Dancers

  • Abigail Aleksander

    Abigail Aleksander (2000, UK) graduated from P.A.R.T.S. in 2022, having previously trained at Centre for Advanced Training (The Place) and ArtsEd. Whilst studying, Abigail performed with, among others, BalletLORENT, Flexer & Sandiland, Jess and Morgs Films, Tavaziva, Maria Hassabi and Philipp Gehmacher. She has also performed with the contemporary music ensemble Ictus as well as sound artist Davide Tidoni. In 2022 she was a guest tutor for Eva Reiter’s research project Transforming Instrumental Gestures in Vienna. Since graduating, Abigail has performed with Philipp Gehmacher, The Slowest Urgency (an environment), Michiel Vandevelde, Ends Of Worlds, and Jan Martens’ any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones. Abigail joined Rosas in 2023 for EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm

  • Boštjan Antončič

    Boštjan Antončič (1980, Slovenia) started dancing in Plesni forum Celje with Goga Stefanovič-Erjavec and continued training at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, where he danced in projects by Matjaž Farič, Susan Quinn, Mia Lawrence, and Matej Kejžar, and created his own performances. He taught workshops in Slovenia and around Europe, and was a faculty member at the High School for Contemporary Dance in Slovenia and SEAD in Salzburg. In 2005, he joined Rosas. He danced in many productions, including D’un soir un jour (2006), Bartók/Beethoven/Schönberg—Repertory Evening (2007), Steve Reich Evening (2007), Zeitung (2008), The Song (2009), En Atendant (2010), Cesena (2011), Drumming, Vortex Temporum (2013), Work/Travail/Arbeid (2015), Mitten wir im Leben sind/Bach6Cellosuiten (2017) and The Six Brandenburg Concertos (2018). He also participates in the (re) staging of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s work, including Così fan tutte at the Paris Opera in 2017. Recently, he danced in the museum projects of the Dark Red series, the revival of En Atendant (2022), and Forêt (2022).

  • Laura Bachman

    Laura Bachman (France, 1994) studied ballet at the Paris Opera ballet school from 2005 to 2011, before becoming a member of the Paris Opera Ballet in August 2011. With the Opera’s company, she performed in classical ballet productions such as La Bayadère, Giselle or Sleeping Beauty and worked with many choreographers, performing in pieces from Wayne Mcgregor, Benjamin Millepied, John Neumeier, Pina Bausch and more. She also toured with the company around the world dancing in Moscow (notably at the Bolchoi theatre) or in Japan and Australia. Laura has worked with LA Dance Project, Benjamin Millepied's company, for a few month in 2016. From Anne­ Teresa de Keersmaeker oeuvre, Laura performed in Rain and Bartók / Beethoven / Schoenberg  with the Paris Opera Ballet, before joining Rosas in August 2016 for the revival of Rain.

  • Jean Pierre Buré

    Jean Pierre Buré (1999, Santiago) is a Chilean dancer and performer, currently based in Brussels. He started dancing at 17 and has a background in circus, theatre, climbing, film and music. In 2019, he was accepted to P.A.R.T.S. where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2022. At P.A.R.T.S., he created his solo’s 2 steps away from reality and Experiment N°2, which were presented at Dansand 2021 and the GXIII Graduation Festival EXiiiT. Jean Pierre also collaborated on many projects by fellow P.A.R.T.S. students, including One Duet with Urte Groblyte, CUANDO YA NO ESTÉ with Macarena Bielski López and FLIES by Renato Miskolczi. In 2022, Jean Pierre toured with Screws XL by Alexander Vantournhout. He joined Rosas in 2023 for EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

  • Lav Crnčević

    Lav Crnčević (1996, Serbia) started his artistic career at the primary music school for classical guitar and has a background in sport dancing as a child, competing representing Serbia. He graduated from the Lujo Davičo-ballet highschool in Belgrad, after which he joined P.A.R.T.S. in 2013. At P.A.R.T.S., Lav worked with many choreographers including David Zambrano, David Hernandez, Salva Sanchis, Marta Coronado, Libby Farr, as part of the training program. In the third year of his education at P.A.R.T.S., the school organized an exchange program which gave him the chance to spend two months in Senegal working with African students and choreographers in the Ecole des Sables. After his graduation in 2016 Lav joined Rosas for the exhibition Work/Travail/Arbeid at the Tate Modern (London) and for the revival of Rain. He has since also danced in Zeitung, Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa (2022), the Dark Red series and the museum project Forêt (2022). Lav is also part of EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

  • Sophia Dinkel

    Sophia Dinkel (1995, Switzerland) studied dance and music at the Conservatoire populaire de musique, danse et théâtre, Geneva, and later continued her dance education at Codarts, Rotterdam, from which she graduated in 2018. In 2015 she performed in Tino Sehgal’s Yet Untitled at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Between 2017 and 2019 she danced with ICK Amsterdam under the directorship of Emio Greco and Peter Scholten, where she collaborated with and danced for several choreographers, including Emanuel Gat (Next) Nacera Belaza (Ziell/Rouh), Amos Ben-Tal (60), and Kris Verdonck (I II III IIII, Something Out of Nothing). She joined Rosas in 2020.

  • José Paulo dos Santos

    José Paulo dos Santos (1988, Brazil) started dancing as a tap dancer at Projeto Rithmus, a social project in his hometown Araraquara (São Paulo) in 2001. He received a scholarship to study ballet, contemporary and street dance at The Dance Center Gilsamara Moura in Araraquara. He started his professional career in 2005 when he joined Cia Shuffle Trips. He worked as a teacher and as a choreographer with local children through various social projects. In 2008, he was invited to IPL - International Laboratory Performance - in Peru to work with artists from South America and Europe under the direction of Khosro Adibi (Iran-Holland). In the meantime, he made the piece Inside Out, directed by Khosro Adibi in Belo Horizonte (Brazil). In 2008, he came to Brussels to study at P.A.R.T.S. During his studies, he had the opportunity to teach at Dancingkids, Rosas’ dance school for children, to perform KDO, directed by Franco Dragone (Cirque du Soleil) and to participate in numerous dance classes and workshops. In 2012, he created, together with three other P.A.R.T.S graduating students, the piece 111-1 which toured in seven different countries. After school, he worked with the theater director Mokhallad Rasem (Iraq-Belgium) on the piece Romeo & Julia at Toneelhuis (Antwerp). He was also part of the P.A.R.T.S.-revival of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Zeitung in 2013. In 2014-2015, he participated in the creation of Primitive for Action Scénique/Claire Croizé (France/Belgium). Meanwhile, he started dancing for Noé Soulier (France), with whom he toured throughout 2015-2016. Dos Santos joined Rosas in 2015 and has since performed Drumming, Rain, A Love Supreme (2017), Zeitung (2017), Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa (2022) and participated in the museum projects Work/Travail/Arbeid (2015), the Dark Red series and Forêt (2022). José Paulo is also part of EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

  • Rafa Galdino

    Rafael Galdino (1996, Brazil) started his dance education in 2012 at the Escola Livre De Dança da Maré in Rio de Janeiro. He was part of the technical, artistic, and vocational training project Núcleo 2, founded by the choreographers Lia Rodrigues and Silvia Soter. As a student, Galdino collaborated and performed in Exercício M., de Movimento e de Maré (2013), an experimental work directed by Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças. In 2014, he participated in an international collaboration project at the Centre Intermondes, La Rochelle, France, with SINE QUA NON ART, the artistic company directed by choreographers Christophe Béranger and Jonathan Pranlas-Descours. Between 2016 and 2019, he studied at P.A.R.T.S., Brussels. In 2019, he participated in Somnia, directed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Jolente De Keersmaeker, with the 12th generation of P.A.R.T.S students. He also took part in the creation of the piece Let It All Out by the choreographer Cristian Duarte for the GXII Festival at P.A.R.T.S. He joined Rosas for the revival of Bartòk/Beethoven/Schönberg (2019), and has since danced in Zeitigung (2017), the Dark Red series, Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa (2022) and Forêt (2022). Rafael is also part of EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

  • Carlos Garbin

    Carlos Garbin (Brazil, 1980) started his career at Companhia Municipal de Dança de Caxias do Sul in 1998. At the same time, he worked as a choreographer with local children for the social art project BPM – Batidas Por Minuto. In 2004, Carlos moved to Brussels, where he graduated from P.A.R.T.S. in 2008. During his studies, he was a dance teacher at Dancingkids. Carlos Garbin joined Rosas for the creation of The Song (2009). He subsequently danced in En Atendant (2010), Cesena (2011), Drumming (2012), Vortex Temporum (2013), Twice (2013), Work/Travail/Arbeid (2015), Golden Hours (as you like it) (2015), and The Six Brandenburg Concertos (2018). Carlos also participated in the museum projects Dark Red Research Project (2020) and Dark Red - Kolumba (2020), and was the Artistic Assistant on Mitten wir im Leben sind/Bach6CelloSuiten (2016) and on the opera Così fan tutte (2017). Apart from Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, Carlos also collaborated on productions by other artists, including David Zambrano (Soul Project, 2006), Gabel Eiben (30 Something, 2020) and Lara Barsacq (Fruit Tree, 2021). Carlos Garbin has been playing country blues guitar for more than ten years. He traveled to the United States many times, to study and perform. He played the guitar in multiple Rosas productions, including The Song, Golden hours, Twice and Dark Red- Kolumba.

  • Nina Godderis

    Nina Godderis (1999, Belgium) started dancing and practicing judo in southern France. At the age of 12, she participated in the re-creation of the piece Three Generations by choreographer Jean-Claude Gallotta. She studied dance at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse (France) for 5 years, while also pursuing an education in science. In 2016, she joined Marion Muzac's project Ladies First and went on tour for one year in France and Belgium. After graduating from the conservatory and from high school, she prepared for the entrance exam for the Institute of Political Science. The same year, she joined the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d'Angers (France). A year later, in September 2019, she joined P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels, training cycle), from which she graduated in July 2022. She joined the Rosas in January 2023 to participate in EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

  • Marie Goudot

    Marie Goudot (1978, France) studied dance at the Rudra Béjart School in Lausanne. She joined the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in 1998 and left in 2000 to pursue a freelance career. She was introduced to contemporary dance and contact improvisation while working with Russell Maliphant in London, and later with the Alias Company in Geneva. In 2005, she joined Michaël Pomero and Julien Monty to found the Loge 22 collective, a space for choreographic research and collective creations. Loge 22 has created a dozen dance productions, films and choreographies included. Loge 22 is a cofounder of Europe’s SPIDER Festival, staging events in Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, France, and Belgium. In 2010, Goudot joined Rosas for Cesena (2011) and Vortex Temporum (2013), and also took part in Work/Travail/Arbeid (2015), Così fan tutte (2017), Mitten wir im Leben sind/Bach6Cellosuiten (2017), The Six Brandenburg Concertos (2018), the revival of En Atendant (2022), as well as the Dark Red series.

    Marie Goudot also assisted Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker during the creation of My breathing is my dancing for Rosas and Somnia for P.A.R.T.S.. She recreated with dancer of the Opera de Lyon Marie Albert a solo from the piece Mitten wir im Leben sind/ Bach6cellosuiten as part of Danser Encore (2022) at the Centre National de la Danse in Paris. Since 2016, Marie is also part of the faculty of P.A.R.T.S., and has taught at Impulstanz and CNSMD in Paris. 

  • Yuika Hashimoto

    Yuika Hashimoto (Japan,1991) has been dancing since she was 3 years old, taking  lessons from Yoshie Nagai. She continued her dance education in Tokyo, where she graduated from the Japan Women’s College of Physical Education in March 2014. While she was a student in Tokyo she also took lessons from Yukari Ota. She graduated from P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels) in June 2016. She has worked with the company Field Works as an intern with whom she performed carry on at RUCKA in Latvia and PACT Zollverein in Germany. She worked with Yumi Osanai, with whom she performed the creation Hidden Sense. She has been collaborating with the Scarbo saxophone quartet (Belgium) for the project PAGINE since 2015. Yuika joined Rosas in 2016 for the revival of Rain.

  • Fumiyo Ikeda

    In 1979, Fumiyo Ikeda (1962, Japan) entered MUDRA, Maurice Béjart’s dance school in Brussels, where she met Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. In 1983, she was one of the founding members/dancers of Rosas. Between 1983 and 2008, she contributed to the creation of and danced in almost all Rosas productions. She was also part of Rosas films, including Ottone Ottone and Rosa. Since 2007, Fumiyo Ikeda has developed her own artistic trajectory. In 2007, she created Nine Finger with Benjamin Verdonck and Alain Platel. This performance was selected for the Festival d’Avignon 2007 and toured extensively internationally. After that, she created the solo in pieces, a collaboration with British theatre maker and director of Forced Entertainment Tim Etchells. She performed in Life and Times, Episode 2, a performance by Nature Theater of Oklahoma (2010). In 2013, she created amness with Japanese choreographer Un Yamada. In 2014, she created Cross Grip with three Japanese dancers and percussionist Kuniko Kato. In 2015, she choreographed and performed Absence with Frank Focketyn, directed by Peter Verhelst (NTGent) and Eric Joris (CREW). In 2016, she choreographed and performed De Sleutel directed by Josse De Pauw. In 2017, Fumiyo Ikeda choreographed and performed a solo to Piano and String Quartet by Morton Feldman, performed live by Ictus. She regularly teaches workshops, was a guest teacher at KASK, and is the rehearsal director for the early work of Rosas.

  • Cynthia Loemij

    Cynthia Loemij (1969, the Netherlands) took a teacher-training course at the Rotterdam dance academy, where she obtained her diploma in 1991. Since then she has been a member of Rosas. She was involved in the creation of ERTS (1992), Mozart/Concert Arias- un moto di gioia (1992), Amor constante más allá de la muerte (1994), Verklärte Nacht (1995), Woud (1996), Just Before (1997), Drumming (1998), Quartett (a duet with Frank Vercruyssen) (1999), In Real Time (2000), Rain and Small hands (a duet with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker) (2001), April me (2002), Repertory Evening (2002), Bitches Brew / Tacoma Narrows (2003), Kassandra (2004), the revival of Mozart / Concert Arias, Raga for the Rainy season / A Love Supreme (2005), D'un soir un jour (2006), Bartók / Beethoven / Schönberg Repertory Evening (2006), Steve Reich Evening (2007), Zeitung (2008), En Atendant (2010), Vortex Temporum (2013), Work/Travail/Arbeid (2015), The six Brandenburg Concertos (2018) and Così fan tutte (2017), as well as the Dark Red Research Project (2019), Dark Red - Beyeler (2021), Brancusi (2019), Louvre-Lens (2021), and Beyeler/RPS (2022). She danced in the revivals of Achterland, Rosas danst Rosas, Elena’s Aria and Mikrokosmos, and in the film versions of Achterland and Rosas danst Rosas. In 2006, she took part in Nusch, a play by theater company Stan. In 2009, she danced the duet Prélude à la Mer with Mark Lorimer, in the film of the same name by Thierry De Mey. She appeared in Kris Verdonck’s End and collaborated with Manon de Boer on the installations Dissonant and Mirror Modulation. With David Zambrano, she created a duet, as part of the performance Holes. Cynthia Loemij also taught at P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels), the Panetta Movement Centre and Movement Research (New York), Dance Works (Rotterdam), and for the opéra Garnier (retake of Rain) and the Lisbon ballet. In 2011, she founded the company OVAAL with Mark Lorimer, and created the performances To Intimate and Dancesmith – Camel, Weasel, Whale. Currently, she is working on the solo Vocabularium (working title, 2024), with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.

  • Mark Lorimer

    Mark Lorimer (United Kingdom, 1969) is trained at LCDS (London) and has since worked with, among others, the Featherstonehaughs/ Lea Anderson, Cie. Michèle Anne De Mey, Bock and Vincenzi, Mia Lawrence, Deborah Hay and Jonathan Burrows. From 1997, as a founding member of ZOO/Thomas Hauert, he participated in six group projects and choreographed Nylon Solution as part of “5”.

    With Rosas, Lorimer has worked as both dancer and rehearsal director for several creations and reprises, as well as free-lancing in both roles since 1994 - Amor Constante Mas Alla De La Muerte, Kinok , Verklärte Nacht, Woud, Mikrokosmos (reprise), Un Moto Di Gioia - Mozart Concert Arias (reprise), In Real Time, Rain, Drumming (reprise), Repertory Evening (20th Anniversary), D'Un Soir Un Jour, Bartok-Beethoven-Schönberg Soirée Répertoire, Steve Reich Evening , Zeitung, The Song, En Atendant and Vortex Temporum. Teaching credits include ImpulsTanz Vienna, P.A.R.T.S., Laban Centre in London, and Movement Research/International Dance Dialogues in New York. In 2011, together with Cynthia Loemij, Mark created a duet To Intimate with live music from cellist Thomas Luks. In 2012 he collaborated on another duet with Alix Eynaudi - Monique and last year Cynthia and Mark continued their work together working with graphic designer Clinton Stringer, Dancesmith - Camel, Weasel, Whale. Mark has worked with Boris Charmatz for the creation of Manger.

  • Solal Mariotte

    Solal Mariotte (2001, France) discovered dance through Hip Hop. Since 2020, he travels with and participates in many events by the breakdance crew Above The Blood. He studied at the conservatory of Annecy and continued his training at P.A.R.T.S., from which he graduated in 2022. During his studies, he took part in various creative projects and started developing his own choreographic language. He was noticed for his solo dance performance, which he continues to present to this day. As a performer, he danced in the piece Any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones by Jan Martens, before joining Rosas in 2023 for EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

  • Mariana Miranda

    Mariana Miranda (1996, Brazil) finished her studies in contemporary dance at Bolshoi Theater School in Brazil in 2014. The following year, she participated in the Biblioteca do Corpo project (directed by Ismael Ivo) for the creation of Das Tripas Coração, which premiered at the ImPulsTanz festival in Vienna with subsequent touring in Brazil. Between 2016 and 2019, Miranda studied at P.A.R.T.S., where she performed works by Trisha Brown, Boris Charmatz, and Cristian Duarte. She also took part in Somnia by Jolente and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. After graduating in 2019, she performed in Screws and Snake Arms by Alexander Vantournhout and collaborated with Wai Lok Chan for the creation of /bɪˈtwiːn/. She joined Rosas in 2020 for the revival of Drumming and has since also danced in the Dark Red series, Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa (2022) and Forêt (2022). Mariana is also part of EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

  • Michaël Pomero

    Michaël Pomero (1980, France) discovered dance at the Junior Ballet Company of Béziers and continued his studies at the Rudra Béjart School in Lausanne. He commenced his professional career in 1999 at the Béjart Ballet Lausanne. In 2001, he joined the Lyon Opera Ballet, where he performed work by John Jasperse, Angelin Preljocaj, Dominique Boivin, Russell Maliphant, and others. In 2003, he launched his freelance career and moved to London, where he participated in two creations by Maliphant, and worked on different projects in the UK and Switzerland. In 2005, he co-founded the Loge 22 collective in Lyon with Marie Goudot and Julien Monty. Loge 22 is a cofounder of Europe’s SPIDER Festival, staging events in Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, France, and Belgium. While remaining involved in Loge 22 projects, Michaël Pomero danced in numerous productions by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, including Bartók/Beethoven/Schönberg —Repertory Evening (2006), The Song (2009), Cesena (2011), Vortex Temporum (2013), Work/Travail/Arbeid (2015), Mitten wir im Leben sind/Bach6Cellosuiten (2017), The six Brandenburg Concertos (2018), Così fan tutte (2017) and the Dark Red series. 

  • Soa Ratsifandrihana

    Soa Ratsifandrihana (France, 1994) studied at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris. She pursued further training in the Junior Ballet with which she danced works of Nathalie Pubellier and Cristiana Morganti. After finishing her studies in 2014, she travelled to Japan to perform Le Baiser from the repertoire of Thomas Lebrun. She met the stage director Caleb Hammond in New York for whom she danced Helen, at the Brick Theater in Brooklyn. In the same year, Soa joined the Compagnie du Hanneton directed by James Thierrée. She participated in the creation of Tabac Rouge which received the Molière 2014 for best visual creation. An international tour follows with stops at the Sydney Festival in Australia, the Chekhov Festival in Russia (Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and Yekaterinburg) and the BAM Next Wave Festival in New York, US. In 2015, she collaborated with Salia Sanou in his creation called Du Désir d’Horizons, a piece inspired by dance workshops conducted in African refugee camps. The première took place in Théâtre de Chaillot in Paris. In 2016, she started working with Rosas for the revival of Rain.

  • Cintia Sebők

    Cintia Sebők (1995, Hungary) studied at Győri Dance and Fine Arts School in Hungary from 2007 to 2014. After completing her studies, she worked with several Hungarian choreographers. She joined the Central Europe Dance Company and worked with Kláry Pataki in Notes and We live happily. In 2016, she was admitted to P.A.R.T.S., from which she graduated in 2019. During her studies, she created a duet with Stanley Olivier called Sorry not Sorry, worked with Boris Charmatz on 1000 Gestures, interned with Rosas, and was part of the creation of Somnia by Anne Teresa and Jolente De Keersmaeker. Cintia Sebők joined Rosas for the revival of Bartók/Beethoven/Schönberg and Drumming. Before she joined Rosas full time, she worked with Patrik Kelem and collaborators on Cryptik Bodies. Since then, she took part in the creation of the Rosas productions Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa (2022) and Forêt (2022) at Musée du Louvre, Paris. She is also part of EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

  • Jacob Storer

    Jacob Storer (1992, USA) graduated in 2016 from P.A.R.T.S. and joined Trisha Brown Dance Company in 2017. He is currently based in Brussels, collaborating on projects involving somatic embodiment, movement, music, and semantics of language. He has previously taught at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York; Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Istanbul; and P.A.R.T.S. Storer was involved in the creation of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s new choreography for West Side Story on Broadway, New York, in 2019. In 2020, he joined Rosas, where he has danced in Mystery Sonatas / for Rosa (2022) as well as in the Dark Red series and Forêt (2022). Jacob is also part of EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

  • Ariadna Navarrete Valverde

    Ariadna Navarrete Valverde (2000, Costa Rica) started her artistic studies in 2013 at the Conservatorio de Castella, where she was trained in contemporary dance, classical ballet, theater, music and visual arts. After graduating in 2017, she worked with choreographers including Henriette Borbon, Carmen Calderon, Erick Jimenez, Nandayure Harley, and performed at the XXXIV Graciela Moreno’s Choreographers Festival. In 2018, she continued her studies in the Dance School of the National University of Costa Rica (UNA). In the same year, she performed with the Chamber Dance Company UNA, directed by Nandayure Harley. Later in 2019, she started the Training Cycle of P.A.R.T.S, Brussels, which she completed in 2022. During the Training Cycle, she performed works by Trisha Brown, Fabrice Mazliah, Maria Hassabi, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. She also made her own work, which was presented at Dansand Festival, 2021 and GXIII Festival, 2022. After graduating, she continued developing her own artistic practice in Brussels. In 2023, Ariadna joined Rosas for EXIT ABOVE - after the tempest / d'après la tempête / naar de storm.

     

  • Sue-Yeon Youn

    Sue-Yeon Youn was born in 1981 in South Korea. In 1987 she took up ballet and Korean traditional dance classes and in 1994 she attended the Seoul Arts High School. In 2002 she graduated from the dance department at the Korean National University of Arts. Between 2001 and 2003 she worked as a dancer in the Sungsoo Ahn Pick-up Group in Korea. In 2003 and 2004 Sue-Yeon studied at the Rotterdam Dance Academy. From 2004 till 2006 she followed the Research Cycle at P.A.R.T.S., from which she graduated with Love. Death. My life with Ting -Yu. Oh wait, I am you. In 2006 she participated at Deborah Hay’s Solo Performance Commissioning project o,o at the Findhorn Community Foundation in Scotland. Sue-Yeon joined Rosas for the creation of Steve Reich Evening and took part in the creation of ZeitungEn AtendantGolden Hours (As you like it) and the revivals of Rosas danst Rosas, Bartók/Mikrokosmos, Elena’s Aria and Drumming. She worked with David Zambrano for Soul project (2006) and created a duet for his piece called Holes (2010). In 2016, she collaborated with Georgia Vardarou for the creation of New Narratives