Levi Marsman (he/him)
Movement Director

Levi Philip Marsman is a choreographer and artist born and raised in Boston, MA and is currently based in his hometown and in New York City.  Levi is currently on faculty in the Ailey Extension program at the Ailey School, Urbanity Dance, Boston Ballet School and Boston Dance Studios.  He has been Artist in Residence at the Boston Arts Academy, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Teacher In Residence for Urbanity Dance.

Levi created work for Boston Dance Theater, Boston Ballet’s Preprofessional Division at Walnut Hill School and has been commissioned to create his third work for Urbanity Dance in the spring of 2025 after premiering a trio of his as part of their 10th anniversary season.  He created “When The Saints Come Marching In” for Ohio Contemporary Ballet and after being nominated for Outstanding Choreography by the Boston Theater Critic’s Association for his work on the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s 2021 production of “The Tempest,” he was movement choreographer for his second project with the company when they presented “Much Ado About Nothing” for “Shakespeare in the Common.”  

Levi began his training at the Boston Arts Academy, OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center, and Jeanette Neill Dance Studio as a scholarship recipient in their Boston Youth Moves Program.  After graduating from the from the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Levi was awarded a place in the Scholarship Program at The Ailey School.  He later enrolled in the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, which lead to an invitation to join Ailey II by former director, Sylvia Waters before graduation.  Levi’s performance credits include the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (New York), Movements Dance Company (Jamaica), Prometheus Dance (Boston), Lula Washington Dance Theatre (Los Angeles), Reed Dance (Pittsburgh) and PHILADANCO! (Philadelphia). Read more about Levi here!