Sigal Armoza
Sigal Armoza
Sigal Armoza is a choreographer, creator, dancer, and founder of the Sigal Armoza Dance Group. She was born and raised in Israel. Her work merges movement, visual arts, and performance to explore themes of gender, identity, and societal structures. Grounded in feminist principles, her projects challenge norms and empower audiences, particularly young people and marginalized communities. Sigal holds an M. Dance in Choreography and Composition (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance) and an M.A. in Political Science (Bar Ilan University). Her work has garnered support from cultural institutions and been showcased globally. She has published on dance and gender and is a member of the Choreographers Association.
WORKS
TAKE 7 (2024) - inspired by a shocking image of Naama Levy, a young woman kidnapped and bleeding, being led away by armed terrorists during the October 7th catastrophe. This work aims to reveal the resilience of body and mind in facing trauma, seeking to rescue a captive body from tunnels and envelop it in imagination, comfort, prayer, and healing. It transforms terror and violence into healing elements: a tranquil piano room, a library of Jewish culture, a building with high walls, illuminated windows, movement, and a positive power of imagination.
supported by the Lottery Arts Council, the choreographers. participated in an International Book Project led by Dr. Emma Gashinsky- Gashinsky, Emma and Michelle Ortega eds. Like Waves Through Flesh, Arts by the People, in collaboration with The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
PRETTY* (2024)- beauty perceptions and women's images in art and media. Supported by Mifaal HaPais for Culture and Art, The Choreographers.
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.
