance, art, society, and education while weaving a common thread of gender equality throughout her works.
Sigal is a Member of the Choreographer association. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Dance (B. Dance) and a Master’s degree in Choreography and Composition (M. Dance) from The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance with a scholarship for excellence. She has a Master's degree (MA) in Political Science from Bar Ilan University. She graduated with honors from Bar Ilan University, Department of Journalism and Communication Studies. She studied Art at Bar Ilan University. She graduates the Alma Fellows program (2023-2024), at ALMA – Home for Hebrew Culture.
Sigal’s works were presented at The Jerusalem Dance Showcase, The Jerusalem International Dance Week, Tel Aviv Dance in Suzanne Dellal Center, The Jerusalem Arts Festival, The Bible Lands Museum, The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, The Weizmann Institute of Science and more.
In 2021, she published the article "Dance and Gender" in the magazine "Dance Today". The article explains her artistic vision in developing awareness for gender equality through dance, and is a platform for feminist education among teenagers.
SIGAL ARMOZA'S WORKS
PRETTY* (2024)- beauty perceptions and women's images in art and media. Supported by Mifaal HaPais for Culture and Art, The Choreographers.
TAKE 7 (2024) - An exhausted and bleeding kidnapped young woman's image appears on October 7 in the social media. Imagining a new alternative, I'm pulling that woman out of hell, placing her in a calm and beautiful piano room, between many shelves full of the finest Jewish literature. A decor that wraps the body, if only for a moment, with hope, comfort, prayer and healing. Supported by Mifaal HaPais for Culture and Art, The Choreographers. The piece participates in an international creative project by The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and ARTS BY THE PEOPLE in the United States.
SELF IS (2023) – The selves of three characters full of ambition, curiosity and perspective, merging during a creative process. Supported by The Foundation for Independent Artists, The Ministry of Culture and Sports.
FOLDING PROTEINS (2023) - Choreography for Proteins Research, contrabass and looper. Collaboration with The Weizmann Institute of Science and The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
I AM THE SUBJECT OF THE CHOREOGRAPHY (2022) - Biographies of four colorful characters echoing many versions of the woman I could have been. Supported by The Foundation for Independent Artists, The Ministry of Culture and Sports, Mifaal HaPais for Culture and Art, Bar-Kayma Association for Culture, Art, Music and Peace.
BIOGRAPHIC CAPSULE (2021) - Biographic research influenced by the period of the Corona virus. Collaboration with The Israeli opera violinist Genrih Gopin. The work was presented in The New Gallery –Teddy Artist's Studios in Jerusalem, supported by the Jerusalem Municipality Dance Department, headed by 'YAEL' and the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
INTIMATE CULTURE (2021) and Tender (2020)- poetry and dance pieces. collaboration with the Israeli artist and poet Roni Somek and the Israeli opera violinist Genrih Gopin.
REFLECTIVE DREAMS (2019)- Two women, repressed chaos, A shared dream. Collaboration with the dancer Aoi Kagaya from Japan, sound artist Tali Ben Yitzhak and Harpist Katrin Lasko. The work was presented at The Jerusalem Dance Showcase- the International Dance Week in Jerusalem, at Tel Aviv Dance in Suzanne Dellal Center, and more.
REFLECTIONS (2018)- reflection of identities through a dream. The work was presented at The Jerusalem Arts Festival in The Bible Lands Museum, collaborating with the Dance, Culture, and Arts Department- Jerusalem Municipality.
STEREOTYPICAL (2017)- Five women examine femininity outside conventional spaces. Collaboration with Amit Tzafrir – singer and Spoken Word poet. The work was presented in the International Dance Week in Jerusalem, and The Bible Lands Museum. Part of the piece won the first-place prize at the “Dance Pieces from Home” Festival.
HER MOZA (2015)- The beauty ideal as an icon. Collaboration with cinematographer Román Poretski from Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, who created a video-dance version for this piece.
