Cosplay in Tel Aviv
A character chosen in advance and prepared properly: costume, makeup, mannerisms. Not improvised and not off the shelf. Suits groups with an inside joke or a themed event.
A cosplay set: what it actually is
Cosplay is the only style we run whose product is the entrance rather than the dancing.
The dancer arrives already in character: full costume, makeup, and a way of speaking that goes with it. She does not change in the next room and she does not explain who she is. She simply walks in and behaves as though it were obvious, and the room gets thirty seconds in which nobody is sure what is happening. Those thirty seconds are what people book.
After that it opens into an ordinary set, and from there the style can go anywhere: burlesque, rhythmic or quiet. The difference from burlesque is that there the character is a tool inside the act, while in cosplay the character is why the act exists.
What we do not wear
Better to say this early, because the first two on the list come up in almost every conversation.
IDF uniform: no. Nor a "similar" version. Wearing military uniform and presenting as a soldier is an offence in Israel, and it is not something we weigh up per event.
Police uniform: no, for exactly the same reason.
Recognisable characters from films and series: no. Those characters have owners, and it is a pointless legal risk for everyone involved.
And any character that suggests youth: no, in any wording. There is no schoolgirl, no school uniform and no "looks young". It is not a request we adapt or soften; it simply does not exist here.
What we do, and how the character gets chosen
What is left is archetypes, and there are more of them than people expect: a flight attendant, a nurse, a cocktail waitress, a boss in a suit, a gothic dancer, a witch, a noblewoman in period dress, an unnamed extra from a science-fiction world.
The choice is made around the group rather than from a catalogue. The characters that work best connect to an inside joke: if the guest of honour flies constantly for work, a flight attendant will land harder than anything else. If they have a group that games together, an unnamed figure from that world does the job.
So we ask for three to four days' notice. Not every costume is held by every dancer, and some characters need a wig or makeup that takes real time.
The logistics of a surprise
This is the part most evenings go wrong on, and it has nothing to do with dancing.
A dancer arriving in character cannot wait in a lobby and cannot cross a full living room in order to "get ready". She needs to come in once, at the right moment, without the guest of honour seeing her first.
What to arrange: one person in the group as the contact, and that is the only person we message. He is the one who comes down to meet her, opens the door and knows where the guest of honour is sitting. If parking is far away, keep a space near the entrance, because two hundred metres along a street in full costume is a problem in itself.
In a building with a shared lobby, arrange entry through the car park. In a hotel it is usually simple: she goes straight up to the room without passing reception in character.
When it will not work
If the guest of honour already knows, half the style disappears. It is still a good show, but you have paid for an effect that did not happen.
A group that has been drinking for two hours also misses the entrance: the reaction scatters and nobody works out what is going on until she is already dancing. The best slot for cosplay is early in the evening, before the food or straight after it.
And if what you want is a dominant character in latex with no story, that is fetish glam, not cosplay. If you want a costume and a slow build with an ending, that is burlesque.
Where it works best
A birthday is the natural format, because there is one guest of honour and a reason for a surprise. After that, an early bachelor party, and a themed evening in a flat or a loft.
For a company event we recommend it carefully: a strong character in front of a team that was not told in advance can land awkwardly, and fashion is the safer choice there.
Who dances it with us
Alina Sokolova and Noa Finkelstein, both with wardrobes of their own rather than off-the-shelf costumes. The rest of the dancers can be filtered by style in the catalogue.
The price is the standard one, with no surcharge for the costume. Most bookings come from central Tel Aviv, Florentin and Ramat Gan.
What a show costs Cosplay
Pick the costume in advance
You pick the costume in the message and she brings it, at no extra charge. Want something not on the list? Ask, we can usually arrange it.
- Nurse
- Police
- Waitress
- Teacher
- Flight attendant
- Secretary
- Maid
- Catwoman
A dancer for any occasion
What people ask Cosplay
The entrance. The dancer arrives already in character, without explaining and without changing on site, and the room gets thirty seconds where nobody is sure what is happening. That is the product; the dancing follows.
No. Wearing military or police uniform and presenting as a soldier or an officer is an offence in Israel, and it is not weighed up per event. Recognisable characters from films and series are also out, for rights reasons.
Three to four days. Not every costume is held by every dancer, and some characters need a wig or makeup that takes real time.
You need one contact in the group, and that is the only person we message. He comes down to meet her, opens the door and knows where the guest of honour is sitting. Close parking helps, since a walk along the street in full costume is a problem in itself.
Then half the style disappears. It is still a good show, but you have paid for an effect that will not happen. In that situation another style is the better choice.
Early, before the food or straight after it. A group that has been drinking for two hours misses the entrance, because the reaction scatters.
By format, with no surcharge for the costume: 800 ILS solo, 1,400 duo, 2,200 VIP, travel and music included. Cash at the end.
We cover the whole metro
What else they do
A built performance with an entrance, a peak and an ending. The reveal is the punchline rather than the content.
High energy with tempo and a crowd. It suits big groups who want something to happen rather than to watch quietly.
Belly dance and eastern movement. It plays well to a mixed room and to events with character.
A clean line, movement close to dance, nothing crude. The one style you can put in front of a mixed group.
Leather, latex and a harness. An aesthetic rather than a session: a character, a costume and an atmosphere.
Continuous dancing with no single dramatic peak. You can step in and out of watching it.
The most intimate format. The dancer works centimetres away, with no stage and no distance.
Salsa and bachata at high energy. Plenty of interaction with the room, not only the guest of honour.
A slow set from an experienced dancer. Less acrobatics, more control of the room and the tempo.
A fifties aesthetic: retro, playful and never crude. It suits events that want light rather than heavy.
Pole work: strength, long lines and slow descents. It needs a pole or a high ceiling.
An outdoor set on a deck or beside a pool. Movement adapted to a surface that moves, daylight instead of dark.
Want a Cosplay?
Tell us the style and the time and we will say who is available.