Choreographer of the Year

Sharon Eyal’s hallmark style is unmistakable. It features rhythmic steps, pulsating ensembles, a preference for structure and symmetry with no hint of imperfection, using hypnotic soundscapes and no-frills sets that give weight to the dramatic dimension of the bodies; all of this brings forth her unique artistic world. And yet, within this very specific blueprint the Israeli choreographer – a long-time resident of France— refreshes her gaze with every new production, inspired not by theoretical abstract themes but by lived experience, embracing the pleasures of clubbing alongside life’s darker moments. Through her thirty-year career she has developed a substantial body of work that could be described as a large mosaic in which the complexity and depth of human life take shape tile after ...