Dancers
‘You marvel at the sustained pulse of their fierce energy: Shechter dancers seem a breed unlike any other’
The Sunday Times
Tristan Carter
From: Australia
Training: New Zealand School of Dance
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Training: New Zealand School of Dance
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Robinson Cassarino
From: FranceTraining: Studio Harmonic and Ballet Junior de Genève
For Hofesh Shechter Company: SHOW, East Wall, Shechter Underground, Grand Finale, LIGHT: Bach dances, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2018
Chien-Ming Chang, Rehearsal Director for Shechter II
From: TaiwanTraining: Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Uprising, In your rooms, Political Mother, No Face, Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut, Survivor, Sun, barbarians, Orphée et Eurydice (Royal Opera House production), Grand Finale, Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns, LIGHT: Bach dances
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2008
Other work: Cloud Gate 2 in Taiwan and Bern Ballett (Stadttheater Bern) in Switzerland under the direction of Cathy Marston.
Frédéric Despierre, Rehearsal Director
From: FranceTraining: Conservatoire de Paris
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Uprising, In your rooms, Political Mother, Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut, lukewarm and loving it, Sun, barbarians, Orphée et Eurydice (Royal Opera House production), Grand Finale, Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns, Double Murder, LIGHT: Bach dances, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2011
Other work: After three years studying classical ballet Frédéric joined the contemporary section. He was taught by and worked with André Lafonta, Christine Gérard, Yutaka Takei and Cristiana Morganti (Pina Bausch). In 2011 he performed Yuval Pick’s The Him with the Junior Ballet and worked on Angelin Preljocaj’s Noces.
Rachel Fallon
From: USATraining: LINES Ballet Training Program and Manhattan Youth Ballet
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Political Mother, Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut, Orphée et Eurydice (Royal Opera House production), Grand Finale, Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns, LIGHT: Bach dances, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2017
Other work: Tanz Luzerner Theater, Idan Sharabi and Dancers, and Marina Mascarell.
Cristel de Frankrijker
From: The Netherlands
Training: Amsterdam Academy of Theatre & Dance
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Training: Amsterdam Academy of Theatre & Dance
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Mickaël Frappat
From: FranceTraining: Epsedanse Montpellier, under the direction of Anne-Marie Porras
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Political Mother, Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut, Orphée et Eurydice (Royal Opera House production), Grand Finale, Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2017
Other work: Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes, directed by Claude Brumachon, and has been a member of Florence Bernad, Hélène Cathala and Laurence Wagner companies.
Justine Gouache
From: FranceTraining: Artez University of the Arts, the Netherlands
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Oedipus, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2023
Zakarius Harry
From: UK, Jamaica, Israel & St Lucia
Training: London Contemporary Dance School
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Training: London Contemporary Dance School
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Alex Haskins
From: USA
Training: The Juilliard School, New York
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Training: The Juilliard School, New York
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Yeji Kim, Rehearsal Assistant
From: Republic of KoreaTraining: Korea National University of Arts and London Contemporary Dance School
For Hofesh Shechter Company: In your rooms, The Art of Not Looking Back, Political Mother, Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut, Last of His Act (as dancer/choreographer), Sun, barbarians, Orphée et Eurydice (Royal Opera House production), Grand Finale, Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns, Double Murder, LIGHT: Bach dances, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2009
Other work: Yeji performed with K-Arts Dance Company in New York in 2008 and in San Francisco in 2009. She also performed in the Critic’s Choice of Korean Young Artists in 2009 and received the Golden Prize in the 38th Dong-A Dance Competition in Korea.
Keanah Faith Simin
From: The Netherlands
Training: Amsterdam Academy of Theatre & Dance
For Hofesh Shechter Company:Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Training: Amsterdam Academy of Theatre & Dance
For Hofesh Shechter Company:Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Juliette Valerio
From: FranceTraining: Ballet Junior de Genève
For Hofesh Shechter Company: SHOW, East Wall, Shechter Underground, Grand Finale, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2018
Other work: Nightshifter (Temper Theatre), Long Past (Rosalba Torres) and Bodhi project company (2016/2017).
Chanel Vyent
From: The Netherlands
Training: Amsterdam Academy of Theatre & Dance
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Training: Amsterdam Academy of Theatre & Dance
For Hofesh Shechter Company: Contemporary Dance 2.0, Double Murder, Theatre of Dreams
First worked with Hofesh Shechter Company in 2022
Thanks to the many artists and technicians who support our community, workshop, restaging, touring and project delivery.
ArtistsRachelle Anaïs
Yen-Ching Lin
Sam Coren
César Faria Fernandes
Emma Farnell-Watson
James Finnemore
Justine Gouache
Charles Heinrich
Jian Hui Wang
Adam Khazhmuradov
Kim Kohlmann
Oscar Li
Micol Mantini
Attila Ronai
Hannah Shepherd
Niek Wagenaar
Kenny Wing Tao Ho
Zee Zunnur
Technicians
Neal Clark
Michael Cunningham
Sophie Donaldson
Paul Froy
Gareth Green
Andrej Gubanov
Zeynep Kepekli
Alice Lessing
Rebecca Moore
Oran O’Neill
Tom Penny
Amir Sherhan
Leon Smith
Ed Trotter
Alan Valentine