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May 2013

5 posts

I’m taking the week off from dancing. So I took along my dancer friends on a bike ride from Rotterdam to Delft. It was a great day for cycling.

April 2013

6 posts

Join the movement of the new 'planking'....... →

SPLITTING is the new planking. 1) Choose a RANDOM location 2) Make a split (full, no half splits) 3) Take a picture 4) Post it here. Join & WORK IT!! Also: ADD more and more dancers to this group!!

the worst rejection letter a dancer could get...

I recently met a wonderful and talented dancer visiting the Netherlands. She was kind enough to show me this email she received after applying to an audition for a brand new company in the Netherlands, ‘de Theater Company.’ In some ways I do think this ‘director’ meant well, but it came across uneducated-ly rude and personal. I ask my new friend to forward this email to me,...

“With dancers, I look for people who look passionate about their dancing, because...”

– Matthew Bourne

While I’m planning for my next film project that will start filming on the 11th of May, Pauline and I are collaborating to create a solo specifically for our beloved friend, Zoë. There will be a film portion as part of the installation. I’m still researching and playing with how I want the film to look. So I started to experiment a bit. It’s far from how the final product will...

March 2013

3 posts

It’s been a few months since I last taught… and I’m glad that I taught this past Friday at the Circle Rotterdam. I’ll be back teaching there again for the next 3 Fridays.

February 2013

1 post

December 2012

2 posts

September 2012

1 post

August 2012

4 posts

mannenvandetango: Your questions, our response! :)

I was teaching in Poland the second half of July, and I had a blast teaching these wonderful dancers.

July 2012

2 posts

I’m looking forward to BD’s 10 year anniversary celebration this season. Look good!!! I miss the days that I used to be part of this fantastic group of artists.

June 2012

2 posts

another video project I’m working on. I was doing a test shoot for it just last weekend, and I thought I’d play around with what I shot that day. It doesn’t have a title yet… and the music may change if I end up working with another composer. A constructive feedback would great to hear. Let me know what you like and what you don’t like… and maybe what can be...

May 2012

9 posts

April 2012

6 posts

movefree-indeed asked: Hellooo! As a modern dancer, I absolutely loved the video of Horse Dance Theatre and I saw that you were going to one of their performances. Just wanted to know if you had any other information on them cause they are fabulous! Thankss

another fascinating work by Shu-Yi Chou

March 2012

4 posts

The worst part about holding an audition is to see all those under-appreciated, talented dancers that you have to turned down because you don’t have enough finance to hire them all.

February 2012

1 post

quite funny blog page for dancers who love Ryan... →

January 2012

4 posts

I’m really having a blast touring with the cast of Match.