Sigal Armoza
Sigal Armoza
Sigal Armoza is a creator, choreographer and dancer, based in Israel. Sigal founded 'The Sigal Armoza Dance Group', which explores relationships between movement and gender equality through variety of arts disciplines.
Sigal is a Member of The Choreographers 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 Armoza's works:
PRETTY* (2024)- Western aesthetics and perception of beauty among women. The work 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. The work 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 merge into each other during a creative process. The work 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 echo many versions of the woman I could have been. The work 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, same 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)- Dreams as a reflection of identities. 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 a gender icon. Collaboration with cinematographer Román Poretski from Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, who created a video-dance version for this piece.
