Embodied attention
Movement is approached through physical awareness, observation and the body understood as a field of memory, sensation and research.
EDUCATION · MENTORSHIP · PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Teaching
A pedagogical practice linking embodied research, artistic development and the formation of independent performers and creators.
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PEDAGOGICAL POSITION
Teaching as a continuation of artistic practice.
The verified professional record presents teaching as an integral strand of Merav Cohen’s work rather than a separate activity. Her experience as performer, choreographer and artistic director informs a pedagogical approach concerned with embodied attention, independent artistic voice and the relationship between training and creation.
The current source set documents programme direction, creator mentorship, professional dancer training and a formal teaching qualification whose exact date still requires confirmation. It does not yet support a complete list of classes, institutions, workshop titles or participant groups.
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FIELDS OF PRACTICE
Four connected dimensions of learning.
These fields are derived from the documented artistic and pedagogical record.
Improvisational practice
Improvisation supports presence, responsiveness and the development of personal movement material.
Independent creation
Mentorship accompanies performers and emerging creators as they move from exploration toward an authored artistic proposition.
Professional formation
Training connects physical practice, creative responsibility and the demands of sustained professional work.
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VERIFIED RECORD
Programmes, direction and mentorship.
Only activities supported by the current profile and CV records are included.
Creator development
Portrait of the Artist
Founder and director of an annual learning path for artists approaching their first creation at the Akko Theatre Center.
Professional dancer training
Professional training programme in Haifa
Directed the dancers’ training workshop founded by the Association for the Promotion of Dance in Haifa.
Institution building
SHINUA Dance Center
Founded in Hof HaCarmel as a dedicated environment connecting dance education, professional development, choreographic creation and embodied research.
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PEDAGOGICAL SOURCES
A practice shaped by long-term movement research.
Cohen’s documented movement language draws on improvisational practice, Butoh, body–mind work inspired by Jerzy Grotowski, live performance and Shadow Yoga. Within the teaching record, these sources establish the wider context from which her pedagogical work develops.
The current archive does not yet verify a formal branded teaching method, fixed syllabus or standard workshop sequence. No such claims are made here.
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EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Training that supports the pedagogical practice.
Qualification dates and institutional wording remain subject to source verification where indicated.
B.Ed. in Dance and Teaching Certificate
Kibbutzim College of Education.
Date to verifyProfessional Workshop for Dancers
Haifa Association for Dance · 2002–2004.
VerifiedShadow Yoga
Training with Dudi Malka · 2008–2010; later certified as an instructor.
VerifiedButoh studies
Studies with Maya Dunsky · 2006–2009.
Verified
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CONNECTED ARCHIVE
Teaching within the wider practice.
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DOCUMENTATION STATUS
The teaching archive is ready for evidence expansion.
The present workspace establishes a verified institutional foundation while keeping incomplete areas explicit.
- Confirm exact dates of the B.Ed. and teaching certificate.
- Add a complete chronology of teaching positions, residencies and guest workshops.
- Document programme names, institutions, participant groups and teaching languages.
- Add syllabi, photographs, testimonials, programme brochures and official credits.