Dance artist & Choreographer

I graduated from the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor Kunsten, modern dance department, in 1984. I have the Dutch nationality but moved to Finland in 1989. I work as a freelance dancer & choreographer and perform and choreograph my own works . In 1997 my colleagues and me founded the Barker theater , the stage for independent dance artists in Turku, Finland. I perform most of my works in Barker Theater.

Choreography

In my works I like to mix dance with live music, visual arts and actors. My works have a strong emotional grounding in every day life, and are often an expression of situations I have come across in my own life. I often work with live music and the relation with music is a very important source of inspiration to me. My way of working connects easily with the working methods of jazz musicians and therefore many of my works are having jazz improvisation as a strong element besides the dance. I work with freelance dancers in all productions and add freelance musicians to my pieces .

Freelancer

I have been working with dance in different countries but am now mostly performing and choreographing in Turku, Finland. I have been working in Cuba, where I joined dancegroup Gestos Transitorios for 4 months and I have been joining a dance group in Sumatra, Saayung Salangka, Indonesia for half a year. In the early 90s I also joined several projects in Holland, and performed in several pieces from other choreographers. Besides performing in Barker theater, I also have been visiting Madrid, Manchester and other places where I performed solo works and group choreography. In Finland I joined some group productions from dance theater Mobita( Tampere), dance theater Hurjaruut (Helsinki) and joined productions from freelance dance artists in Helsinki.Since 2005 I perform my own choreographies and add freelance dancers to my productions.

Upcoming events

2012 "So far no good"(Fishing Pearls)

The scene is a desolate seashore, with the ruins of a Hindu temple in the background. A chorus of pearl fishermen sing of the dangerous tasks that lie ahead, and perform ritual dances to drive away evil spirits.

Far away no good at all. Till now no good. So far still waiting for the good thing to happen. Should go fishing pearls.

Her latin is not what it used to be and when she performs a dexter rotation, her lattisimus dorsi feels no good on the medial side, so far no good. Should be fishing pearls”.

As a couple depart, singing of the life of love that awaits them, she is left alone, to await the fishermen's return. Still fishing pearls.

A solo performance premiered in autumn 2012