Cardinal Movement and Company creates original choreographic works based on our language, Cardinal Movement. Through movement, but also through music, dramaturgy, philosophy and history, we explore the different ways in which we exist in the world.
Cardinal Movement and Company Artist Director, Assaf Salhov is a choreographer, performer, and therapist working in New York City. He began his professional career as a dancer with Vertigo 2 Dance Company. He later moved to Europe and graduated with a degree in Choreography and Performance from SEAD Salzburg and continued his studies in choreography at SNDO Amsterdam. He returned to Israel to perform at Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv as an assistant to Director/Choreographer Yehezkel Lazarov.
In 2015, Assaf moved to New York and joined the immersive show Sleep No More by Punchdrunk. At the McKittrick Hotel, he wrote, directed, and choreographed Cabaret evenings under the McKittrick Follies. As a Director/Choreographer, Assaf has created more than ten works which have been presented in Israel, Europe, and New York. In 2022, he choreographed for Grammy Award Winning Artist Silvana Estrada. Most recently, Assaf toured with Cardinal Movement and Company teaching workshops and performing in NYC, L.A.,Venice, Paris, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Normandy, and Newcastle.
