About  Aviva Sheb'a  
BIOGRAPHY

Aviva Sheb'a - innovative writer, teacher,
choreographer, actor, singer, dancer.




Fresh out of dance school in 1968, Aviva was resident Flamenco dancer in Rafael's Spanish Restaurant, Melbourne, until her tour of Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore in 1970, launching an International career at age 17.

        Aviva in 1970  >


Aviva has worked in settings as diverse as:
  • Landing Zones in the thick of the Vietnam War,
  • in the desert in Israel and the snow of Holland
  • Chorus Captain with the Italian Operetta Company
  • Avant Garde Performance Artist in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Tel Aviv
  • Lead role, Solange, in The Maids, by Jean Genet with the In-Players, Amsterdam, 1978
  • (Received special award from City of Amsterdam, Best Portrayal of the Season)
  • Was chosen to lead an international collaborative performance for the
    re-opening of The Old Church (Oude Kerk) in Amsterdam
  • acted and danced in film, on television, and in radio
  • taught dance in many countries using nine different languages
  • developed, performed and taught her own form of dance and voice, Vocal Dance which she uses in a wide variety of settings
    and much more.

Aviva has written and presented four shows

  • "Shebada", Kiama, 2008
  • "This is a War Zone, Baby - Improvise!", Adelaide, 2000   Read the Reviews
  • "Viva Aviva", Dunolly, 1991
  • "Energy Exchange", Amsterdam 1978

  
 
Aviva Sheb'a 2000

Audio recordings of own compositions

  • "There's No Such Thing as a Whole Hole"
  • Many Happy Returns", "Eternal Nomad" Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1990;
  • "Humanosaurus", 1990 - all of which have been broadcast on ABC-FM.

Publications

  • Articles, poems and stories published in journals and collections, Australia, Holland, Brazil.
   

            The beginning!... ballet lessons, 1961   >

Public Speaking
A dynamic presenter, Aviva's papers and workshops are received with tremendous enthusiasm, in Australia and overseas.

Professional Affiliations
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

  • (Joint membership Australian Journalists' Association and Equity)
  • Australian Dance Council (Ausdance)
  • World Dance Alliance
  Also a member of
  • The Grunt Club Incorporated   
  • Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL)
  • Kibbutz Ex-Volunteers Australia, Illawarra         





Like to know more?
For info or comments please contact Aviva

 

 

 

Performing in Adelaide with Michiel Dhont, straight from Amsterdam  >

 

 

 

 

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Studying ballet as a therapy for asthma instilled in Aviva compassion and empathy. She was one of the first dance therapists in Australia. As a student teacher in 1966, her first ballet student was a young girl with a disability. From the early seventies, Aviva taught at schools in Melbourne for children with hearing- and vision-impairment, children and adults with asthma, autism, speech impediments, trauma.
Her dance and voice work for people with disabilities was well-received in Holland, Germany and in particular, in Israel.
Aviva was on the inaugural board of the Dance Therapy Association of Australia, 1994-95. Since then, she has taught workshops and seminars for practitioners and individuals who have a disability, or who work with people with disability, in South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and New South Wales, as well as in America. Aviva is committed to continue this work life-long.

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