2003 and earlier

Choreographer and performer:

  • Transglobal Express: full length performance staging 3 contemporary dancers, 8 jazz musicians. Themes: life, the unknown, human relationship, curiosity, growth. (Composition Steven Willemsen and video projections  Rik Suijs)
  • Arca theatre, Ghent; Theatre Zuidpool, Antwerp; t’Waaigat, Burcht
  • Assistant choreographer for Marc Bogearts, Not strictly Rubens at the Royal Ballet of Flanders

Performer:

  • Trespass company (Ken Hioco), Studio Wambach, Ilythia de Lignière, Douglas Becker (Forsythe technique), Arco Renz

Studies:

  • BA in contemporary dance, Higher Institute for Dance (HID), Antwerp (B) (2000-2003)

Dance techniques:
Trained in ballet and contemporary dance at the Rosella Hightower academy (Cannes, FR) and at the Higher Institute for Dance (Antwerp)

  • Release and contemporary dance workshops since 1994: teachers include: Martin Kilvadi, Jordi Vidal, Liam Steel, Istok Kovac, Athina Vala, Salva Sanchis, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Wim Vandeleybus, Arco Renz, Filip Van Huffel, Roberto Olivan, Peter Jasko, Anton Lachky ect. taking diverse classes and workshops at the Loft (Bxl), Les ateliers Carolyn Carlson (Paris), Greenwich Dance Agency and LCDS (London) selected for workshops with Damien Jalet, Lizzi Esteras, Chris Haring, Sasha Waltz and Ultima Vez.
  • Improvisation and contact improvisation since 2000: teachers include: Rick Nodine, Robert Anderson, Marie Decorte, Thomas Kampe etc.
  • Classical ballet since 1989

Earlier dance education:

  • Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes, Rosella Hightower (Monique Loudières), Cannes (FR) (1999-2000)
  • Conservatoire de danse de Saint Germain en Laye, ballet and contemporary,Paris (1989-1999)

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