HOFESH SHECHTER Choreography

HOFESH SHECHTER (Original Choreography). Israeli born, UK-based choreographer Hofesh Shechter began his professional dance career with Tel Aviv’s Batsheva Dance Company and made his choreographic debut in the UK in 2003 with Fragments, followed by Cult, Uprising, and In Your Rooms. He is Artistic Director of the UK based Hofesh Shechter Company, formed in 2008 and the company are resident at Brighton Dome. Shechter is an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells and Artist-in-Residence of Gauthier Dance (2021-2023). Hofesh Shechter’s repertoire for the company also includes The Art of Not Looking Back (2009), Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut (2011), Sun (2013), Barbarians (2015), Grand Finale (2017), SHOW (2018), POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED (2020) and Double Murder (2021). He has directed two dance films, Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns and POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut. Shechter has choreographed for leading international dance companies and for the Metropolitan Opera (NY), UK’s Royal Court Theatre, the National Theatre, and for BBC 4’s drama Skins. He has received many prizes, including an Audience Choice Award at the Place Prize 2004 for Cult, the British Theatre Institute’s Award for Excellence in International Dance (2011), a Tony Nomination for his work on Fiddler on the Roof (2016), and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production for Grand Finale (2018). In 2018, he was awarded an honorary OBE for Services to Dance.