Michal Amdursky (; born in 1975) is an Israeli dancer and singer.
Biography
Michal Amdursky was married to
Assaf Amdursky
Assaf Amdursky (; born January 30, 1971) is an Israeli singer, songwriter and music producer.
Biography
Assaf Amdursky was born in Tel Aviv. He is the son of folksinger Benny Amdursky. Amdursky was married for 12 years to singer-songwriter Mich ...
, with whom she has two children. She is one of the pioneers of the Israeli
Dance Music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance musi ...
genre. Amdurski began dancing at the age of 6 at the
Bat-Dor Dance Company Bat-Dor was an Israeli dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, co-founded by Baroness Bethsabée de Rothschild (Batsheva) and dancer Jeannette Ordman.
Company
Bat Dor made its debut in 1968 with Ordman as its leading dancer.
The company had a l ...
studio. At age 15, she moved to
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
, where she studied
Classical Dance at the
Hungarian State Opera House
The Hungarian State Opera House ( ) is a historic opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy avenue. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian archite ...
. Later, she returned to Israel to study at the
Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio
Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio () is an acting school, and a theater located in Hatikva Quarter, a neighbourhood of Tel Aviv in Israel. The vocational school was founded in 1988.
History
Prior to the establishment of the school in 1988, ...
.
In 1999 Amdursky took part as a supporting actress in the TV drama
"Deadly Fortune" (Kesef Katlani). The series was produced by Danny Kfir, publicized by
Estee Shiraz, directed by Eran Riklis and was broadcast on prime time in Channels 2 and 3.
In 2000, Amdursky sang ''Luna'' in the pre-
Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an origina ...
song contest and came in third place. She was a judge on the Israeli TV reality show "Nolad Lirkod" (Born to Dance) for several years.
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The songs on her first album ''Notzetzim'' were written by Assaf Amdursky. Her second album "Let Her Sweat" combines dance and pop music.
Albums
* 1998 Sparklers
* 2000 Let Her Sweat
* 2004 Michal Amdursky EP
* 2009 Ishto Shel
References
External links
Official website
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1975 births
Living people
21st-century Israeli women singers
Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio alumni
Israeli pop singers
Israeli female dancers
Israeli dancers
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent