Israel Aloni
Israel Aloni is the Artistic Director & Co-Founder of ilDance (Sweden) and architect of the International Contemporary Dance Collective (iCoDaCo).
Israel Aloni is an independent choreographer, pedagog, performer, writer and culture entrepreneur.
Aloni has been developing their movement research practice - The I.Aloni Experience, which also forms the foundation of their teaching practice. There are two continuous engines in this practice: the immensely charged field between the performer and the witness-spectator; and the agency of the dance-performer in the process of making-performing.
Aloni resonates with the account of Gilles Deleuze which suggests that an idea informs the medium. When an idea appears, it already informs in what medium it wants to be explored and expressed. Therefore, Aloni continues to experiment with different formats and contexts for both making and presenting their work, this includes: Boys Just Want To Have Fun is a durational piece (6-8 hours in gallery/museum spaces); Within the European Cooperation project Dancing History(y)ies Aloni developed site specific works for archeological and heritage sites across Europe; In 2025 Aloni is making PASSING (commissioned by Toplocentrala in Sofia, Bulgaria) which is a black box performance where the witnesses-spectators are sat in the round.
Photo by AdeY