Sharon Tourel works at the meeting point between east and west. Researcher, educator, dancer and choreographer.

PhD. from the Hebrew University, Musicology Department.

M. Mus from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Dance Department.

M.A. from the Hebrew University, Conflict Resolution Department.

B.A. from the Hebrew University, Political Science and Supplementary Studies Departments.

Her dissertation focused on the Historical Perspectives and Aesthetical Principles of Egyptian Dance in Cairo in the 1940s.

Tourel publishes and performs her theoretical and performative works in various journals and on diverse stages.

Member of the Dance Department in The Ministry of Culture (2017-2023) and member of the Interdisciplinary Department in The Ministry of Culture nowadays.