Workshops, Intensives, and Master Classes
Come join master class offerings with Assaf Salhov:
Monday, March 23, 9:30-11:00am
$10-$17 per class, depending on package. Register here!
Assaf’s Cardinal Movement workshops begin with floorwork exercises as a way to awaken the body and to practice specific coordinations that will be used later in the class. On the floor, participants concentrate on movement elements and alignment through repetition of a series of short exercises. As the class builds, the elements are layered into more sequential movement ideas in the space. Following the floorwork section of the class, participants transition the ideas from the floor to standing exercises and partnerwork. Through dynamic across the floor sequences and jumping exercises, participants find new ways to connect information gathered on the floor in a new standing orientation while inhabiting and moving in space.
Assaf Salhov is a New York City-based choreographer, dancer, and therapist, and the Artistic Director and Choreographer of Le Ballet Fou and creator of Cardinal Movement. He began his career with Vertigo 2 Dance Company and later studied Choreography and Performance at SEAD Salzburg and SNDO Amsterdam. Following his studies, Assaf performed at the Cameri Theater and was assistant to the director/choreographer Yehezkel Lazarov.
In 2015, Assaf moved to New York, where he joined Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More and created Cabaret evenings for The McKittrick Follies. He performed with Sleep No More through their closing shows in 2025. As a director and choreographer, he has developed over fifteen works showcased in Israel, Europe, and New York. With Le Ballet Fou, Assaf’s work has been presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Shed in NYC, LA Dance Festival, Fondation Etats-Unis (Paris), Suzanne Dellal Centre (Tel Aviv), and on international tours to Sweden, Denmark, and Spain. He also choreographed for Grammy-winning artist Silvana Estrada.
Recently, Assaf premiered an immersive theater show at the former Beaux Arts Studios in New York City and completed a residency with Le Ballet Fou at the Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium in Denmark. In 2025, the company performed at Movement Research at Judson Church, WestFest, and 92Y. In 2025 the company presented their newest pieces The Birth of the Ghost and Feathers for Flesh.