ABOUT

 
 
 

 

 

Rotem Weissman is a choreographer and dancer based in Berlin. 
Her choreographic language is characterized by precise coordination, joint isolation, and a dynamic balance between tension and release. She approaches the body as an instrument that can extend beyond its physical limits and open new possibilities for expression. Her work often focuses on transmitting an experience rather than presenting a fixed narrative. Through this approach, she explores states of non-performance, deconstructs theatrical structures, and responds to the atmosphere and architecture of the performance space. Rather than presenting bodies that perform, her work reveals bodies in the process of being and doing –  physically and mentally.

Rotem graduated from the Dance Department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (2015) and the Maslool Professional Dance Program (2017). She holds a postgraduate diploma in choreography from the International Choreographic Exchange at SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (2018), where she was also invited to continue as an Artist-in-Residence (2019).  

She has participated in several artist residencies, including at Schloss Bröllin (DE), Cie La Baraka (FR), AltoFest Dance Festival (IT), Tanz Station Barmer Bahnhof (DE), Studio Bank (IL), Sadnaot Habama (IL), and Studio Alta (CZ).

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Her choreographic research Alpha & Omega was supported by NEUSTART KULTUR #TakeHeart (Fonds Darstellende Künste) and the flausen+ bundesnetzwerk residency at Schloss Bröllin.

Her works include:
BAUHAUS (2018), awarded at the Machol Shalem Dance House – Jerusalem International Choreography Competition (2019, IL), and later presented at PerformanceTag Festival (2019, AU) and Stoff Fringe Festival (2021, SE).
Yellow Poetry (2019), presented at Jerusalem International Dance Week (2019, IL), Studio Bank (2020, IL), and AltoFest (2021, IT).
AGADA (2022), presented at Acker Stadt Palast (DE), Dock 11 (DE), and Habait Theatre (IL).
PRISMA (2023), a work for young audiences produced by Explore Dance, premiered in Munich and has toured internationally, including to K3 Hamburg, Fabrik Potsdam, Explore Dance Festival (Potsdam), Think Big Festival (Munich), Purple Festival (Berlin), Krokusfestival (BE), Young Dance Festival (CH), Mousonturm Frankfurt, and Festspielhaus St. Pölten (AT). It is part of the Playground Tour, produced by The Place (London),  with the support of the Goethe-Institut London. Performances are scheduled for June–July 2026.
 

Her current project, "PRESERVE – Call for Attention", is created in collaboration with movement artist Susanna Ylikoski, composer Roi Becker, and dramaturge Maya Weinberg. The project is supported by the Residency Grant 2025 of Fonds Darstellende Künste, in cooperation with flausen+ and Schloss Bröllin, as well as by Bezirksamt Pankow von Berlin – Amt für Weiterbildung und Kultur, Fachbereich Kunst und Kultur.

It will premiere in September 2026 at DOCK 11, Berlin.