Joshua Ben-Tovim

Josh is a Bristol based Director, Dancer, Actor, Choreographer and Producer. Josh Co-Directs Impermanence with Roseanna Anderson. The company was set up in 2011 with Alessandro Marzotto Levy and other graduates from the Rambert School. Impermanence makes work for cabaret, stage and film, touring nationally and internationally to critical acclaim, working with many artists, partners and funders to develop a unique work and aesthetic. Work for film includes: The Ballet of the Nations (Best Art Film - New Renaissance Film Festival, Amsterdam), Blast (Commissioned by BBC Arts), and Park Wanderings (created during lockdown with Corali Dance Company - commissioned and exhibited by Southwark Park Galleries). Work for the stage includes BAAL (Bristol Old Vic, The Place, Jakarta Theatre Platform), Sexbox (British Council Edinburgh Showcase), Da Da Darling (Guardian top 10 Dance Production) and The Major Arcana (An Eco Drag Cabaret Tarot Reading Ritual). Impermanence also curate and present a regular programme of dance at the Bristol Old Vic, and in Spring 2020, Impermanence will take up residence at The Mount Without, a newly renovated Norman Church that will become a much-needed dance centre and theatre in the centre of Bristol. Josh has performed with iconic UK choreographer Lea Anderson, and has collaborated regularly with Contemporary Visual Artist Jasmina Cibic amongst others. He has also received 3 years of choreographic mentoring from Sir Robert Cohan, founder of London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and former star of the Martha Graham Company.