Hofesh Shechter Company

Founded in 2008, the UK company’s repertoire includes Uprising (2006), In your rooms (2007), The Art of Not Looking Back (2009), Political Mother (2010), Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut (2011), Sun (2013), barbarians (2015), Grand Finale (2017), Double Murder (2021) and Theatre of Dreams (2024), SHOW (2018), POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED (2020), Contemporary Dance 2.0 (2022), From England with Love (2024) performed by Shechter II, its young company. Hofesh Shechter Company has played in cities around the world, including Paris, New York, Melbourne, Tokyo, Berlin, Montreal, Rome, Seoul, Rio de Janeiro and many more.  

The company collaborates on exceptional, world-leading, large-scale stage and film projects including a revival of Hofesh’s production of Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice at La Scala, Milan (2018), co-directed with John Fulljames; East Wall (2018) at Tower of London, in partnership with East London Dance, Historic Royal Palaces and LIFT; LIGHT: Bach dances (2021) winner of the FEDORA – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2020, produced in collaboration with Royal Danish Opera; Oedipus a prodcution with the Old Vic, London; short films - Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns (2018), broadcast on the BBC, POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut (2021) and Return (2023); feature film - En Corps (2022). 

Central to its belief that dance can bring about meaningful change is Shechter Moves, the company’s learning, engagement and development programme. Primarily aimed at young people age 14+, this programme shapes opportunities for everyone to experience the life-enhancing potential of their creativity. Hofesh Shechter Company is Associate Company of the Brighton Dome, is supported with public funding through Arts Council England and benefits from the support of BNP Paribas Foundation for the development of its projects.