LILACH ORENSTEIN
A choreographer, performer and producer best known for combining diverse types of arts from multiple disciplines into poetical synergies. She is an Israeli immigrant with Yemeni-Polish-Romanian roots based in New York City. Lilach earned her B.Dance from The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, majoring in choreography, in 2017 and her M.F.A in Dance from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, in 2019. Among her awards are The Presidential Scholarship (U.S.), Outstanding Dancer from the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Excellence Award by The Jerusalem Foundation.
Lilach's creations "Dancing from Others", "Reject – Receive > React!", "Territorium", "White on White", "Cēnsēre" and "Onions" were premiered in Israel's main stages and abroad. Recently, she assisted in choreographing the “The Mother of Us All” opera which presented at the Metropolitan Museum featuring vocal artists from The Julliard School and the NY Philarmonic marking 200 years for women’s suffrage.
She is professionally trained from Aharon Katzir, Kolben dance, Matte Asher, Vertigo, and Batsheva's programs for outstanding students and interned at the Kamea dance company. She was recently invited to residencies in L1dancefest2019 – Budapest, The Center at West Park – NYC, EMERGENYC 2020 – NYC, IMPULSTANZ’s ATLAS program – Vienna, Derida Dance Center – Sofia and Machol Shalem Dance House – Jerusalem.
She is co-Director of MOtiVE Brooklyn.