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Hadar Finkelstein was born in Jerusalem in 2000. She graduated with honors from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance High School (2012-2018).

In parallel with her high school studies, she danced at the “Jerusalem Ballet” under the artistic direction of Nadia Imofeeva. She graduated from the Maslool – Professional Dance Program Tel Aviv – Jaffa, under the artistic direction of Naomi Perlov and Ofir Dagan (2018-2020). She served in the DF as an outstanding dancer from 2018-2020.

Hadar won first place in the Israeli Ministry of Education competition for outstanding dancers in contemporary dance in 2018. She also won the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (ACIF) scholarship in the years 2018-2021.

She danced in Fresco Dance Company under the artistic direction of Yoram Karmi during the 2020-2021 season.

Hadar joined KCDC 2 as an apprentice in 2021 and joined KCDC in 2022.