Noam Carmeli is an experienced teacher, dancer, director, and producer (an architect until 2010). For over two decades, he has been exploring the intersection of art, physical practice, and personal-social awareness.

As a teacher and performer, Noam specializes in Contact Improvisation and group improvisation. His teaching also combines knowledge from Aikido, the Ilan Lev method (I.L.M.), and Gaga. He has been teaching and performing since 2005, both in Israel and internationally. His experience includes working with dancers in professional dance companies, colleges, and schools, as well as with the general public.

Noam is the CEO of the Contact Improvisation Association in Israel, co-director of Studio Tena, and a co-founder of the Octet Improvisation Group. He also manages the Community Dance Project for the Ministry of Culture. With a Master’s degree focusing on group improvisation as a performance art and a practice space for belonging and community, Noam brings a unique perspective to his teaching, blending technical expertise with an emphasis on connection and creativity.

"The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."

~ Goethe

It all begins with sensing. I open my awareness to what happens in my body — inside and outside my skin, in dark and light.
Through touch, I listen to you: Which direction? How much? Fast or slow? Am I giving or receiving?
I organize my body to support you. How much do I lean on you?
Together, we listen to the quiet story that emerges — appears and disappears — expressing what cannot be spoken.

In the first part of the day, we will explore ways to influence the quality of our body weight — how to root and ground ourselves as a base, and what supports us in becoming lighter as a flyer. We will take a deeper look at the action of extension and the different qualities of pushing and reaching, as a biomechanical organizing principle, of the musculoskeletal system, which greatly affects the body's quality in dance.
As the day progresses, we will open a space to create with the “material of gravity” — weight. We will invite diverse modes of expression, held by clarity, trust, and freedom, allowing the body and heart to reveal and share our story through dance.