Yael Schnell joined the Batsheva Ensemble in 1994 and the Bat-Sheva Dance Company in 1996 where she danced until 2002. She then moved to Berlin and worked as a freelance dancer with Christoph Winkler, Sommer Ulrickson, Jorg Sheibe, and others. During this time she also created her own work such as O’sullivan and Looks like it’s going to be a long day performing in different venues in Berlin.  From 2007-2013 she was a member of the Sasha Waltz & Guests Dance Co., where she continues to work as a freelance dancer until today. Yael has taught dance classes for professionals and students for many years and recently started teaching Gaga.
Yael co-teaches together with Jörg Schiebe the workshop On relationships between performance and training.