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From 1990 – 1997 Uri Ivgi danced with the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel; from 1985 – 1995 Johan Greben with the Dutch National Ballet. Hereafter, they individually started a successful career as choreographer. In 1998 Ivgi won the award as Upcoming Choreographic Talent from the Ministry of Culture in Israel. Greben received the Encouragement Award Choreography from the Amsterdam Foundation of the Arts 1989 for his first choreography.

In 2003 Ivgi&Greben worked together for the first time. They created a new Carmen for the Szeged Contemporary Ballet in Hungary, which was received with great success on several international festivals. Since then they have created for Dansgroep Amsterdam and the Scapino Ballet, The Netherlands ; It dansa, Spain; Modern Dance Turkey; National Theatre Ballet, Czech Republic; Provincial Dances Theatre, Russia; Scottish Dance Theatre, Great-Brittain; Skânes Dansteater and Norrdans, Sweden and Tanzkompanie Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland.

The work of Ivgi&Greben is often described as passionate, theatrical and very physical. The images they create, make a lasting impression.