The choreographer, who graduated from the Jerusalem Academy for Dance and Music before joining the Batsheva Dance Company at the age of 18 and moving to the UK in 2002, added: “To be asked to lead this amazing event, to be asked to inspire, energise, encourage… well, delighted, is just a boring word.”
Andrew Comben, chief executive of the festival, said: “We're very pleased. His work and creative vision contains that rare quality and sense of adventure that sparks the imaginations of a much wider audience beyond his own discipline.
"With such an eclectic artist at the helm, Brighton Festival 2014 is set to be a very exciting one indeed.”
The three week festival runs from May 3 – 25.
