Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie

Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, a 2016 Bessie Award Winner for  Innovative Achievement in Dance, is a New York City based b-girl, dancer  and choreographer. As artistic director of Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD)  she has presented work at the Apollo Theater, FiraTarrega, Jacob’s  Pillow, New York Live Arts, Summerstage, and the Yard, among others.  Ephrat has received numerous awards to support her work including a  Kevin Spacey Artist of Choice Award, a Mondo Cane! commission from Dixon  Place, a Creative Development Residency from Jacob’s Pillow and an  Extended Life Residency from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Her  first evening length work, A Single Ride, received two Bessie  nominations in 2012 for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer and  Outstanding Sound Design by Marty Beller. Ephrat has worked and  collaborated with Doug Elkins, Rennie Harris, Bil Irwin, David Parsons,  Gus Solomons Jr and Buddha Stretch, among others. She is on faculty at  Wesleyan University and Broadway Dance Center and is a founding member  of the all-female house dance collective, MAWU. Ephrat earned her BA  from Barnard College, Columbia University in Italian and her MFA from  the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she researched the  vernacular jazz dance roots of contemporary street and club dances. 

Source : Dorrance Dance Website
More information: www.ephratasherie.com.