Annabel Koele

‘(De)Formation’
4x:
september 3, 10, 17, 24
Prijs:
€ 66,-

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‘(De)Formation’

In these classes, we will explore movement and composition of the human body through a surrealistic lens. How can we become aware of our physical habits, limits, and assumptions—(de)form them—and discover a new moving body? What stories emerge in
that transformation?
This is a practice grounded in improvisation and choice-making. Through heightened awareness of our physical tendencies, we challenge ourselves to move beyond the familiar and into the unknown. Often, this unknown proves less uncomfortable than expected. As we move, dance, and sweat, we will introduce the layer of performative presence.
By feeding the imagination and observing its impact on our movement, we may uncover new ways of being in space. This is a process of constant renewal—letting go of associations, reshaping reality, and playing together in a world of our own making with a sense of lightness, humor and curiosity.

Bio Annabel Koele

Annabel Koele (1996) is a performer, mimer, dancer and maker, creating physical performances in which she challenges time and reality. After graduating from Codarts University in Rotterdam in 2017.

Annabel performed in various projects across Europe before continuing her exploration of physical performance at the Mime School in Amsterdam (graduated 2024). Merging both disciplines, she currently creates physical work that shifts between bodily sculpture and dance performance.

Within her physical language she researches surreal and absurd imagery that unfolds into layered, poetic reflections on identity and presence. Combining her interest in spatial composition with a strong sense of musicality and timing, she aims to challenge our common perception of time, space, and the human body. She continues this research practice by creating new performances, teaching, and exchanging with curious bodies. Recently, Annabel was selected by Aerowaves as a #Twenty26 artist with her solo creation MAGNITUDE.

This gives her the opportunity to connect with the European field of contemporary dance performance. In 2024, Annabel received the Top Naeff Prize, which is awarded to students showing outstanding artistic promise at the Academy of Theatre and Dance (AHK). In 2025 she was nominated for the Piket Art Prize. Her recent solo and duet creations include MAGNITUDE (2024), which toured nationally with support of Via Rudolphi; Even When I’m Dreaming; I Hear Sounds (2025); Ceci n’est pas une Annabel (2022); While Strolling (2021); Loos (2021); and Kosmos (2019).

https://annabelkoele.com

Laisvie Ochoa = VOL

‘Multiform Body’
5x:
oktober 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Prijs:
€ 82,-

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‘Multiform Body’.

In this course, I invite you to cultivate your bodily intelligence through guided improvisations and somatic-based tools. From a place of playfulness and expansive imagination, we will explore different relationships with ourselves, others, time, and space. Through practices of deep listening, we will dive into a series of instant compositions, observing and reflecting on them to sharpen our perception and clarity. My approach is part of my ongoing investigation into developing images that melt the mind and awaken the instinct of the multiform body.

Bio Laisvie Ochoa

Laisvie Ochoa is a Colombian-Lithuanian choreographer and video artist. She is the director of ConCuerpos, Colombia's first inclusive dance company, now expanding to the Netherlands. Trained in Psychology and Multimedia Creation in Colombia, Laisvie pursued
the Co-creation of Movement Masters of Arts (COMMA) program as well as the Embodied Life Art Program (ELAP) in the Netherlands.

Her creative exploration is based on working from subjectivity, developing bodily intelligence from a state of listening and finding creative freedom within the abundance of the imagination.

Currently, Laisvie is conducting artistic research on accessibility in dance, seeking to create a stage language that allows the autonomous participation of people with visual and hearing impairments as an audience.

Laisvie moves between Colombia and the Netherlands, continuing her work with ConCuerpos, being a dancer, teacher, and maker.

https://www.laisvie.com/

Raúl Saldarriaga

‘Sentipensar in Motion: Embodied Observation and Relational’
7x:
november 5, 12, 19, 26 | december 3, 10, 17
Prijs:
€ 116,-

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‘Sentipensar in Motion: Embodied Observation and Relational’

This workshop series invites participants on a journey into movement rooted in deep listening, active observation, and sensory awareness. Grounded in the Latin American philosophy of Sentipensar – the seamless integration of sensing and thinking, where
experiencing emotions and physical sensations precede intellectual concepts – we will investigate various bodily cues together.

Participants will explore the fundamental principles of gravity, the dynamic relationship between bodies, the art of sharing weight, and moving from a collective sense of ‘we’ rather than individual isolation. The exploration will shift fluidly between individual investigations, partner work, and group dynamics.

Throughout the sessions, we will gather a versatile vocabulary of movement and practical skills. However, during improvisation, these tools serve purely to help us navigate and resolve whatever arises in the moment—fully inhabiting the present, free from expectations or rigid plans. A central pillar of this practice will be the deep, conscious observation of the other, learning how to dance with someone based entirely on active attention and mutual awareness.

Bio Raúl Saldarriaga

Raúl is an artistic researcher, performer, choreographer, and the founder of Casagrafia. For more than twenty years, he has been teaching, creating, and supporting artistic and creative projects in Colombia and across Europe. His work focuses on contemporary dance, partnering dance, and (contact) improvisation, exploring movement as a space for creativity, playfulness, communication, and human connection.

Raúl holds a BA in Art Pedagogy and a BA in Contemporary Dance, alongside an MA in Interactive Media and Choreography (Hanze University, The Netherlands) and an MA in Choreography and Community (Codarts and Fontys University). His artistic practice lives at the intersection of rigorous academic research and deep human warmth. Operating under the philosophy of Sentipensar, he currently serves as a teacher at the Vrije Hogeschool. Through Casagrafia, Raúl cultivates an inclusive, vibrant community space where high-level artistic knowledge serves as a tool for genuine human connection and shared creation.

https://www.casagrafia.com

Jasper Džuki Jelen

‘Contact & tijd’
workshop, 1x :
zaterdag 14 november, 12.00-17.00 uur
Prijs:
€ 65,-

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‘Contact & tijd’

In deze workshop onderzoeken we hoe tijd en snelheid een palet aan kwaliteiten openen binnen contactimprovisatie, dans, en belichaming in het algemeen. We verkennen zowel de verdiepende kracht van vertraagd bewegen als lichtvoetige snelheid die het 'weten-voor-we-het-weten' wakker maakt en op de proef stelt.

Daarbij werk je alleen, in duo's, en met de hele groep. Gestructureerde oefeningen, physical games en improvisatiemomenten wisselen elkaar af in deze dynamische en regulerende middag.

Deze workshop vraagt om een wil om samen te leren en zo je eigen vermogen te verbreden, je gewoonten te onderzoeken en je begrip van tijd en snelheid te verdiepen. Er is aandacht voor veiligheid, respect, keuzevrijheid, en consensus.

Bio Jasper Džuki Jelen

Jasper Džuki Jelen (NL/SI) werkt al twintig jaar in het dansveld als performer, maker, en docent. Jaren geleden was hij regelmatig als docent te gast bij Dansdrift. In de afgelopen tien jaar ontwikkelde hij een fysieke interactieve maakpraktijk als co-artistiek leider van
The100Hands uit Breda.

Dans is voor Jasper een ontmoeting, een dialoog zonder woorden, met jezelf, de ander, en je directe omgeving. In zijn lessen spelen partnering, improvisatie en being in and with the moment altijd een belangrijke rol.

Jasper is tevens actief als lichaamsgeoriënteerde traumatherapeut en geeft trainingen op het gebied van peak performance, stress regulatie en veilige, maar uitdagende werkomgevingen.

https://praesens.net/