Ido Feder is a choreographer and an artist interested in extended choreography, gang formation and dance and performance ceremonies. He has presented his works on all major stages in Israel, as well as internationally. Recently, he staged the show “At Hand!” For 9 performers at the Intimadance Festival in Tmuna and at the 2019 Diver Festival. 

He is the artistic director of Diver Festival, which is slowly carving out a new scene and context for the dance field, which connects him to the world of art and wide-ranging work in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. 

Ido founded Tights: Dance and Thought, along with Shir Chacham, which is a platform that promotes community thinking and intellectual discourse on dance, and offers residencies, research groups and more. He founded La Collectiz! – a follow-up program for thinking dancers, and manages it together with Lilach Livne and in collaboration with Ariel Cohen, Bosmat Nossan and Shira Eviatar. 

Holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in philosophy, and teaches choreography and theory in various places.

2012-2018 | Master’s degree in philosophy, Tel Aviv University, cum laude 

2009-2011 | Bachelor of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, honors

2009-2010 | Graduate of the Choreography Program – ex.e.r.ce, managed by Mathilde Monnier, Choreographique National Center, Montpellier, France

2004-2008 | BA in Dance, CODARTS, Rotterdam Academy of Dance, The Netherlands

2019 | “Darkroom”, staged at Print Screen, Center for Digital Art, Holon

2019 | “At Hand!” Staged at Intimidance 2019, Tmuna

2018 | “It Itches”, produced by the Mandel Cultural Center, Jaffa, part of the double operation- a collaborated evening with Itzik Giuli (additional performances at  research, Jaffa fest, Netanya, international exposure, Adama – Sderot)

2018- | Management of a follow-up program for dancers La Collectiz! (In collaboration with Lilach Livne) – a six-month program for professional dancers, 10 students, as part of Tights: Dance and Thought, in collaboration with Lilach Livne, Ariel Cohen, Shira Eviatar and Bosmat Nossan. Activities at the Mandel Cultural Center and at the CCA: Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv. 

2013- | Artistic director and general management of Diver Festival: Contemporary Dance in Tel Aviv-Jaffa

2012- | Artistic director and founder of Tights: Dance Alliance and Thought – A Platform with residency events, discourse program, annual conference, research groups and more

2016 | Consulting to the Inbal company and managing Divers at Inbal events

2016 | Foundation and management of the summer course: The Dancer of the 21st Century, Mandel Cultural Center in Jaffa

2015 | Artistic consultant to choreographer Yasmeen Godder for the rearrangement of her work, CLIMAX

2012 | Member of the founding and organizing committee of dance thought: the 1st conference on the philosophy of dance, Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University (with Prof. Ruth Ronen, Tel Aviv University and others)

2016-2019 | Annual support for a choreographer from the Ministry of Culture

2016-2018 | Support from the Lottery’s Art and Cultural Council

2016 | Support from the Tel Aviv Municipality and the Rabinovich Foundation

2016 | Support from the Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal

2015 | Support from the Lottery’s Art and Cultural Council

2014 | Support from the Tel Aviv Municipality and the Rabinovich Foundation

2013 | Support from KCDC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2013 | Scholarship from Prof. Ruth Ronen, Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University

2013 | The Portuguese Government’s support for the work Images de Bêtes

2012 | Outstanding Dean’s List (Bachelor’s Degree)

2012 | Step Beyond Travel Support Scholarship

2011-2012 | Ebert Scholarship for integration in non-profit organizations

2011 | Award and Excellence Scholarship from the Tel Aviv University Student Association for social activity

2009 | Small Subsistence Scholarship, CASIP-COJASOR, Paris

2015 | “No / Stop Dance”: Conversation with photographer Gadi Dagon in the magazine “Dance Now” 

2014 | A dancing body offers legitimacy to the state “, TkH (Walking Theory) 21: Social Choreography, pp. 47-52”, in collaboration with Shir Chacham

2013 | “A dancing body offers legitimacy to the state”, text in collaboration with Shir Hacham, part of the exhibition: Danse-Guerre, commissioned by Bojana Cvejić & Ana Vujanović,, musée de la danse, Rennes

2013 | “How do appear Face to Face?”, Appeared in the program of the show SEE HER CHANGE by Yasmeen Godder ‘פְּנֵי-הַפְּנִים’

2012 | “The Glocalism of the Dance in Israel.” Erev Rav, print and online

2012 | “On the absence of signs from the dance empire.” Ma’akaf, part of the issue: Critique of Pure Movement

2018 – Foundation and teaching of a follow-up program for dancers La Collectiz! (In collaboration with Lilach Livne) – a six-month program for professional dancers, 10 students (as part of Tights: Dance and Thought) in collaboration with Lilach Livne, Ariel Cohen, Shira Eviatar and Bosmat Nossan. Activities at the Mandel Cultural Center and at the CCA: Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv

2017-2020 | providing feedback on presentations in the choreography program at the Higher Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem

2019 | Teaching a workshop in the master’s program in art, Bezalel

2018 | “Between the Cracks” project – a collaborative project in the world of dance between Jerusalem and Montreal (together with Elad Schechter, Ruby Edelman and others)

2017-2018 | Undergraduate teaching in the choreography program, Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem

2016-2018 | Teaching theoretical lessons at the Kelim Choreography Center

2015-2017 | The studio center at the Mandel Cultural Center in Jaffa

2012-2015 | Practicing the course “Guided Reading A” in the Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University

2012-2014 | Research Assistant to Prof. Ruth Ronen in the Project on Psychoanalysis, Art and Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University

2013 | Writing texts for choreographer Yasmeen Godder

2012 | Consulting and writing texts for choreographer Itzik Giuli