Education
Master of Arts in Choreography
HZT Berlin, Berlin, Germany | 2017–2019
Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance
Codarts, Rotterdam, Netherlands | 2006–2010
Preliminary Course in Dance
National Ballet Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2000–2006
Choreographic Works
2022
arm dances
Synopsis: A gesture of touch, a gentle act of caring and a movement towards a deep sense of mutual trust.
Toured: 2023, 2024
Performances: Berlin (DE), Den Bosch (NL), Kleine Orangerie (DE)
2021
Living Lines of the Barely Noticeable (dance film in collaboration with visual artist Linde Ex)
Synopsis: The movements of insects explored through an artist-led research.
Presented: Groningen, NL
2020
The Quality of Being in Colour
Synopsis: merging dance and science through light, sound, and movement.
Toured: 2023, 2024
Performances: Kunstquartier Bethanien (DE), TU Braunschweig (DE), Hannover (DE)
RoTurning
Synopsis: merging dance and science through light, sound, and movement.
Performance: Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, (DE)
2019
Magic Show! (collaboration with Billy Mullaney)
Synopsis: a show about the magic of theater and the aesthetics of magic shows
Performances: KoresponDance Festival, Zdar, (CZ), Perugia, (IT)
fluid horizons
Synopsis: interconnectedness, and making visible the invisible space in-between us.
Performance: Uferstudios, Berlin (DE)
I Love you Teddy much
Synopsis: A love duet with a large Teddybear.
Performance: Tanztage, Potsdam (DE)
2018
Freischwinger
Synopsis: An intimate duet with a chair, becoming one with the chair to erase the rigid object-subject divide.
Toured: 2019, 2021
Performes: Bauhaus Dessau, Dessau (DE), Bauhaus Museum Dessau (DE), Museum Quartier, Vienna (AUT)
THE / LIFE / OF / FINE / LINES
Synopsis: performance with large mirrors reflecting on architecture, surroundings, and dancers. Interconnectedness of matter.
Performed: St. Canisius Kriche, Berlin (DE)
Reframing La Tourette (dance film)
Synopsis: An exploration of the effect of architecture on human movement.
Recorded: Couvent de La Tourette, Evieux, FR
CORiDOR_PiECE (collaboration with Billy Mullaney)
Synopsis: Two men and a corridor in which the corridor is the main performer.
Toured: 2018, 2019
Performances: INCA LT, Kaunas (LT), Tanec Praha, Kladruby (CZ), Tanec Praha, Olomouc (CZ), StudioALTA, Prague (CZ), KoresponDance festival, Zdàr (CZ)
2017
The Question of Broken Triangles
Synopsis: A minimalistic performance-instance, created out of the fascination for the geometric shape triangle and its numbers 1,2,3.
Performances: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL), Oosterkerk, Amsterdam (NL), Hotel Droog, Amsterdam (NL)
Three {point} Fourteen
Synopsis: The circle and number Pi (3.14) as inspiration into an exploration of the interaction of body, space, and materials.
Performance: Dansateliers, Rotterdam (NL)
2014
A Way of Keeping Everything From Happening at Once (collaboration with Samuel Feldhandler)
Synopsis: Inspired by the work of Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki and composer John Cage, this duet is a journey of being together, and being apart.
Performance: Theaterschool, Amsterdam (NL)
Dianobol
Synopsis: Solo performance on being male and vulnerable.
Performance: Amsterdam (NL)
2013
Ein Tag
Synopsis: Solo performance on the feeling of being alone
Performance: Theater aan het Spui, Den haag (NL)
2012
Guides to new interpretations (collaboration with visual artist Evelies Jansen)
Synopsis: Exhibition created from experiencing Turkish culture, and things which get lost in interpretation.
Performance: Het Langehuis, Zwolle (NL)
Step Forward (collaboration with visual artist Evelies Jansen)
Synopsis: Performance-Installation based on the riots in Greece following the financial bankruptcy of the country.
Performance: Artez, Zwolle (NL)