Rina Nikova (1898-1972) is the artistic pseudonym of Roza Rubinovich, a world-renowned Israeli artist, prima ballerina and precursor of biblical ballet, a style in which the biblical themes / motifs were interpreted through dance. Her name is permanently recorded in the history of global and Jewish ballet.

Roza was born and grew up in Białystok, in the family of Lejb and Ester Rubinovich. This is where she spent the first ten years of her life, until the outbreak of the World War I. The years, that certainly did have an impact on her further life and the choice of artistic path. The knowledge of Rina Nikova’s relationship with Białystok has been blurred during the turbulent history of this part of Europe in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition about the life and work of this outstanding artist restores the memory of her Białystok beginnings and also presents her further fate and international career. The exhibition premiered in Jerusalem in 2018 at the “Rina Nikova’s Biblical Ballet House” – the place where the artist continued her educational activity.