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Baruch Agadati was a Russian Empire-born Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, and film producer and director.

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Moshe Efrati was an Israeli choreographer and the founder and artistic director of the Kol Demama Dance Company, based in Tel Aviv. His works have been performed in venues around the world.

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Gavri Levy, also known as Gavri Levi was an Israeli dancer, choreographer who also served as a chairman of the Israel Football Association from 1996 to 2003. His son Guy Levy is a former professional footballer. On 16 August 2018, he died at the age of 80.

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Yaron Margolin is an Israeli dancer and choreographer.

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Samy Molcho is an Israeli mime and an expert in body language communication. He was professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts and at Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, Austria until 2004.

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Ohad Naharin is an Israeli contemporary dancer and choreographer. He served as artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company from 1990; he stepped down in 2018.

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Abi Ofarim, born Avraham Reichstadt was an Israeli musician and dancer. He is better known for his work in the 1960s as half of the duo Esther & Abi Ofarim with his then-wife Esther Ofarim.

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Yair Vardi is an Israeli dancer and choreographer, a member of the second generation of the Batsheva Dance Company, he is the Director of the Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theatre. He was born in May 1948, in Kibbutz Kfar Blum in the upper Galilee. In 1977 he was awarded the Kinor David Prize. He danced with Ballet Rambert in London and later started his own company, English Dance Theatre, as well as a center for dance called Dancity in Newcastle, England. After 12 years away from Israel, he returned to become the Director of the Suzanne Dellal Centre upon its founding. Yair has been awarded numerous distinctions, among them: The Tel Aviv Municipality Honor and Achievement in The Arts (2002), Shield of Honor for exceptional contribution to the exporting of Israeli Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2009), Chevallier de Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, by the French Government (2009), EMET Prize for Science, Art and Culture, sponsored by the Prime Minister of Israel (2010).