Marloes van Houten (Artist, educator)
Dr. Marloes van Houten (b.1982) is a Dutch dancer, art director, choreographer, researcher, expressive arts trainer, and movement educator. She has an educational background in dance, theatre, visual arts and politics. She studied Expressive Arts for Performance, Therapy and Education (Advanced Post-Master) in Switzerland, and completed her PhD in Hong Kong, focusing on the Life/Art Process as a choreographic tool for dealing with Hong Kong’s current social political challenges.
While raised in the Netherlands, her teaching (dance, pilates, yoga, conditioning, partnering), performance, and choreography projects has taken her around the globe. In 2013, Houten founded a coaching practice focusing on wellbeing through workout, nutrition, and expressive arts (www.zoecoaching.nl). In 2014, she started the 5 year Hong Kong/China – Netherlands dance dialogue project titled HKNLversations – Reinventing Home, where she acts as Artistic Director.
Houten worked as a professional dancer for various companies and projects, such as Dance Theatre Cadans (Eric Velu Productions), Monique Duurvoort Danst (NL), I-AM concepts (Singapore), Dutch National Ballet (aerialist/dancer for ‘The New Prince), and Vivo Ballet (Rome). The most recent dance productions she directed/choreographed include “Forge Portmanteau” (HK 2015), “Poiema” (i-dance Festival HK, 2015), “The Voyage” (HKICAROS & Dutch Days of Hong Kong, 2016), “Muscari Armeniacum,” and “Flora, Forgotten and Forgiven” (Art Rotterdam NL, 2017).
Rosa Allessie (Artist, educator)
Rosa Allessie is a dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, and creative entrepreneur from Holland. She graduated with a BA in Contemporary Performance/Dance Theatre at the Fontys School of Arts (Tilburg, The Netherlands) in 2013. Dance is her first language, and her goal is to tell stories through movement, whether as a performer, teacher, (co-) creator, or otherwise. Rosa has a foundation in classical ballet, contemporary dance, jazz, dance theatre, floorwork, and improvisation.
She worked as a professional dancer in various companies and projects, such as De Stilte (internship and contract), Holland Opera (Blauwbaard), DMT (Before the Storm Breaks a.o.), La Fura Dels Baus (Turning on the Lights), De Nationale Opera (The New Prince), Isabelle Beernaert (Under My Skin), Truus Bronkhorst (Seule & Excerpts 2).
Allessie also creates her own work, both solo and in collaboration with other artists. Her pieces “Look/See” and “Movement Perpétuel” were shown at festivals and various other events. With Jamie de Groot she created “Altijd Hetzelfde Liedje” and “Statua Viva.” In collaboration with Beeldjutters (video artists) she choreographed and danced in several performances. With Maartje Fijen she created work as part of the dance theatre company Buurvrouw&Buurvrouw. Her work “Hoge Nood,” “Circus Buurvrouw&Buurvrouw,” and “Hé Teut” have been performed at various festivals in Holland.
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