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Dr. Henia Rottenberg lecturers at the Kibbutzim College of Education courses on the relationships between dance and the arts, as well as a survey course in dance history. Prior to teaching at the College, Henia taught contemporary dance classes at the University of Haifa.

Henia is a Co-Editor and contributor for the Israeli magazine DanceToday, a member in the dance committee of Omanut Laam, and a member of the Managing Committee of the Kibbutzim Dance Company. Her article “Lea Anderson- Dancing and Drawing the Past into the Present” is part of the book titled Decentering Dancing Texts, edited by Adshead-Lansdale, Janet (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). Her article on the dance Oyster by Noa Werheim for the Vertigo Dance Company is part of the book Dance Discourses in Israel of whish she is the co-editor with Dr. Dina Roginsky (Resling, 2008). Henia was engaged in a research on Sara Levi-Tanai's dance language on a Kibutzim College of Education grant (2008).

Henia obtained her MA and PhD from the University of Surrey. Her PhD thesis, obtained in 2004, focuses on Dance Analysis and Hybrid Relationships between Dance and Painting in Postmodern Culture. Henia’s MA thesis, obtained in 1998, was titled Rami Be’er – “Rami Be’er – A Political Choreographer”. Henia holds a Certificate in Academic Teaching from the Mofet Institute for Teachers Educators (2006-2007), a Higher Certificate in Choreography from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (1990), and Elementary and Intermediate Certificates in Labanotation from the Dance Notation Bureau, NYC (1991 and 1992, respectively).

Henia has studied ballet with Lia Schubert and Kaj Lutman at Dance Centre in Haifa and contemporary dance with Rosalind Newman at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Henia’s dancing experience includes performances in Different Trains by Rosalind Newman, in Hong-Kong and South Korea in 1990; in Diapered Branches by Ruth Eshel during 1985 and 1986; and in 1975 she participated in Coppelia by Lea Schubert for The Piccolo Ballet in Haifa.

Dr. Ruth Eshel was a dancer and choreographer from 1970 to 1987. She is the author of the book Dancing with the Dream – The Development of Artistic Dance in Israel 1920-1964, dance critic for Ha’aretz, and Artistic Director of Haifa University’s Eskesta Dance Theatre. Her Ph.D dissertation (at the Tel Aviv University) was on Movement Theater in Israel, 1976-1991.

Dr. Astrid Bernkopf has danced as professional ballet dancer in Austria, Germany, the Czech and Slovak Republics. She studied pedagogies of ballet (MA with distinction) at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where she also taught ballet at various levels. After this period, she commenced her studies at the University of Surrey, Guildford, where she now holds a PhD. Her research focuses on the narrative of the ballet scenario for which she has created a method of narrative analysis. Furthermore, she investigates approaches to analyse written source materials. As lecturer, Astrid started teaching at the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, University of Surrey, Guildford, and London Metropolitan University. In the UK, she predominantly teaches Critical Theory and Performance Analysis and, additionally, History and Philosophy of History. She is Lecturer in Dance at Middlesex University.