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
A Bessie Award–nominated performer, one of Dance Magazine’s “Best Performers of 2016,” and a 2022 LABA Fellow. He is the founder and artistic director of More Fish Dance Company, a platform for his choreographic work and a growing hub for community-driven dance projects in New York City.
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Doron’s choreography has been presented at renowned venues and festivals including Judson Church, Martha Graham Studio Theater, 92NY, Joe’s Pub, Dixon Place, Arts on Site, and the Mark Morris Dance Center. More Fish has also self-produced performances at the NY Center for Creativity and Dance (Joyce East) and Dixon Place. His first evening-length work, A Day at the Lake, premiered in December 2024.
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Before founding More Fish, Doron performed internationally with the Croatian National Ballet, Compañía Nacional de Danza, and the Batsheva Ensemble. He has danced in works by some of the most celebrated choreographers of our time, including Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shechter, William Forsythe, JiÅ™í Kylián, and Nacho Duato.
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From 2016 to 2022, Doron worked closely with Zvi Gotheiner—hailed by The New York Times as the “Zen Dance Master of New York”—as a performer and later as Associate Artistic Director of ZviDance. He continues to stage Gotheiner’s work.
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Doron began dancing in folk ensembles at the age of eight and later trained at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He is a certified Gaga teacher, the creator of Super Chill Ballet and More Fish Partnering classes, a teaching artist at Gibney Dance Center, and an adjunct professor of ballet and repertory at NYU Tisch.
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His work has been supported by the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Brooklyn Arts Fund, the Young Creators Foundation (Israel), and the Sharet Foundation.