Asa Horvitz is a director, choreographer, and composer/musician who creates multidisciplinary performances. These works are developed over many years and take shape across various formats and contexts.
Horvitz studied music composition with Alvin Lucier and Anthony Braxton at Wesleyan University, where he co-founded an experimental performance group. Formative experiences include years in the New York City DIY scene, longtime study of psychoanalysis and dreams, and collaboration with the Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio.
His work has been presented internationally at venues and festivals including deSingel, BOZAR, Het HEM, Muziekgebouw Producties, de School, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Frascati, brutWien / Musiktheatretage Wien, New Museum, Public Records NYC, as well as in many underground contexts.
He has received research or residency support from Muzeum Susch, ImPulsTanz, CAMPUS/Municipal Theatre of Porto, KWP Pianofabriek, Goethe Institut Hong Kong, and Ahas Kusa (Sri Lanka). Collaborations include Carmen Quill, Wayne Horvitz, Anna Webber, Kalup Linzy, Pavel Zustiak, and Scott Gibbons / Romeo Castellucci.
In 2023, Horvitz composed the VR opera Songs For A Passerby (dir. Celine Daemen), which received the Lion for Best Immersive Project at the Venice Biennale and toured internationally. His record GHOST (with Carmen Quill, Ariadne Randall, and Wayne Horvitz) was released in 2025. His work has been featured on WNYC/NPR, the BBC, the journal MASKA, and elsewhere.
Horvitz is a certified practitioner of Embodied Imagination and a former Fulbright, Camargo, and MacDowell fellow. He graduated from DAS Theatre Amsterdam in 2021 and is a contributing editor at The Anarchist Review of Books.
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