Israel Ballet

Founders Berta Yampolsky and Hillel Markman gave the first performance of the Israel Ballet on January 25, 1967, with a group of four young dancers, in Holon.

The Israel Ballet has many George Balanchine works in its current repertoire, thanks to his generosity in giving the company free performance rights.

Balanchine works in the repertoire include Symphony in C, Square Dance, La Valse, Concerto Barocco and The Four Temperaments.

Also in the repertoire are modern works by choreographers such as Christian Spuck, Rudi van Danzig, Jan Lincolns, Lar Lubovitch, and Krzysztof Pastor.

[4] The Israel Ballet recently added a well-received new modern work to its repertoire, the "post-Forsyth" Hikarizatto by Itzik Galili.