For those involved in the Brighton arts scene, Hofesh Shechter will need no introduction.

But for most of us his name will mean nothing.

While he may not have the profile of his predecessors - think Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Eno and Aung San Suu Kyi - the artist has talent to spare.

He began his career at the Jerusalem Academy for Dance and Music.

After graduating he moved to Tel Aviv to join the world renowned Batsheva Dance Company where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of artistic director Ohad Naharin and choreographers Wim Vandekeybus and Paul Selwyn-Norton.

He took a keen interest in drum and percussion studies which saw him enrol at the Agostiny College of Rhythm in Paris.

He spent his time there developing his brand of dance, theatre and body-percussion ahead of his arrival in the UK in 2002.

His choreographic debut, Fragments, for which he also created the score, attracted international attention and brought about commissions from some of the country's most prestigious venues.

Sell out shows and awards followed which led to the creation of his own group, the Hofesh Shechter Company.

The demand for his work saw him travel to all corners of the world, with shows across Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, South America and the Middle East.

Around the same time his group was announced as the resident company at Brighton Dome.

He has also worked as a choreographer in theatre, television and opera notably at The Royal Court Theatre for Motortown by Simon Stephens (2006), The Arsonists (2007), and for the National Theatre's award winning production of Saint Joan (2007) directed by Marianne Elliot and starring Anne Marie Duff.

Bizarrely his most widely-known work among a younger audience is for a sequence, called Maxxie's Dance, for the Channel 4 teen drama Skins.