Sagí Amir Gros
Theatre Director | Choreographer | Filmmaker
Sagí Amir Gros is a theatre director, choreographer, and filmmaker whose work bridges physicality, philosophy, and emotion, transforming movement, music, and text into a language of embodied expression and individual voice.

His work has received wide international recognition. His film and performance Silent Force were presented at the Louvre Museum in Paris and at the EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam. His film Printemps 22 was premiered at FilmForum NRW at Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany. His choreographic works have been co-produced by Carolyn Carlson and CCN Roubaix in France.
He has been invited to create for Schauspiel Statetheater Erlangen Bavaria, Deutsche Tanz Kompanie Germany, Grand Rapids Ballet Michigan USA, Pori Dance Company Finland, and Austi Dance Theatre Australia. Earlier in his career, he was selected to choreograph for English National Ballet dancers within the “LAB” project in collaboration with DanceEast Jerwood (UK) and took part in the SiWiC Project at the Dance House Zurich. His work has been featured at the Hannover International Choreography Competition and at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London.

Since 2021, Sagí has been the artistic director and choreographer of WDTanztheater in Germany. Since 2012, he has directed the Foundation GrossDanceCompany Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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His ongoing research focuses on his self-developed artistic philosophy Physical Script, explored in the project Scripting Dance – A Physical Script, in collaboration with dance and art researchers Dr. Derrick Brown (Melbourne, Australia), Bertha Bermúdez (Biarritz, France), and dramaturg Anne Marije van den Bersselaar (Netherlands). The project also examines Physical Script as a choreographic film language, offering a new approach to portraying physicality and individuality through vulnerability and camera movement. His film collaborators include producer Annemiek van der Hell (Windmill Film, Amsterdam), film coach Harry Bos (Centre Pompidou, Paris), and cinematographer Michael Maurissens (Cologne, Germany).

Beyond choreography, film, and theatre, Sagí has collaborated as an artistic researcher with neuroscientists Prof. Beatrice de Gelder (University of Maastricht, Netherlands) and Prof. Antonio Camurri (University of Genova, Italy) on the EU-funded project DANCE, at the intersection of art, science, AI, and technology.
He has worked internationally with institutions such as Sydney Dance Company PPY, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Theater Hagen, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Grand Rapids Ballet Michigan, Architanz Tokyo, Royal Ballet School Antwerp, National Conservatory Lisbon, Dansateliers Rotterdam, Dutch Royal Ballet Conservatory The Hague, Marameo Berlin, Harmonic Studio Paris, Rietveld Art Academy Amsterdam, and HfMDK Frankfurt, among others.
As a performer, he has danced with Bat-Dor Dance Company, The Israeli Opera House, Dede Dance Company, The Netherlands Opera House, De Dutch Don’t Dance Division, and Resextansa Company (Italy).
He trained at the Dutch National Ballet Academy Amsterdam, Bat-Dor Dance Academy, and Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts. During his studies, he received five scholarships for choreography and performance from the American-Israel Sharet Foundation.

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Photo: Arjan Spannenburg