Photo by Ted Belton
The Broken Theater is a dance collective co-founded by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber.
Bobbi and Or are director-choreographers whose collaborative work spans dance, opera, theater, and film. Both are alumni of the Batsheva Dance Company and founding members of the American Modern Opera Company. In 2026, they were appointed Resident Choreographers of Ballet BC.
Smith and Schraiber — partners both inside and outside the studio — have choreographed works for dance companies such as the Paris Opera Ballet, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, the National Ballet of Canada, the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Batsheva Ensemble, Theater Basel, Ballet BC, and L.A. Dance Project, among others.
Their work has been presented by institutions and venues such as the Palais Garnier, the American Repertory Theater, La MaMa Theater, National Arts Centre, ODC Theater, Stanford Live, The Joyce Theater, MASS MoCA, Little Island, Betty Nansen Teatret, København Danser, Øster Gasværk Teatret, and the VAIL Dance Festival.
The two made their Off-Broadway debut in 2023, choreographing Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at the Lucille Lortel Theater in New York City.
They have starred in or choreographed for films including Bobbi Jene, The Bride!, Annihilation, The Way of the Wind, Mari, and Aviva, and have directed films such as Broken Theater, Strays, and Waiting Places.
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