Born in Jerusalem, Hofesh Shechter is an Israeli dancer and choreographer. Trained in folk dancing, then at the Rubin Academy of Music & Dance in Jerusalem, he began his career as a dancer with the Batsheva Dance Company, before working with choreographers Wim Vandekeybus, Paul Selwyn-Norton, Tero Saarinen et Inbal Pinto. He moved to London in 2002, where he directed his first play, Fragments (2003). Named resident-artist in 2004 at The Place Centre, in London, he created Cult (2004, in partnership with the Sadler’s Wells Theatre; Audience Choice Awards), Uprising (2006; inspired by the uprisings in the French suburbs), In Your Rooms (2007; Critic Dance Award). In 2008, he founded the Hofesh Shechter Company, based at the Brighton Dome. He was himself appointed associate artist at the Sadler’s Wells in London, as well as guest director at the Brighton Festival (2014 edition). Since then, Hofesh Shechter has continued to enrich his company’s repertoire with new creations, which he presents on international tours: The Choreographer’s Cut (2009, Sadler’s Wells), The Art of Not Looking Back (2009, Brighton Festival), Political Mother (2010), Survivor (2012, Barbican Centre; in collaboration with Anthony Gormley), Sun (2013), Barbarians (2015, Berliner Festspiele), Orphée and Eurydice by C.W. Gluck (2015, festival #HOFEST, Royal Opera House) and, more recently, Grand Finale (2017, La Villette, in parternship with the Théâtre de la Ville ; Olivier Award).