Artistic Director
A Contemporary Dance and Improvisation Teacher. Niv is One of the most respected rehearsals Director in Israel. He has worked with many independent Israeli choreographers, including: Roi Assaf, Michael Getman, Ronit Ziv, Saar Magal (Staatsoper Berlin, Wuppertal TanzTheater), Idan Sharabi (Royal Danish Opera, Chile National Dance Company, Luzern Theater, KCDC, Israeli Opera).
Niv was in the management team of LEV, Sharon Eyal & Guy Bachar’s Company. As a visiting artist he was invited to teach at leading international dance centers including: Un Yamada, Tokyo, Japan; CodArts, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; ArtEz University, Bazwala, The Netherlands; Australian Dance Theater (ADT), Corpus Project, Toronto, Canada.
Niv is among the graduates of the first year of the Maslool. Since 2018 he is the Artistic Manger of the Maslool alongside with Offir Peter Dagan. Niv is a PhD researcher at the Hebrew University focusing on the temporal relationship between Music and Dance.