artistic leader, choreographer, dancer
Belgium – born in Dendermonde on May 25th, 1985.
dancer
He started his training in 1993 at the Gemeentelijke Academie voor Muziek, Woord en Dans in Lebbeke. At the age of 12 he continued his education at the Royal Balletschool Antwerp. In 2002 he received a Scholarship at the Bartholin International Ballet Seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2003 he was invited to the seminar Ballet des Jeunes d’Europe, France.
He started his professional career in 2003 at the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Antwerp, Belgium. In August 2006 he became a soloist at the Städtische Theater Chemnitz, Germany. Since August 2009 he dances in the Luzerner Theater in Switzerland under the direction of Kathleen McNurney. He danced in choreographies of Georg Reischl, Patrick Delcroix, William Forsythe, Ken Ossola, Stephan Thoss, Kinsun Chan, Jochen Heckmann, Nick Hobbs, Nicola Fonte, Marcia Haydée among others.
Nominated as Beste Nachwuchstänzer 2007 (Best new generation dancer) in the German dance magazine Dance for you – edition February 2008.
In August 2008 he founded the npo Interdans to organise an International Dance Festival.
choreographer
In the context of a project for young choreographers in Weltecho – Chemnitz, Germany, he created in 2008 his first choreography Tres Ludus and in 2009 he creates his second choreography Voodoo 639.
Since the Summer 2009 he yearly organizes the International Dance Festival in Lebbeke, Belgium. In 2011 Interdans had his first guest performance in Capitole Gent.
Spread over the years he created for Interdans See you at the…, Rikke-Tikke-Tik, and raW Impressions
The last two pieces are also performed partly or entirely in Dancemakers from the Luzerner Theater.
