Ziv Frenkel, born in 1962 in the Kibbutz Beit-Alfa in Israel, is a dancer and choreographer. From 1988 to 1995, he was a permanent member of the Kibbutz Dance Company under the direction of Yehudit Arnon. He then danced at the Bremen Theater from 1995 to 1999 under Susanne Linke. Between 1999 and 2008, he worked in the Choreografisches Theater Johann Kresnik, initially at the Volksbühne Berlin and later at the Theater Bonn. In 1996, he co-founded the steptext dance project in Bremen.

Since 2008, Frenkel has worked as a freelance artist. His artistic work has been particularly shaped by long-term collaborations with artists from various disciplines. His most important collaborators include choreographers Rosamund Gilmore, Valenti Rocamora i Tora, Yoshiko Waki (Bodytalk Münster), Helge Letonja (steptext dance project Bremen), Julia Keren Turbahn, Angie Hiesl + Roland Kaiser as well as dancer Anne Minetti, composer Stepha Schweiger, sound designer Florian Tippe, artist Christoph Dahlhausen and photographers Axel Largo and Pedro Malinowski. In addition to his dance work, Frenkel has also performed in theater and film. Since 2022, he is a member of the Dance On Ensemble.