Program Books/Yoni (Yonatan) Simon
Yoni (Yonatan) Simon, a light-skinned man with a dark buzzcut and beard, smiles slightly into the camera

Yoni (Yonatan) Simon

dancer

Yoni (Yonatan) Simon (Israel) was born in 1995 and is a graduate of the dance department at the Ironi Alef High School of Arts in Tel Aviv. While studying there, he participated in a student exchange program with the Kunsthumaniora Antwerp school in Belgium. Simon participated in Batsheva’s Excellence program in 2011–14 and the KCDC Excellence program in 2011–12, and he was the recipient of a full scholarship to the summer course at the American Academy of Ballet in 2013. Simon served as an Outstanding Dancer in the IDF. He joined the Batsheva Ensemble as an apprentice in 2014 and as a dancer in 2015, and joined the Batsheva Dance Company 
in 2016.