Yaïr Barelli

Yaïr Barelli was born in Jerusalem in 1981. He currently lives and works in Paris. He graduated from the CDC in Toulouse as well as the Essais program of the CNDC in Angers, under the artistic direction of Emmanuelle Huynh. He has been performing for different choreographers and artists including Emmanuelle Huynh, Marlene Monteiro Freitas, Tino Sehgal, Christian Rizzo and Jérôme Bel. Since 2010, he develops a multidisciplinary choreographic practice that explores the theatre’s materiality. His first solo exhibition, 15 years! It begins, lights are changing, a beautiful music appears, conceived from Sur l’interprétation – titre de l’instant was presented at the Bétonsalon art and research center in Paris from May 2 to July 7, 2018. On 2019, he presents Sur l’interprétation - titre de l’instant for the Nuit Blanche in the garden of the Picasso Museum and conceive a series of solos for the performers of the piece which takes place during the exhibition « Picasso. Tableaux Magiques ». Yaïr Barelli teaches punctually in various institutions, such as the CNDC (Angers), The Place (London), CN D (Pantin), HEAD (Geneva), IFM Institut Français de la Mode (Paris) and the fine-arts schools of Nancy, Clermont-Ferrand, Rennes, Dijon and Lyon. He has a life time collaboration with åbäke / Maki Suzuki since 2012 in the frame Le Magnifique Avventure. In 2025, he becomes an associate artist at CDCN Le Dancing Dijon – Bourgogne – Franche – Comté.