House of DOV is a movement-based performance ensemble from Chicago, IL led by Drew Lewis. Our namesake is Benjamin Dov Lebowitz, Drew’s ancestor who immigrated to Brooklyn, NY from Russia in the early 1900s, escaping pogroms. The ensemble exists as a vehicle to explore Drew’s own work and heritage, and to provide talented yet under-represented Chicago dancers with opportunities for paid work. Our vision is of a dance field that celebrates diversity of genre, body-type, race and gender, and our mission is to reframe the conversation on dance happening locally, and engage with global discourse through touring.
Since our inaugural performance at the Adler Planetarium (Finalist for the Chicago Reader’s Best of 2021) House of DOV has performed throughout Chicago including at Fulton Street Collective, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, and Navy Pier (and many more). In 2023, we received commissions for original works from The Steppenwolf Theatre and The Arts Club of Chicago. In 2024 Drew was a Resident Artist at the Chicago Cultural Center, and House of DOV was the inaugural Company in Residence at Ragdale. Most recently, Drew was awarded a two-year Fellowship by the Arts Club of Chicago for 2025-2026, marking the first time in history a dance artist has been awarded this role.
Drew Lewis is a performer, choreographer, composer and educator originally from Oak Park, IL. He graduated magna cum laude from Cornish College of the Arts in 2016. Drew has performed extensively with Sidra Bell Dance New York, Little House Dance, C-LS, Project 44, Attack Theatre, The Joel Hall Dancers, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, and in projects by Lucy Riner and Erin Kilmurray. Additionally, Drew has created works for DanceWorks Chicago, Common Conservatory, Loyola University, Skidmore College, Hyde Park School of Dance and many others. He has served on faculty at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA and at Common Conservatory in Chicago, IL.