Born: 06-02-1980 Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Degrees
Bachelor of Arts: The Arnhem School of Dance, ArtEZ, June 2005, specialization Choreography.
Bachelor of Arts: Rotterdam Dance Academy, June 2000, specialization Dance.
Diploma
Physical Intensive Module (3 months course) at Diakonos Physical Theatre Company, London, April 2000.
Prizes
- 8th Solo Dance and 6th Duo Dance International Festival, award for performing the solo ‘Meantime’; Choreographed by Noa Shadur (IL). Budapest, Hungary, 2007.
In every movement her thoughts were visible. The dancer's light quality and strong technical background gave a special meaning to the performance. The choreography itself was clear in space structure and had a special way of developing a new movement vocabulary. 6 minutes.
- Runner-up audience prize dance / choreography, Kunstnacht, Arnhem NL, 2005. Choreography “ Die Wueste II” by Damaris Verduijn, performed by 14 first year students Dance Arnhem Academy and 1 saxophoneplayer. “ An abstract painting of a dessert landscape”. 12 minutes.
Dancer
- Humanimalia, a 4 week development lab (oct-nov 2009) at the Tramway Theatre Glasgow, with Janis Claxton Dance.
- Who's Zoomin' Who, a 3 week research about Partnering in Dance (sept-oct 2009) at Dance Base Edinburgh,
with Janis Claxton Dance and Michael Parmenter.
- Lithuania, Vilnius, MaProject, August and September 2009, see www.maprojectvilnius.blogspot.com.
- for Janis Claxton Dance, program: Falling Light, tour in Schotland and Wales, autumn 2008, see www.janisclaxton.com.
check me in Rinne, Torque and Songs Are Sung ! http://www.vimeo.com/janisclaxton/videos/sort:date
- Salon Avond, performing several (own) works, Solo-evening, Rotterdam February 2007.
- Dancer in “Sabotage”, choreography by Eva Marie Kupfer, performed at Dansateliers, Rotterdam October 2007.
- Between July 2003 and August 2005 I danced in choreographies by: Dieter Defurne (BE), Adalheidur Halldórsdóttir (IS),
Alex Frith (AU), Danielle Brown (USA), Gabriela Tarcha (BR), Elleke Cremers (NL) Noa Simons (IL), Yasna Schindler (DE)
and Noa Shadur (IL).
- Dancer for Mind The Gap, dancetheatre company, Cologne, Germany, 2001 - 2003.
- Dancer in Frédéric Flamand’s “Future of Work” at the Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany, Mai to November 2000.
Choreographies (shortlist)
- Kruisingen-Heemraadsplein, communitydance project see own website: www.kruisingen-heemraadsplein.nl
- Sunshine, groupwork for students from Segbroek College (Dansplan), Den Haag, June 2009.
- Duet with Anita Tesselaar at Meekers Middag, Rotterdam, Mei 2009.
- Danceprogram with "Blindelings, Maria and Rain", Xnoizz Flevo Festival, August 2008.
- “Zij die er altijd is, zij is er altijd”, duet with Isabella Laesser, Letterfestival, March 2008.
- "Blindelings” duet with Anita Tesselaar, shown at Kunstkozijn Gouda, March 2008.
- “Een kijkje in de keuken”, duet with Blind women, performed at Dansateliers, Rotterdam October 2006.
- “Throw it away / let the sun shine through”, solo dance in combination with solo voice: Connektart in Arnhem,
September 2005. Continental Art Center in Rotterdam, October 2005.
- “De Verhaalvertellers”, a dance and design cooperation, an open form group piece on location;
in a park June 2005, in a historical monument August 2005.
- “Ode Aan De Karnemelk”, a solo in an old milkfactory, Arnhem, February 2005.
- “Die Wüste”, a piece made for 14 first year dance students, Dance Academy Arnhem,
December 2004 and a second version in June 2005.
Teachings in Modern Dance, Improvisation and Composition/Choreography.
- at Schottisch School of Dance in Dundee Schotland, to 1st and 2nd year students, January 2010.
- at Codarts, music theatre production education, January 2009.
- at Rotterdam Brede School, Charlois, September 2007 till Mai 2008.
- at Heavenly Quality School, Voorthuizen, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
- at Youth Theatre School Dordrecht, several groups, several productions.
- Workshops at Opwekking, Bijbelse Dans en Expressie, Continental Art Centre.
Other
- Choreography in Domus Dei-interdisciplinaire production, part in artistic Team HQ-School,
performances Utrecht, June 2007.
- Involved as maker in 2 Youth Theatre School Productions; Focus2 and Fluistertong
- Choreography assistant for “Imundunar”, by Ingrun Schnitzler, in Tanztank 17,
Tanzhaus NRW Dusseldorf, September 2005.
- Assistant choreography for Yasmine Hugonnet (CH) in Dance Unlimited Program, choreography “Ochide”,
Schouwburg Arnhem, june 2004.
- Dancer, Assistant choreographer and in projects with youth in schools as Dance teacher / Choreographer
with Mind the Gap, a dance theatre company in Cologne, Germany.From July 2001 to July 2003.
I would love to develop
- dance in contact (duetformat)
- dance with blind people
- dance as an expression tool/ therapeutic
- projects that communicate love and care!
