Whilst still training as a dancer, Shechter was conscripted into the
Israel Defence Forces on his eighteenth birthday. He later described this experience as "like an electrical short circuit in my brain". Midway through the compulsory three years of his training, he moved to Tel Aviv when he was accepted as a junior into the
Batsheva Dance Company. To complete his army duty, Shechter was given an evening clerical job, and would train with Batsheva by day. After three years, Shechter left the company in order to play drums in a rock group,
The Human Beings, and study music in
Paris. In 2002, he moved to London to perform with the
Jasmin Vardimon Company, Shechter was then commissioned by The Place Prize in 2004 to create
Cult, winning the Audience Choice Award. Further works include
Uprising in 2006,
In Your Rooms, which he expanded in 2007 to work for the three venues
The Place, the
Southbank Centre and
Sadler's Wells, and
The Art of Not Looking Back in 2009, for an all-female cast. In 2008 he choreographed the dance sequence that opened the second series of
Skins. Shechter was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Choreography in 2016 for his work on Bartlett Sher's revival of
Fiddler on the Roof. Since 2016, he has been named as one of The Stage's 100 most influential people in theatre. ==Major works==