Shlomit Fundaminsky is a dance creator, choreographer, researcher, improvisation practitioner, performer, and teacher. Her work moves between stage creation, academic teaching, movement research, and the development of improvisational practices, with a strong focus on the body as a living, shifting, and attentive field of knowledge.
Fundaminsky holds a B.Ed. and an M.Dance in Choreography. She is currently a lecturer and Head of the Choreography Focus at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where she leads creative and pedagogical processes in composition, improvisation, and performance. She was a guest artist and lecturer at San Jose State University in the United States through BAMAH, and has been part of the artistic management of the “Shades in Dance” Festival at the Suzanne Dellal Centre.
As part of her artistic practice, Fundaminsky creates dance and physical theatre works, including Big Hand Little Hand (2022), for which she received the Ministry of Culture Award, as well as works such as M.E.S.S and Territorial Opera. She also creates interactive performances for children in collaboration with Einat Ganz. Her works are characterized by playfulness, imagination, and a live encounter with the audience, often exploring the shifting relationships between performer and spectator within a shared space.
Fundaminsky initiates and directs “Shlombal,” a series of workshops dedicated to release technique, improvisation, and real-time composition, where she develops practices based on listening, weight, organic movement, and responsiveness to the environment.
She is also a member of the improvisation collective “OKTET,” as part of her ongoing engagement with live performance and collective improvisation.
At the core of her work lies a continuous search for a living movement language that bridges teaching and creation, research and stage practice, and structured choreographic forms with moments of freedom, attention, and uncertainty.
