Aviva Sheb'a - innovative writer, teacher, choreographer, actor, singer, dancer.

Fresh out of dance school in 1968, Aviva was resident Flamenco dancer in Rafael's Spanish Restaurant, Melbourne, until her tour of Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore in 1970, launching an International career at age 17.

       Aviva in 1970  >

• Landing Zones in the thick of the Vietnam War,
  
• in the desert in Israel and the snow of Holland
  
• Chorus Captain with the Italian Operetta Company
  
• Avant Garde Performance Artist in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Tel Aviv
  
• Lead role, Solange, in The Maids, by Jean Genet with the In-Players, Amsterdam, 1978
• (Received special award from City of Amsterdam, Best Portrayal of the Season)
  
• Was chosen to lead an international collaborative performance for the
  re-opening of The Old Church (Oude Kerk) in Amsterdam
  
• acted and danced in film, on television, and in radio
• taught dance in many countries using nine different languages
  
• developed, performed and taught her own form of dance and voice, Vocal Dance which she uses in a wide variety of settings
  and much more.
  

  

Aviva has presented three One-Woman Shows "Energy Exchange", Amsterdam 1978 "Viva Aviva", Dunolly, 1991 "This is a War Zone, Baby - Improvise!", Adelaide, 2000   Read the Reviews Currently...		Aviva Sheb'a 2000
Audio recordings of own compositions "There's No Such Thing as a Whole Hole" Many Happy Returns", "Eternal Nomad" Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1990; "Humanosaurus", 1990 - all of which have been broadcast on ABC-FM. Publications Articles, poems and stories published in journals and collections, Australia, Holland, Brazil.

            The beginning!... ballet lessons, 1961   >

Public Speaking
A dynamic presenter, Aviva's papers and workshops are received with tremendous enthusiasm, in Australia and overseas.

Professional Affiliations

• Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance
• (Joint membership Australian Journalists' Association and Equity)
  
• Australian Dance Council (Ausdance)
  
• South Australian Writers' Centre
  
• South Australian Writers' Theatre
  
• Romance Writers of America, Australian Chapter
  
• Nexus Multicultural Arts Organisation
  
• Community Arts Network
• Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia, SA Branch Inc.
• Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia
• The Grunt Club Incorporated               
  
  
  
  
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  For info or comments please contact Aviva
  
  

Performing in Adelaide with Michiel Dhont, straight from Amsterdam  >

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