Léa Bessoudo

Choreography & Ballet

Born in France in 1994.  Studied from 2007 to 2013 at the Princess Grace Academy of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in Monaco from where she graduated in 2013.

Upon moving to Israel, collaborated with Nadine Bommer’s Animato Dance Theater and participated in Batsheva Dance Company’s excellent dancers’ project.

Joined the Dance Workshop Ga’aton in Kibbutz Ga’aton in 2015. Performed with Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company’s second company (KCDC 2) and joined the KCDC’s main company as an apprentice in August 2016.  Joined the main company as a dancer in September 2017.

In 2021, Lea was the INSIDERS Concept Creator.

In 2022, she choreographed for KCDC 2 a full-length work named « אני Me » (Who Am I); as well as created original works for KCDC’s International Dance Journey Study Abroad Program in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

In 2021 and 2022, she collaborated with the visual artist Roee Derstin and created an Art Installation « OXYGEN » that has been invited to Hanita’s ‘Gvul Gallery’ and Tel Aviv’s ‘Alfred Institute’.

Lea also teaches ballet to Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company’s main and second companies and to its International Dance Journey Study Abroad Program.