Moshe Efrati

Moshe Efrati (Hebrew: משה אפרתי) (26 – 1934 September 2020) was an Israeli choreographer and the founder and artistic director of the Kol Demama Dance Company, based in Tel Aviv.

Efrati intended Kol Demama to be judged on artistic grounds, "I am neither a social worker nor therapist, I am a dance creator."

[1][4] Efrati blended strictly formal and classical ballet choreographic vocabulary with free-form contemporary dance.

He drew inspiration from diverse influences ranging from Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Samuel Beckett's surrealism to the Old Testament and the Jewish Poets of Muslim Spain.

In 1996, Efrati was awarded the Israel Prize, for stage arts - dance.