Galit Liss is an independent choreographer and teacher, and the founder and artistic director of Gila School of Movement and Stage Art for Mature Women.

Galit Liss creates with mature women of ages ranging from 60 to 88 who are non-dancers, and her works have been presented in festivals in Israel and abroad. She is the founder and artistic director of the Gila School of Movement and Stage Art for Mature Women, within which she has been developing for the past 15 years the Gila practice – a unique methodology for working with the elderly body through an exploration of its unique physiological aesthetics. 

As part of her artistic and social agenda, Liss aspires to push the boundaries of theatrical dance beyond the acceptable perceptions and stereotypes in society and rethink the relevance of any – and every – body. She works to create an artistic space for ageing women, and promote the idea of life in a society that enables self-realization and development in the elderly body.   

Galit Liss is the recipient of the prestigious Rosenblum Prize for the Performing Arts by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality in the category of Artists with Promising Achievements for 2022 and was chosen as one of the 'Heroes of the Year' for 2022 by Keshet (Israeli Chanel 12) and Mifal HaPais (The Israeli Lottery). She is a member of the Independent Choreographer's Association, a graduate of the 'Artists for Social Change' program 2008 from Musrara School of Photography, Media and New Music, and holds a M.Mus from the Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem.

Alongside her artistic work, Liss lectures at professional conferences and events dedicated to challenging stereotypes, particularly around ageing, while exploring creative processes and the connection between art and society. Amongst them are: Harvard University (US); Oxford University (UK); Haifa University (Israel); Hebrew University (Israel); The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (Israel); Moving Borders Program (Munich Germany); Dance Vision Organization, (Czech Republic); Creative Think Tank-Tanz Bremen Festival (Germany) and more