Sharon Eyal Delay the sadness

Sharon Eyal

Sharon Eyal, born in Jerusalem, danced with the Batsheva Dance Company between 1990 and 2008 and started choreographing within the framework of the company’s Batsheva Dancers Create project. Eyal served as Associate Artistic Director for Batsheva from 2003–04, and as a House Choreographer for the company from 2005–12.

In 2005, she partnered with Gai Behar (b. 1977, Tel Aviv) – who shaped the Tel Aviv nightlife scene as party producer and curator of multidisciplinary art events from 1999–2005 – and Behar has collaborated on Eyal’s creations ever since. In 2013, Eyal and Behar launched their dance company. Its creations are co produced with some of the leading dance venues around the globe.

Alongside their work with S-E-D, Eyal and Behar create commissioned pieces for external companies, including the Paris Opera, Nederlands Dans Theater, Staatsballett Berlin, the Royal Swedish Ballet and the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani and more. Their creations received several prestigious awards such as the German Theater Prize DER FAUST (2018) and the prestigious FEDORA VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2017.

Since August 2022, S-E-D is a registered non-profit French Association, basing its activity in France. 

Eyal and Behar frequently collaborate with major names outside of the traditional dance world. They worked on various fashion shows with Christian Dior Couture and Maria Grazia Chiuri, developed projects with the music label YOUNG (featuring artists such as Ben UFO and Jamie xx), as well as visual artist Es Devlin, Harley Weir, George Rouy and leading galleries like Hannah Barry and Hauser & Wirth. 

In 2023, Sharon Eyal was nominated as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic. In 2025, Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar were chosen as the first artists-in-residence for Palais de Tokyo’s new program, SYMBIOSIS, a year-long residency.