Anastasiia Rodina

Adjudicator

Anastasiia Rodina is a Ukrainian ballet educator and adjudicator based in Los Angeles, California, with an international background as a professional ballet artist. A graduate with honors of the Serge Lifar Kyiv Municipal Academy of Dance, she also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Choreography with a qualification as a Choreography Teacher. From 2013 to 2016, Anastasiia collaborated with Sofit Production in Ukraine, performing in theatrical productions and touring throughout Europe. During this period, she performed in The Great Gatsby, choreographed by Dwight Rhoden in collaboration with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, as well as in Edward Clug’s Radio and Juliet and Stabat Mater. From 2016 to 2018, she worked with the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. From 2019 to 2022, she toured throughout the United States with World Ballet Company while continuing to collaborate with various international touring productions. Since 2022, Anastasiia has been teaching in Los Angeles, specializing in the Vaganova method, repertoire coaching, and performance preparation for dancers and elite rhythmic gymnasts. Through teaching, coaching, and adjudicating, she continues to support and inspire the next generation of artists.

Nadav Gal

Adjudicator

Nadav Gal is based in Los Angeles, working as a Choreographer, Movement Coach, and Rehearsal Director. He develops original choreographic works and structures, using things and reactions that happen at the moment, channeling his knowledge and experience from different sources, collabartions, styles, and movement languages. Additionally he works with various artists to help them cultivate their own personal movement language, and mentoring dancers and students through choreography and creation process. He began his relationship with movement at The Jerusalem Academy High School for Music and Dance, and spent five seasons performing and touring the world with the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC). Additionally, he performed as a dancer with choreographer Eyal Dadon Dance Company for five seasons, and also worked with the company as a show and tour manager. With time, Nadav transitioned into rehearsal direction. He worked closely with choreographer Martin Harriague as a Choreographic Assistant and Rehearsal Director, restaging his works with companies such as Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Leipzig Ballet, and Ballet de l'Opéra du Grand Avignon. He also collaborated as a choreographic assistant, supporting the creation processes of choreographer Léa Bessoudo Greck with the NDM Ballet in the Czech Republic. In 2018, he was appointed as the Professional Director of the KCDC International Dance Journey study abroad program. By 2019, he became the Rehearsal Director and Co-Company Manager of KCDC 2, mentoring dancers just beginning their journeys in a professional company and producing new shows. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he served as the Artistic Director and Executive Producer of "INSIDERS," a digital platform for KCDC dancers to share their art globally. In 2023, he also served as the Executive Producer of the Tel Aviv Dance Festival at the Suzanne Dellal Center. His practice is built on a constant curiosity that extends beyond the stage, integrating his background in 3D animation and digital production to search for new ways of how movement is experienced. Nadav aims to work with what's available now, creating authentic and direct dialogue in the studio, creating an open space where performers can push boundaries and discover new things about themselves.