Ravid Abarbanel is an Israeli/Portuguese dancer, choreographer, and teacher based in Barcelona. She graduated from The Maslool Professional Dance Program, Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam, and holds a B-Dance degree from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Among her works are Underneath, ALIZA, WildHome, HomeLima, Home NC, UPROOTED, Thoughts about leaving, and Freeze IT. Currently, she is working on a new creation called: The art of a structure.
As a teacher, Ravid has developed a class methodology based on her ongoing research about HOME. Meet the Floor is dynamic Floorwork technique and Happy Body is an improvisational-based class which she teaches worldwide.
As an Artist and Choreographer, Ravid reworded the Best Performer Award at the Masdanza Dance Festival 2022, the Best Performer Award at the 15M Festival 2023, and received a full scholarship to DanceWEB and American Dance Festival (ICR). She also received the 3rd Choreography Award at the International Dance Competition in Stuttgart, and the best performer award at the Barnes Crossing SoloDuo, Cologne, Germany. Over the past decade, Ravid has been exploring through her creations the subject of home and its ability to change over the years. She is fascinated by the endless research of different perspectives on the body, architecture, and the delicate relationship between House and Home.