Adva Zakai was born in Israel and currently lives in Europe. In the past 10 years she has been operating within the performance field, both as a choreographer and a performer. She followed dance education in Israel and studied at the mime school Amsterdam. Her recent performance works focused on juxtaposition of text with movement, playing around with manners in which physical presence (mis)leads to a specific understanding of language. During 2010 she obtained an artistic research in the framework of post master program a.pass in Antwerp where she researched the influence of curatorial approach on the development of performance practices.. Along this year she conducted the curatorial project d o m i n o k i n g d o m (in collaboration with architect Miriam Rohde) in Brussels (www.dominokingdom.be) and initiated the creation of several performance environments aiming to bring about a mode of being which is not depended on the market or institutional criteria and therefore generate potential for new formats to emerge. She has been leading workshops and attending studio visits in art schools and dance academies in several countries.