Dance

In my free time, I like to engage in classical ballet. This page shows some pictures of that and highlights some projects along these lines.

For updates, check out my instagram page, in which I dance around the world.

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since 2023, I am member of Amsterdam Amateur Ballet, a small amateur ballet company based in Amsterdam. We are preparing for our fourth show on June 14th, in which we will dance an adaptation of Peter Martins’ Magic Flute.
in 2018 I started an interdisciplinary arts-science collaboration with Random Collision, to investigate the nature of human connectedness with inter-brain synchrony and dance.
in 2014, I participated in a cross-media dance project: Unblocked Project in which
we explored the potentialities of the human body and mind that can be
explored through movement.
Several other dance pieces I have done include Bluebird, Aurora’s variation, Giselle, a piece choreographed to one of Milarepa’s poems Mind, and a piece I choreographed for my sister: For my sister
In 2007, when I lived in Philadelphia, I choreographed and performed in a new age musical named Planet Discord
I have also worked with a photographer (Craig Rothfuss) on
some dance pictures:
In Groningen, Sander Martens did a very nice photoshoot of my class.
In April 2018 we danced for the king of the Netherlands with Wanda Kuiper ballet. You can spot some footage here at 1:26:00

Some classes I recommend in the various places I have lived:

Copenhagen: Dance Maze, a wonderful place for both amateurs and professional dancers. My favourite teachers there were Arina Trotsnayetskaya and Vitor Menezes.
Princeton: Martin Center for Dance
with Mary Barton and Douglas Martin
Philadelphia: Kip Martin from Symmetry Dancewellness specialises in teaching adults and explaining the rich theory behind all movements and exact muscles that are used.
In Groningen, I am very happy to be dancing at Wanda Kuiper, where you can take many serious adult classes each week.
My favourite school in Amsterdam is Zhembrovskyy
Ballet School, which offers excellent Vaganova-style classes,
including pointe, and taught by current and former dancers of Dutch National Ballet
When I am dancing back in my hometown Almere, I go to Balletschool Almere, a
very cosy and lovely ballet school, dedicated to the love for dancing.