Ariel Freedman

Ariel Freedman was born in Philadelphia, USA in 1983. After graduation from The Juilliard School, she danced in the companies of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Aszure Barton, followed by the Batsheva Ensemble and Batsheva Dance Company, under the direction of Ohad Naharin. In 2011 she returned to freelancing, including a sustained collaboration with Ella Rothschild. She met Roy Assaf in 2013, accompanying him in commissions for the Batsheva Ensemble, Batsheva Dance Company and Nederlands Dans Theater, among others. In 2017 she premiered Empress Archer, a duet co-created with Meredith Webster and produced by The Cambrians.

In 2019, she co-created “Mayagidu” with the community of Kibbutz Ramat HaKovesh, where she lives. Her work there continued with outdoor workshops and jam sessions in collaboration with Shani Tamari Matan and graduates of “The Maslool Professional Dance Program”.