Education
Ezralow studied dance at the University of California at Berkeley and graduated in 1976.
Ezralow studied dance at the University of California at Berkeley and graduated in 1976.
In addition to having his own dance company, he has choreographed for the theatre, opera, film, and television He began as a dancer with the dance companies 5X2 Plus, Lar Lubovitch, Paul Taylor, and Pilobolus. In The New York Times review in 1986, the reviewer noted that "Daniel Ezralow is an unforgettably gutsy and intelligent virtuoso dancer." He has created original works for, among many, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Batsheva Dance Company of Israel, the London Contemporary Dance, and the Cirque du Soleil show LOVE. His company, the Daniel Ezralow Dance Company has performed at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Israel, in the 2008-2009 season.
In a review of his work Super Straight is coming down by the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 1989, the reviewer wrote that it is a "coldly tormented work", and that "Ezralow has put his own manic stamp on the piece--the headlong barrel turns, the galumphing leaps, the desperate floor rolls--and has potently contrasted such excesses with moments of sullen stillness." He also choreographs for advertising products, including The GAP, Issey Miyake, and Hugo Boss.
Foreign the theatre, he has choreographed The Green Bird in 2000, Cats in Italy in 2009 for Compagnia della Rancia and is the choreographer for the new musical adaptation of the Spider-Manitoba comics, working again with Julie Taymor. In 2014 he choreographed the opening ceremony for the Sochi Olympics.
He was one of the original dancer-choreographer’s of MOMIX and is a founding member of International Organization for Standardization Dance.