Michal Agasi

Nationality:  Israeli and American

Owns an experience guiding and experimenting Dance and movement with different groups

Teaching movement and technique classes, Pilates, Pilates on apparatus, ballet and modern dance

Teaching

2013 - 2019

Teaching mattress Pilates and Pilates on apparatus in Aviv and in small cities around in Israel

Dancing in different projects of independent dance

Working through movement classes with a group of mentally disabled people in Holon

Graduated mattress Pilates course in 'ha gymnasia' school in Aviv

Graduated Pilates on apparatus course in 'Campus Siim' right next to Tlv University

Took part as a helper in the kitchen at 'Ponderosa' Stolzenhagen for few weeks

Worked as a kindergartener with toddlers in the age of 5 months to years in the north of Aviv for one year and a half

Worked as kindergartener with an Anthrophosophical orientation with a group of 2-3 year olds in Givataim for one year

2009-2012 Was mainly teaching games in dance, preparation and foundation of ballet and creation in dance to young girls around Israel regularly and as a replacement                                                                                                                                         

Taught movement classes to a group of mentally disabled people in Bat Yam

Worked in restoration of old houses wall painting  

2010 Taught open technique and improvisation movement classes to a group of women in Aco Theater

Worked in agriculture picking Fruits in different places in different times

2007-2008: One year Internship at Kolben Dance Company in Jerusalem

Choreographer and solo dancer for an edited version of the work “Arisa”. Performance at the “Zirat Machol” dance festival of the interdisciplinary arena at the Khan Theater in Jerusalem.

Participated as a dancer in a collaborator with costume and image designer Shay Persil, performed at the opening event of the Dada and Surrealism exhibition in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Participated as dancer and cooperator in the work “Fire from Water”, directed by Yulia Ginis, at the Street Performance Festival in Arkhangelsk, Russia.

2006-2008: Graduated from the David Yellin Academic College of Education, with a bachelor degree in education Combined studies with the School of Visual Theater in Jerusalem

2007: Graduated from the School of Visual Theater in Jerusalem.

2005-2007: Student at the School of Visual Theater. Studied various creative techniques and participated in different projects. Acquired a variety of stage skills, Learned tools for performance and production, and cultivated a strong discipline. Participated in classes of ballet and modern dance at the Jerusalem academy of dance.   Created the works ‘Snorkel’, ‘Mak’ and ‘Arisa’ and performed them in the school festivals “Marathon” and “Finale”. 2005, 2006, 2007

2006: award winning of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation for independent creation for the piece 'Snorkel' duet for two dancers created at the end of first year in the school of visual theater

2000-2002: Worked as a dancer at the Bat Sheva Ensemble Dance Company in Aviv. Performed the creations “Zachacha” (collage), “Dancing Party” (from “Anafaza”), “Plastalina” (from “Virus”) and “Deca Dance” (collage) choreography by Ohad Naharin. Participated in the “Curtain Up” dance festival performing the works “dtachi”, choreography by Mami Shimazaki and “Pan”, choreography by Sharon Eyal. Created and took part in the company’s different projects and dance festivals, within Israel and abroad.

1989-2000: Graduated from the “Tefen” open experimental regional school at the north of Galilee, with twelve years of studying and a full matriculation degree. Augmented studies in the fields of dance and photography.

2000: Created a dance piece for six dancers as a final work for the matriculation exam in the school of the Kibbutz contemporary dance company in Kibbutz Gaaton.

1986-1991: Exercised Gymnastics and ballet in the Misgav gymnasium center and in a private dance studio in Karmiel.