About
Asher Lev was born in Canada in 1981, and grew up in Israel. He is a performance maker whose works have toured festivals in Europe, Israel, Canada and the U.S. As a dancer he worked for Yasmeen Godder (ISR), Örjan Andersson (SE), Edhem Jesenkovic (DK), Ina Christel Johannessen (NO), Ohad Naharin and Batsheva Dance Company (ISR), Carte Blanche (NO) among many others. Lev has a BA in Sociology/Anthropology and Islam/Middle Eastern Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MA in Choreography from the Amsterdam University of the Arts. He is interested in experimental somatic practices, radical physiologies, process and experiential philosophies. Together with his life partner, Irina Lavrinovic, they are researching and creating work at the intersection of art, community and altered states of consciousness. Lev is a spiritual and psychedelic practitioner entering other forms of togetherness, communities and the public sphere. He is a reactive artist who likes to face the powers at be. A body that transforms between solids, liquids and gas, raises hell and disappears into the ground.
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EDUCATION
2014- 2016 Amsterdam University of the Arts (The Netherlands) Masters of Choreography
2009 – 2012 Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) Bachelor of Middle Eastern Studies and Anthropology
1997 – 1999 The Ga’aton School for Dance of the Kibbutz Dance Company (Israel) high school graduate
1995 – 1997 Mizra Conservatory for Music and Dance (Israel)
PERFORMANCES
2018 "Tube to Daughter Sea", premiered at Kelim Center for Choreography (Bat-Yam, Israel)
2016 “OutOf aiR”, premiered at Dansmakers, (Amsterdam, Holland) in co-creation with Irina Lavrinovic
2015 “Performing Art Through Ecstatic Pathways”, Arts Stations Foundation (Poznan, Poland)
2015 “Hunger Strike”, Rabin Square, (Tel – Aviv, Israel)
2013 “Ruth The Spy”, Tmuna Theater (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
2013 “Vomit 4 Civil Rights”, in front of Nazareth Illit city hall, (Israel)
2012 “Avi Menaser”, The Store Gallery (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
2011 "Trying To Be Fruity”, Gerard Behar Center (Jerusalem, Israel)
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2012 "Happy Accident Over My Dead Body", Musrara Mix Arts Festival (Jerusalem, Israel)
2012 "21 Questions", Gerard Behar Center (Jerusalem, Israel)
2009 "Missing", Tmuna Theater (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
2007 "Juices", Tmuna Theater (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
2006 "Avi Cohen”, Tmuna Theater (Tel-Aviv. Israel)
2002 "The Kettle", Tmuna Theater (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
DANCED FOR
2016 – 2017 Carte Blanche (Norway), directed by Hooman Sharifi
2015 Tina Tarpgaard (DK): “Tumult”.
2014 Edhem Jesenkovic (DK): "M.E.N."
2014 Yaniv Cohen (NO): “How Hard Can It Be?”
2013 Maya Levi and Anando Mars (IL): “Renaissance”
2013 Lior Lev (IL): “Jerusalem Syndrome”
2013 Elad Shechter (IL): “Nenya”.
2012 Örjan Andersson (SE): ”Name of the Next Song”.
2011 Edhem Jesenkovic (DK): "4 Times Hundred".
2010 Örjan Andersson (SE): "Solo For Asher Lev".
2009 Örjan Andersson (SE): "Pile It On". (Andersson Dance).
2008 Ina Christel Johannessen (NO): "It Was November".
2007 Örjan Andersson (SE): "Triptyck”
2007 Ingrid Olterman (SE): "Allt Nu".
2006 Örjan Andersson (SE): "Ready To Explode".
2006 Ohad Naharin & Tabaimo (SE): “Furo”
2005 Nicolas Musin (CH): "Sensual playground".
2005 Christina Gering(CH): "Sie Sind Da Draussen".
2004 – 2005 Yasmeen Godder (IL):”Hall” and "Strawberry cream and gunpowder".
2003 Ronit ziv (IL): "Steam", "Mud".
2002 Mami Shimazaki (IL): “Blue Wound”.
1999 – 2002 Bat-Sheva Ensemble (Israel), directed by Ohad Naharin