Program Books/Yaniv Nagar
Yaniv Nagar, a tan man with a shaved head wearing round brown glasses, smiles widely at the camera

Yaniv Nagar

company and stage manager

Yaniv Nagar (company and stage manager) was born in Tel Aviv in 1971. He began his dance studies at the Beit Danny Community Centre, under the direction of Batya and Ofra Hanoon. Nagar graduated from the Thelma Yalin High School and studied at the Bat Dor School of Dance between 1987 and 1992, under the direction of Janet Ordman and Roz Sobol. He won recognition as an Outstanding Dancer within the frame work of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and was the recipient of a scholarship from the America–Israel Cultural Foundation. Between 1992 and 1996, Nagar was a dancer with the Ballet de Monte Carlo, under the direction of Jean-Christophe Maillot. He joined the Batsheva Dance Company as a dancer from 1996 to 2002. Since then, Nagar has been Company and Stage Manager of the ensemble. In 2007, he received the Yair Shapira Award for his contributions to dance in Israel.