Contact Improvisation in Amsterdam
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Aharona Israel is a dancer/choreographer and an architect. She studied dance at the Jerusalem Dance
Academy and at the EDDC in Arnhem (Holland) and practices contact improvisation and improvisation since many years. Among others she studied
and worked with Pauline de Groot, Julyen Hamilton, David Zambrano, Eva Cargzagand and Rob List.
Claudia Kratzheller has been teaching modern dance technique during the last couple of years
in numerous studios in Holland and Germany (HJS, Dance Ateliers Rotterdam, Krisztina de Chatel , Tanzhaus D-Dorf a.o ) as well as for the
Theatreschool SNDO In Amsterdam. Currently she is teaching Tango in the Academia de Tango in Amsterdam. From 2000-2003 she facilitated the
Friday Contact Jam in de Koestraat together with Hillary Blake Firestone,as well as organized a Workshop “ Action Theatre” with Ruth Zaporah
(2003).
David Lakein is a Choreographer/Director and Performer. His performance background includes acting training at Wesleyan University, Improvisation, Contact, Release -Technique, and Composition studies in Berlin, at the School for New Dance Development(SNDO) in Amsterdam, and in San Francisco & New York. His most influential teachers have been Jess Curtis, Scott deLahunta, Julyen Hamiton, Katie Duck, and Frans Poelstra. David's work inhabits the border areas between theater, dance, and performance art. Main aspects include locating and developing a specific intention and physical attitude in the body, using costume, props, and text to create narrative context. Strong influences include Aikido, Body-Mind-Centering, Books & Bars.
Diederik Burke has been developing his skills in dance through contact improvisation though many
years of working and studying with various dancers and teachers in Amsterdam and Europe. Being and accomplished martial-arts (pencak
silat) and Yoga practitioner, together with his work as a Shiatsu and bodywork therapies, he offers a complete set of means and approaches
to work with and explore further developments in the field of contact improvisation. Gabriella Maiorino graduated in the SNDO of Amsterdam in 2002, she studied intensively many approaches to modern and contemporary dance, including release technique, contact improvisation, improvisation and composition with many teachers. From 1997 she works as dancer, choreographer, performer and teacher.
Hillary Blake Firestone studied dance performance and composition at SUNY-Purchase in New York and as a guest student of the Theatreschool Amsterdam. In addition to working as freelance performer and teacher in the US and Europe, she makes pieces which are informed by her improvisation practice. She has studied CI with Nancy Stark Smith, Chris Aiken, K.J. Holmes and Kirstie Simpson amongst others.
Iris van Peppen graduated at the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) Theaterschool Amsterdam in 1999. Kees lemmens dances and teaches CI Kristien Sonnevijlle See sansville.wordpress.com Martin Eberlein is dancing Contact Improvisation since more than 8 years. Coming to dance from partner acrobatics he studied CI in Germany and Amsterdam in workshops and regular classes with different teachers and through intense and regular jamming. He also uses and polishes his skills in Ina Stockems participatory dance performance BodyLounge. Located in Amsterdam since 2001 he mainly works as a light technician and is facilitating the contact jams and the saturday classes in CREA since 2004. Mirjam Stärk See also www.dansnu.nl Monika Förster is a performance artist, movement teacher and shiatsu therapist living in Amsterdam.
Since graduating from the New Dance department at the Theaterschool Amsterdam in 1992, she has studied with the Indonesian movement and meditation-
master Suprapto Suryodarmo in Europe and Indonesia, who has approved her as a 'sharing movement' teacher in 1998.She completed her studies
at the Zen Shiatsu School Amsterdam in 2002. Patrick Johnson has been dancing contact for 6 or 7 years now and has studies with teachers from around the world. Particular influences are Martin Keogh and Andrew Harwood. Patrick is also in his second year of an intensive study of the Alexander Technique, which influences all of his dancing and teaching. Patrick is also a card carrying, practicing physicist.
Pawel Konior graduated from Academy of Physical Education in 2008 in Krakow, later on studying 2 years in SEAD. Meanwhile he has been working in the fields of performing arts as a dancer. Powel's contact improvisation class is based on senses and being sensitive but also being physical. Rita Vilhena See also: www.bailalouca.com/ Sebas van Wetten after he worked several years as an architect, he is now focusing more and more on dancing. Starting with Modern Dance and then discovering CI in 1996, his passion for dance has grown ever since. After graduating as a teacher for "Creative Dance" ("Docent Dansexpressie" in Amsterdam) he started teaching adults and children to share this passion with others, teaching both Contact-Improvisation and Creative Dance. Specific interests in dance are:
For more information about Sebas' activities check out "www.dansavontuur.nl" Suzan Lemont is an expressive arts therapist, education researcher, choreographer/dance theater-maker,
writer, philosopher and body awareness/movement teacher. Tom Goldhand is a performance artist, a dancer, a body therapist and a strong believer in improvisation
as a way of life. I Continue to learn from each Jam and person that I dance with. Learned dance and performance art in Israel for 3 years
and after that moved to work, teach and dance in Amsterdam. In my work and teaching I see a strong Influence from the body therapy system
of “Ilan Lev”, GaGa dance of Ohad Naharin and many improvisation and contact improvisation teachers that I was fortunate to learn from.
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