Inbal Pinto

Inbal Pinto is an Israeli dancer, choreographer and set and costume designer who founded her own dance company in 1992.

born 1969Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance CompanyThe dance work "Wrapped"Directing opera and musical theater

Born: 27 June 1969, Nahariya
Occupation: choreographer
Founded: Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company (1992)

Inbal Pinto was born in 1969 in Nahariya

Inbal Pinto was born in 1969 in Nahariya. She studied graphic design at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.

She danced in the young company of the Batsheva Dance Company and later in its main company. She took part in the ICCP program at the American Dance Festival in 1997 and 1998.

Pinto founded her dance company in 1992. Her works include "Wrapped," which won a Bessie Award in 2000, and "Oyster," created in 1999 for the Haifa Municipal Theatre. From 2002 she worked with Avshalom Pollak, and the company took both their names.

Together they also staged operas, such as "Armide" and "The Cunning Little Vixen," and a musical in Tokyo in 2013. She also won Ministry of Culture awards in 2007 and 2011.

Since mid-2018 she has worked as an independent artist. She directed a musical play based on Haruki Murakami's novel in Tokyo in 2019 and the opera "Pagliacci" at the Israeli Opera, which opened in 2022.