

Avoiding the Procession, Fearing the Plague
Avoiding the Procession, Fearing the Plague
Created in 2017 and performed in New York City as well as FIDCDMX, the International Contemporary Dance Festival of Mexico City. This dark-spirited solo explores soft and lush movement clashing with a horror-inspired costume.
Created in 2017 and performed in New York City as well as FIDCDMX, the International Contemporary Dance Festival of Mexico City. This dark-spirited solo explores soft and lush movement clashing with a horror-inspired costume.
about
Doron Perk is a queer immigrant to the US with a mixed North African heritage. He is the founder of More Fish Dance Company, a Bessie Award-nominated artist, Dance Magazine’s “Best Performers of 2016”, and an extraordinary ability in the arts visa recipient. Doron performed with the Croatian National Ballet, Compañía Nacional de Danza (Spain), and the Batsheva Ensemble, dancing works by Nacho Duato, Johan Inger, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, and more. Since 2016, Doron has worked closely with choreographer and ballet master Zvi Gotheiner, eventually becoming his rehearsal director and stager. Doron’s choreography has been presented at numerous venues in New York City, across the US, internationally in Spain, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and Greece. His first evening-length work, Grandfather Visit, premiered in October 2022. He is a certified Gaga movement teacher, the creator of Super Chill Ballet and More Fish Partnering classes, a teaching artist at Gibney Dance Center, and an adjunct professor at NYU Tisch. His work has been supported by the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Brooklyn Arts Fund, the Young Creators Foundation, and the Sharet Foundation. Doron received a high school diploma from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in 2008 and took part in a student exchange at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in 2006.

