Ephrat Asherie

Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, a 2016 Bessie Award winner for Innovative Achievement in Dance, creates work for the dynamic group of multifaceted dancers in her company Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD). Rooted in various African American and Latine vernacular dances, including breaking, hip hop, house and vogue, EAD is dedicated to exploring the inherently complex and dynamic qualities of these forms - Asherie's "movement phrases--compact bursts of choreography with rapid-fire changes in rhythm and gestural articulation -- bubble up and dissipate, quickly paving the way for something new" (The New York Times).