Artist
Lilach Orenstein
Lilach Orenstein is a Choreographer, Performer and Producer. She is an Israeli immigrant with Yemeni-Polish-Romanian roots based in New York City. Lilach earned her B.Dance from The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, majoring in choreography, in 2017 and her M.F.A in Dance from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, in 2019. Among her awards are The Presidential Scholarship (U.S.), Outstanding Dancer from the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Excellence Award by The Jerusalem Foundation.
She is professionally trained from Aharon Katzir, Kolben dance, Matte Asher, Vertigo, and Batsheva's programs for outstanding students and interned at the Kamea dance company. She was recently invited to residencies in L1dancefest2019 - Budapest, EMERGENYC 2020, The Center at West Park – NYC, IMPULSTANZ’s ATLAS program – Vienna, Derida Dance Center – Sofia and Machol Shalem Dance House (MASH) – Jerusalem.
Lilach was MASH production manager during 2015-2018 and produced more than 100 productions in 6 countries including The Jerusalem International Dance Week, NanoArt and MASH Dance Berlin among others, while working as a stage and rehearsal manager for the Jerusalem Theatre, JAMD, and independent entities. Recently, she was leading the In/Between online and in-person exhibition to support immigrant artists as part of her work as an intern in the programming department of NY Live Arts and produced Shamel Pitts’ 2019 benefit event. Currently, Lilach is the producer of zoe | juniper company’s new project.
