Maayan Liebman-Sharon

maayansha36@gmail.com 

+972584614779

Jerusalem, Israel

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Maayan Liebman-Sharon is a Jerusalem-based choreographer, Artistic director, and artistic advisor, Lecturer in the Choreography Program at Adama Dance Center (Higher Education Program), Sderot, and Lecturer at The Group (Hakvutza) - School of Contemporary Dance, Tel Aviv.

She holds a B. Dance degree and an M. Mus degree specializing in choreography from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and a B.A. in Occupational Therapy. She is a member of the Israeli Choreographers’ Association.

 Maayan’s work has been seen in festivals and residencies around Israel and Europe. In Israel, such as the Israel Festival, Machol Shalem’s Jerusalem International Dance Week, Tmuna Theater, the Suzanne Dellal Centre, From Jaffa to Agripas Festival, Hazira - Dance Arena, and the Dan David Award Ceremony. In Europe, such as Zagreb Dance Center in Croatia, Se.s.ta Center in the Czech Republic, JSKD in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Athens, Greece, and more. Her work has been presented in museums and galleries such as the Israel Museum, Bible Lands Museum, Haifa Art Museum, Tower of David Museum, Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Museum of Muslim Art, the 1927 Art- Space Gallery in Athens, and the Moscow Museum.

Maayan was a founder and mentor of the American Center’s Ma’amakim Program, which provided artistic mentorship for dance artists 2017-2018 and was sponsored by the American Embassy in Jerusalem.

In 2019 she was the artistic director, curator, and mentor for original creations that premiered in Machol Shalem Dance House’s Jerusalem International Dance Week. That same year, she curated the dance program’s pre-premieres in the Jerusalem Biennale, in collaboration with Machol Shalem Dance House and the Biennale. In 2020, Maayan created a new work at the Zagreb Dance Center as part of Machol Shalem Dance House and the Zagreb Dance Center’s Jerusalem Exchange Project. In 2021 she participated in Interstices- a cross-residency project of C.A.T.A.M.O.N. Dance Group and La Rotonde- Ville de Quebec- in which she created a choreography online with a Canadian dancer Marie Chantale Beland. Between August 2021 and February 2022, she was the artistic director and mentor of the dance and visual arts program connected choreography and visual arts in the Studio of Her Own Gallery in Jerusalem.  In March 2022, she worked with directors Silvan Biegeleisen and Dan Erlichman on filming a scene in a film as part of the Moving Movie project supported by the Choreographers’ Association, the New Film and Television Fund and the South Film Fund. In May 2022, Maayan was invited to create a new work in residency at SE.S.TA- Centre for Choreographic Development in Czech Republic. In November 2022 Maayan was invited to create a new trio piece at a residency in Slovenia, Ljubljana at the JSKD dance center, hosted by Cirkulacija 2. In February 2025, Maayan was invited to create a new piece (duet) in a residency at the new dance center 'Vale da Grila', Penela, Portugal.
Maayan is currently working on a new project with two choreographers based in Munich, Germany, that will premiere at the JISDF - the Jerusalem International Solo Dance Festival 2026, a co-production with the city of Munich and the Solo Dance Festival. 

Maayan is supported by the Ministry of Culture since 2016 and on. She was supported by the National Lottery’s Art Council twice. 

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Education
M.Mus Dance, Composition Department, Specializing in Choreography, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

B.Dance with a Teaching Certificate,  Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
B.A, Occupational Therapy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

             

Works

Take 3 - premiered at Machol Shalem dance house festival, Jerusalem (18.12.25)
Based on a true story - premiered at 'Curtain Up' project, May 2025, Suzanne Dellal, Tel Aviv (21-30/05/2025).

Intimacy - premiered at Machol Shalem dance house festival (Ruah Yam, Jerusalem, 12.2024)

It Depends on the Context - premiered at JISDF International Solo Dance Festival in Jerusalem (9.2023)

A temporary name  - premiered at Machol Shalem Dance Festival, Jerusalem (3.2024)  

Water Bears – premiered at JISDF International Solo Dance Festival in Jerusalem (9.2023)

It’s All Good - premiered at Mash, Jerusalem, (16.3.23)

The Butterfly Effect - premiered at JISDF International Solo Dance Festival in Jerusalem (7.9.2023)

Fear of Heights  - premiered at ‘From Jaffa To Agripas Festival (31.12.2022)

Empty Skies - Premiered at Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem (24.9.2021)

An Afternoon Nap in/across from Parliament -Premiered at the Israel Festival – Routine 2.0, Jerusalem (7/10/11.9.2020) | Heavily Ever After - Premiere Intimadance Festival, Tmuna Theater (27.06.2019 )

Arctica - Premiere Machol Shalem Dance House’s Jerusalem International Dance Week (05.12.2018)

Jama’a - Premier From Jaffa to Agripas Festival, Jerusalem (18.10.2019)

Awaken and Enlighten - Premier at the Bible Lands Museum’s in the end of a Residency there, Jerusalem (16.08.2017)

E-Sheket/116 Reasons - Created as part of the NanoArt project, which combined art and nanotechnology/science, coproduction of Hebrew University, Jerusalem Municipality, Machol Shalem Dance House, Hazira Interdisciplinary Festival and the Maamuta Organization; Premiere Machol Shalem Dance House’s Jerusalem International Dance Week; Dance in the Exhibition, Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Jerusalem Days in Moscow, Moscow Museum, Russia (08.12.2016)

Ha-Shuka (To-Market)- Premier From Jaffa to Agripas Festival, Jerusalem; Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem (01.11.2016)

2D-3D - Premier Between Heaven and Earth Festival, Avichai House, Jerusalem (01.11.2015)

Hamsa Hamsa Hamsa - Premier Between Heaven and Earth Festival at the Gerard Behar Center, Leo Model Hall, Jerusalem (28.10.2014)

Through the Window - Premier Maamuta, Hansen House, Jerusalem (12.06.2014)

A Passing Shade, A Dissipating Cloud, A Fleeting Dream - Premier Between Heaven and Earth Festival, Leo Model Hall, Jerusalem (10.2013)

Between Two Walls - Premier Israel Museum, Jerusalem (20.12.12)

Standing in Front of Him - Acco Festival, Acco (10.2012)

Storm - Premier supported by Jerusalem Fund’s, Leo Model Hall, Jerusalem (2009)

The Fear of the Dark - Premier Zaza Festiva 3#, Khan Theater, Jerusalem (2008)

My Dear - Premier Lab Theater, Jerusalem (11.2006)

Nikba Tunnel - Premier Hazira Interdisciplinary Festival, Khan Theater, Jerusalem (5.2005)

 

List of Works:

2025 - Take 3

2025 - Based on a true story

2024 - Intimacy

2024 - A temporary name

2023 - It Depends on the Context

2023 - Water Bears

2023 - It’s All Good

2023 - The Butterfly Effect

2022 - Fear of Heights

2021 - Empty Skies

2020 - An Afternoon Nap in/across from Parliament

2019 - Heavily Ever After

2019 - Jama’a

2018 - Arctica

2017 - Awaken and Enlighten

2016 - E-Sheket/116 Reasons

2016 - Ha-Shuka (To-Market)

2015 - 2D-3D

2014 - Hamsa Hamsa Hamsa

2014 - Through the Window

2013 - A Passing Shade, A Dissipating Cloud, A Fleeting Dream

2012 - Between Two Walls

2012 - Standing in Front of Him

2009 - Storm

2008 - The Fear of the Dark

2006 - My Dear

2005 - Nikba Tunnel