Inbal Dance Theatre

The company was founded in 1949 by Israel Prize recipient Sara Levi-Tanai.

Under the mentorship of Jerome Robbins—who staged many of the company’s largest works—Inbal toured internationally to critical acclaim performing in prestigious venues such as the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway, the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre in Paris, London's Drury Lane, Her Majesty’s Theatre in Australia and La Scala de Milano.

Most of the company's early works were built around Margalit Oved, the principal dancer for the first 15 years.

She has a quality which is very, very, very special in the world...It is special wherever a great being dominated by a passion comes to the stage.” The Inbal troupe appeared on American television on November 22, 1959 on NBC's Dinah Shore Chevy Show.

Inbal's dancers participated in George Stevens' epic 1965 film "The Greatest Story Ever Told" starring Max Von Sydow.