Sara Levi-Tanai (; c. 1910 – 3 October 2005) was an Israeli

choreographer Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...

and song writer. She was the founder and artistic director of the Inbal Dance Theater and recipient of the

Israel Prize The Israel Prize (; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History Prior to the Israel Prize, the most significant award in the arts was the Dizengoff Prize and in Israel ...

in dance.

Prizes and awards

* In 1964, Levi-Tanai's ''Book of Ruth'' won an award from the Théâtre des Mondes in Paris. * In 1973, she was awarded the

, in dance, for her contributions in the field of performing arts. * In 1984, she won the Moshe Halevi Theater Prize, awarded by the Tel Aviv Municipality. * In 1986, she was the first recipient of the Israel Labor Federation (

Histadrut Histadrut, fully the New General Workers' Federation () and until 1994 the General Federation of Labour in the Land of Israel (, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center and represents the m ...

) Prize for music and dance. * In 1988, she was made an honored citizen of Tel Aviv.

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Prizes and awards

See also

References