Teachers - Countertechnique

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

"I love to create an atmosphere in class where I’m sharing knowledge and tools for dancers to explore the technique in their own way and in their own timing."

Marina Bilterijst

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Born in the Netherlands, Marina is currently based in Amsterdam, after living several years in New York City. She was introduced with Countertechnique during her studies at Codarts/Rotterdam Dance Academy in 2010 and attended the One Body One Career intensive in 2018, 2019 and 2020 before successfully attending the Countertechnique Teacher Training Program in 2020.

Marina has been a professional dancer since 2013. After an apprenticeship at Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Marina lived in New York working with Nimbus Dance Works. Since 2017, Marina is a company dancer at De Châtel Sur Place in Amsterdam, directed by choreographer Krisztina de Châtel. In New York Marina fell in love with teaching and became a certified Pilates teacher in 2014.

“Countertechnique fascinated me from the very first class I took because of the way it made me feel. At that time I didn’t know much about it, but slowly I started realizing there was a lot of knowledge behind the technique. This has made the journey to become a Countertechnique teacher very interesting to me: learning new knowledge about the human body and its potential, the ways it can move and how to use it with the most efficiency.

Countertechnique makes you more free to move, creates more awareness of your body and helps you to use it to its fullest potential. Countertechnique empowers dancers to pursue a life long dancing career in a safe way. I love to create an atmosphere in class where I’m sharing knowledge and tools for dancers to explore the technique in their own way and in their own timing."

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Marina’s teaching history:

22 Feb – 12 Apr 2024, Fontys Dance Academy, Tilburg (NL)
6 Feb – 4 Apr 2023, Fontys Dance Academy, Tilburg (NL)
15 Nov – 18 Jan 2023, Fontys Dance Academy, Tilburg (NL)
29 Jun 2022, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
13 – 20 Apr 2022, Korzo, The Hague (NL)
1 Apr 2022, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (AHK), Amsterdam (NL)
7 Feb – 18 Apr 2022, Fontys Dansacademie, Tilburg (NL)
2 Sep – 20 Apr 2022, Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
7 – 17 Jun 2021, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
15 – 16 Mar 2021, Henny Jurriëns Stichting, Amsterdam (NL)
4 – 18 Mar 2021, Codarts University of the Arts, Rotterdam
3 Mar 2021, Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
4 – 15 Jan 2021, De Châtel Sur Place, Amsterdam (NL)
8 Oct – 10 Dec 2020, Amsterdam Dance Centre, Amsterdam (NL)

Sydney, Australia

"The practice is not about arriving to "an end" but about the continuous drive, curiosity and process. Every day is a new day and with this - new discoveries are always possible!"

Madeline Harms

Sydney, Australia

Born and raised in Australia, Madeline is currently based in Sydney, Australia. Madeline first came in touch with Countertechnique in 2010 whilst studying at Codarts University of the Arts, Rotterdam. Since then she has studied with various teachers in Europe and Australia, participating in two One Body One Career intensives before successfully acquiring her Countertechnique teaching certification in 2021.

Madeline is currently a dancer at Sydney Dance Company, under the artistic direction of Rafael Bonachela. From 2017-2022, Madeline was a member of tanzmainz, the dance company of Staatstheater Mainz. During her time with the company she has worked with numerous choreographers including Sharon Eyal, Roy Assaf, Guy Weizman and Roni Haver, Victor Quijada, Pierre Regal, Guy Nadar and Maria Campos. Previously Madeline also performed with Dantzaz Konpainia (Spain) with choreographers Itzik Galili and Jacopo Godani, and worked in The Netherlands as an independent dancer, working with Another Kind of Blue/David Middendorp and de Nationale Opera.

"Countertechnique is a facilitator of one’s own physical learning and practice, and has been a positive influence throughout my career. It has given me the power of an organised mind, allowing me to make better choices for my physical (and mental) self. It has brought potential patterns and habits to the surface and, in turn, given me the tools to question and explore them. Through this I have been able to realise the potential generosity and immense volume of movement, as well as the limitless detail and dimensions one can find within. The practice is not about arriving to "an end" but about the continuous drive, curiosity and process, and when I realised and accepted this, my approach to dance completely shifted. Every day is a new day and with this - new discoveries are always possible! May the playfulness never end.”

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Madeline’s teaching history:

1 – 4 Apr 2024, Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
12 – 15 Feb 2024, Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
29 – 30 Jan 2024, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
25 Jan 2024, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
15 – 18 Jan 2024, National College of Dance, Newcastle (AUS)
4 – 7 Aug 2023, Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
22 Feb 2023, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
15 Feb 2023, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
8 Feb 2023, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
6 – 8 Sep 2022, Dantzaz Konpainia, San Sebastian (ES)
5 – 7 Sep 2022, Dantzaz Konpainia, Donostia/San Sebastián (ES)
18 – 23 Jul 2022, Royal Danish Ballet Summer School, Copenhagen (DK)
11 – 14 Jul 2022, Dance Theatre Heidelberg, Heidelberg (DE)
6 Jul 2022, tanzmainz, Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz (DE)
25 May 2022, University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt (DE)
24 – 25 May 2022, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt (DE)
26 Mar 2022, Sydney Dance Company, Paris (FR)
7 – 10 Feb 2022, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Würzburg (DE)
9 Nov 2021, tanzmainz, Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz (DE)

New York City, USA

“Countertechnique has allowed me to find liberation in non-linearity and choice-making and am able to exist and dance as my whole self. Always.”

Maggie Costales

New York City, USA

Born in California, Maggie is based in New York City. She was introduced to Countertechnique in 2015 while studying at The Boston Conservatory. Since then, Maggie has attended numerous workshops across the U.S. led by various teachers and has participated in three One Body, One Career Intensives. Maggie attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training Program in 2023.

Maggie studied and trained at The Boston Conservatory and received her BFA in 2018. Upon graduating, Maggie and her creative partner, Christopher Kinsey, founded the collective Haus of PVMNT for which she is the co-director and company dramaturg. Additionally, she acts as the administrative assistant and artistic associate for The Davis Sisters, Joy and Alexander Davis. As a freelance dance artist in NYC, Maggie is currently dancing and collaborating with SAXYN Dance Works and is currently teaching at Gibney Dance Center.

"Studying Countertechnique has been one of the greatest gifts and explorations of my dancing career and life thus far. Dance has always been the place in which I feel most myself and Countertechnique elevates and encourages all of what I love most about it: curiosity, rigor, catharsis, presence, and so much more. I feel empowered by the agency Countertechnique has taught me and I am able to find joy and excitement within problem solving rather than being overwhelmed with judgement and fear. I feel more connected to my body and more available to exploring the endless possibilities of movement. Countertechnique has allowed me to find liberation in non-linearity and choice-making and am able to exist and dance as my whole self. Always."

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Maggie’s upcoming classes:

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Gibney Dance Center

New York (USA)

Wed 20 Mar – Wed 20 Mar, 10:00 – 11:45
Mon 25 Mar – Mon 25 Mar, 12:00 – 13:45
Sat 27 Apr – Sat 27 Apr, 12:00 – 13:45

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Maggie’s teaching history:

22 Mar 2024, Mark Morris Dance Center, New York (USA)
20 Mar – 27 Apr 2024, Gibney Dance Center, New York (USA)
14 Mar 2024, Adelphi University, New York (USA)
26 Feb 2024, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
2 Feb 2024, Mark Morris Dance Center, New York
20 Jan – 30 Mar 2024, Gibney Dance Center, New York (USA)
6 Nov 2023, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
19 Sep – 16 Dec 2023, Gibney Dance Center, New York (USA)

Trondheim, Norway

"It is exciting to discover how much one can benefit from investigating and exploring the truly amazing human body, and how this can open up an endless amount of new possibilities to move."

Nina Wollny

Trondheim, Norway

Originally from Germany, Nina is now based in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). She has been teaching Countertechnique since 2004, and over the years has made a major contribution to the development of Countertechnique. As the only Master Teacher, she has also been heavily involved in the training of all other Countertechique teachers. Nina is currently Program Manager of the Countertechnique Program and also still featuring on stage in Anouk van Dijk's works TRUST, Protect Me and Rausch.

Nina joined Anouk van Dijk's company in 2002, whilst still at the Rotterdam Dance Academy, and has featured in almost all of her work since then. She has also been a rehearsal director for several of Anouk van Dijk's works and from 2007-2012 has been her artistic assistant as well. Since 2004 she is a passionate teacher of Countertechnique and has been teaching classes and workshops at academies, festivals, companies and studios around the world.

“When Anouk van Dijk asked me in 2004 to start teaching Countertechnique, I was very honored and looking forward to share this technique, that had helped me to experience my body in a whole new way. I have always been a very muscular dancer and Countertechnique taught me to find more flexibility in addition to my natural strength, and to replace effort with more ease and efficiency.

After more than 10 years of working with the Countertechnique a big part of my curiosity lies in the communication between body and mind and thought and movement. It is exciting to discover how much one can benefit from investigating and exploring the truly amazing human body, and how this can open up an endless amount of new possibilities to move. It’s great to be able to share this process and learning experience with other dancers.

Apart from all the chances to learn and grow I also still think, that moving is really fun, exhilarating and sometimes it makes me feel like I’m actually flying, which motivates me to keep dancing and teaching. And I hope I will be able to continue sharing all of this with dancers around the world.”

Tim Volleman

Bologna, Italy

Born in the Netherlands, Tim is now based in Cardiff (Wales, UK). He came in contact with Countertechnique for the first time during his studies in Codarts/Rotterdam Dance Academy. In 2020 he successfully attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training program.

Tim works currently as a dancer with National Dance Company Wales. Since graduation he has performed with various companies including Nederlands Dans Theater II, Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble, Internationaal Dans Theater, de Stilte and worked with choreographers Heidi Vierthaler, Juanjo Arques and Caroline Finn, amongst others.

“From a very young age I have been intrigued by the “expiration date” of my body as a dancer. Terrified by the idea of accepting that there will be one day when I will have used my body up and won’t be able to move anymore. Countertechnique has been my answer to that.

Countertechnique allows dancers to move all the crazy ways they are asked to and wish to. At the same time respecting their body as an irreplaceable, precious instrument. It makes me happy to share this knowledge, empowering other dancers to (re-)discover their unique body and find enjoyable ways to partner with it.”

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Tim’s teaching history:

12 – 29 Feb 2024, Studio del Movimento Danza, Budrio, Bologna (IT)
30 Sep 2023, Team Diablo, Molinella, Bologna (IT)
28 Sep – 19 Dec 2023, Studio del Movimento Danza, Budrio, Bologna (IT)
4 Sep – 28 Nov 2023, Studio del Movimento Danza, Budrio, Bologna (IT)
15 Jul 2023, Team Diablo, Molinella, Bologna (IT)
8 Jul 2023, Team Diablo, Molinella, Bologna (IT)
9 – 10 May 2023, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
17 – 21 Apr 2023, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
14 – 15 Mar 2023, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
22 – 24 Feb 2023, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
11 – 13 Jan 2023, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
28 – 29 Nov 2022, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
26 – 28 Oct 2022, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
10 – 14 Oct 2022, The Hub Studios London, London (GB)
10 – 14 Oct 2022, Rambert, London (GB)
5 – 6 Oct 2022, Studio del Movimento Danza, Budrio, Bologna (IT)
1 Oct 2022, Team Diablo, Molinella, Bologna (IT)
20 – 22 Sep 2022, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
23 – 25 Aug 2022, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
22 – 26 Aug 2022, National Youth Dance Wales, Cardiff (GB)
27 – 29 Jul 2022, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
14 – 17 Jun 2022, Studio del Movimento Danza, Budrio, Bologna (IT)
19 – 23 May 2022, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
28 – 30 Mar 2022, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
14 – 18 Mar 2022, Rambert, London (GB)
14 – 16 Feb 2022, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
24 – 25 Jan 2022, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
2 – 6 Dec 2021, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
14 – 28 Nov 2021, NDC Wales Associates Programme, Cardiff (GB)
12 Nov 2021, Ballet Cymru, Newport (GB)
11 Oct 2021, Ballet Cymru, Newport (GB)
21 – 30 Jul 2021, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
28 May 2021, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
1 – 12 Mar 2021, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)
22 Oct – 10 Dec 2020, National Dance Company Wales, Cardiff (GB)

Chicago, USA

"Deeply convinced of the moving body's potential, I remain curious in exploring new paths. Countertechnique is helping me to do so, while challenging my opinions and raising new questions every day."

Verena Pircher

Chicago, USA

Born in Salzburg (Austria), Verena Pircher is currently based in Chicago (USA). She started studying Countertechnique extensively in 2013. Since then she has participated in three One Body One Career Intensives, and successfully attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2018 and 2021.

Verena studied contemporary dance (BA) at Codarts in Rotterdam and movement research (MA) at Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz. Between 2015 and 2019 she was a full-time ensemble member of the Swedish dance company Norrdans, with whom she toured works by Mari Carrasco, Peter Svenzon, Lenka Vagnerova and Fabio Liberti, among others. In 2020 she assisted Anouk van Dijk and Falk Richter at Münchner Kammerspiele with their production “Touch”. Next to performing and teaching, Verena holds extensive experience as a production manager for several festivals across Austria. Together with choreographer Rosana Ribeiro, she co-founded the company „Selva“, for which she now works as a dramaturg. As of 2024, Verena will be the artistic director and curator of Salzburg-based PERFORMdANCE Festival.

„Moving between performing, teaching, curating and researching dance, I am inspired by how these different approaches provide a manifold of angles on the art form that keeps surprising me on a daily basis. Deeply convinced of the moving body's potential, I remain curious in exploring new paths. Countertechnique is helping me to do so, while challenging my opinions and raising new questions every day. It has helped me to become aware of my thought process, which enables me to contribute to the creative process proactively, in whatever context I may find myself in. Naturally, I really want to share my discoveries with other dancers as well. For me, teaching is an ongoing process of sharing and caring for each other and the art of dance. The learning never stops, and this is what I love most about it!"

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Verena’s upcoming classes:

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Class Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (USA)	Tue 9 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15 Wed 10 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15 Mon 15 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15 Tue 16 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15	private
Class Extensions Dance Center Chicago (USA)	Sat 23 Dec, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 30 Dec, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 3 Feb, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 10 Feb, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 16 Mar, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 20 Apr, 03:00 – 04:45 Sun 28 Apr, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 8 Jun, 02:00 – 03:45	public
Class Links Hall Chicago (USA)	Sat 30 Mar, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 4 May, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 25 May, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 1 Jun, 02:00 – 03:45	public
Intensive American Dance Festival Durham (USA)	Mon 17 Jun – Fri 21 Jun Mon 24 Jun – Fri 28 Jun	public
Intensive Hubbard Street Dance Chicago USA	Mon 8 Jul – Wed 10 Jul Tue 16 Jul Wed 17 Jul Fri 19 Jul	public

Verena’s teaching history:

9 – 16 Apr 2024, Hubbard Street Dance, Chicago (USA)
30 Mar – 1 Jun 2024, Links Hall, Chicago (USA)
23 Dec – 8 Jun 2024, Extensions Dance Center, Chicago (USA)
14 Dec – 22 Feb 2024, The Rooted Space, Chicago (USA)
26 Oct – 9 Nov 2023, The Rooted Space, Chicago (USA)
18 – 22 Sep 2023, Bad Lemons Project, Munich (DE)
20 – 24 Mar 2023, Tanzcompagnie Volkstheater Rostock, Rostock (DE)
7 – 8 Mar 2023, TANZ Linz, Linz (AU)
20 Feb – 3 Mar 2023, Norrdans, Härnösand (SW)
15 – 16 Feb 2023, TANZ Linz, Linz (AU)
2 – 5 Jan 2023, Tanzfabrik, Berlin (DE)
5 – 9 Dec 2022, Profitraining, tanz_house Studio, Salzburg (AU)
1 – 4 Nov 2022, Profitraining, tanz_house Studio, Salzburg (AU)
23 – 25 May 2022, Profitraining Salzburg, tanz_house, Salzburg (AU)
25 – 30 Apr 2022, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
19 – 22 Apr 2022, HfMDK, Frankfurt (DE)
4 – 8 Apr 2022, Professional Training Classes, Salzburg (AU)
25 Jan – 4 Feb 2022, Norrdans, Härnösand (SW)
27 – 30 Dec 2021, Tanzfabrik, Berlin (DE)
13 – 17 Dec 2021, Profitraining, tanz_house Salzburg, Salzburg (AU)
18 – 22 Oct 2021, Profitraining, Sportzentrum Mitte, Salzburg (AU)
4 Aug 2021, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
19 – 24 Apr 2021, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
18 – 25 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
18 – 25 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
18 – 25 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
1 Mar – 21 Jun 2021, Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität, Linz (AU)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, New York (ZM)
19 Oct – 25 Jan 2021, Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität, Linz (AU)
5 – 16 Oct 2020, Profitraining Salzburg, Sportzentrum Mitte, Salzburg (AU)
28 Sep – 2 Oct 2020, Universität Mozarteum, Orff Institut, Salzburg (AU)
8 – 9 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Salzburg (AU)
3 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Salzburg (AU)
26 – 27 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Salzburg (AU)
18 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Salzburg (AU)
29 Apr – 13 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Salzburg (AU)
8 – 24 Apr 2020, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
24 – 28 Feb 2020, Profitraining Salzburg, ARGE Kultur, Salzburg (AU)
22 – 23 Feb 2020, Move Too Hot Company, Burghausen (DE)
19 – 21 Dec 2019, Profitraining Salzburg, tanz_house, Salzburg (AU)
4 – 15 Nov 2019, Profitraining Salzburg, Tanz_house Studio ARGE, Salzburg (AU)
16 – 20 Sep 2019, Profitraining, Sportzentrum Mitte Salzburg (Mehrzweckraum), Salzburg (AU)
12 – 13 Sep 2019, Oddaj ciężar, Warsaw (PL)
20 – 21 Jul 2019, Recoil, Dancecentrum Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)
17 – 25 Jun 2019, Profitraining, ARGE Kultur, Probenraum, Salzburg (AU)
20 – 22 Dec 2018, Profitraining, tanz_house Studio, Salzburg (AU)
12 Dec 2018, Norrdans, Härnösand (SW)
12 – 14 Nov 2018, Norrdans, Härnösand (SW)
30 Sep 2018, Norrdans, Härnösand (SW)

The Hague, The Netherlands

"I have always felt there was a strong need for a method that was developed for dancers on today's contemporary dance scene, which develops so fast and has such an enormous variety of movement. Countertechnique is exactly that."

Ema Yuasa

The Hague, The Netherlands

Born in Japan, Ema is now based in The Hague (Nederlands). She first took Countertechnique classes in 2016, and attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2020.

Ema studied classical ballet in Hiroshima (Japan) and Monte-Carlo (Monaco) at the Princesse Grace Dance Academy. After her graduation in 2002, she danced with the Dresden Ballet in Germany and L’Opera de Nice in France before joining Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) from 2004-2015. A freelancer since 2016, she has worked amongst others with Mats Ek and Sasha Waltz at the Royal Swedish Ballet and with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui at his company Eastman. She's also a choreographer in her own right, creating dance pieces as well as installation works, and has also appeared as an actor in various theatre works.

"Almost immediately after I started taking Countertechnique classes, I realised that this technique is something I had long been looking for as a dancer. It gave me so much joy and endless curiosity towards dance again, whereas previously I had felt burned out as a dancer and had struggled with the boringness of training. I really appreciate how teachers are there to guide dancers identify their own problems and how they help them address these issies for the purpose of their whole career, rather than just fixing form at the moment. I wanted to take the knowledge I gained with me as a dancer, but I also wanted to share my insights with others.

I have always felt there was a strong need for a method that was developed for dancers on today's contemporary dance scene, which develops so fast and has such an enormous variety of movement. Countertechnique is exactly that. Its community of teachers around the world is aware of how the field constantly changes and they continuously keep researching and reviewing the information they share. I am so looking forward to widen my perspective, discover many unknown things and re-experiencing my dancing. Countertechnique makes me active in body and mind."

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Ema’s upcoming classes:

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Class Le EX MOVERE DANCE FESTIVAL 2024 Montpellier (FR)	Mon 15 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Tue 16 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 17 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 18 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Fri 19 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Sat 20 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30	public
Class Scottish Dance Theatre Dundee (GB)	Tue 7 May, 09:30 – 11:00 Wed 8 May, 09:30 – 11:00 Thu 9 May, 09:30 – 11:00 Fri 10 May, 09:30 – 11:00	private

Ema’s teaching history:

15 – 20 Apr 2024, Le EX MOVERE DANCE FESTIVAL 2024, Montpellier (FR)
22 – 27 Mar 2024, SAITAMA ARTS THEATER, saitama (JP)
6 – 27 Feb 2024, Dance Intensive Hiroshima, Hiroshima (JP)
13 – 16 Nov 2023, Dance Box Kobe, Kobe (JP)
4 Nov – 24 Dec 2023, nosmosis research 2023, Tokyo (JP)
29 Oct 2023, nosmosis research 2023, Tokyo (JP)
10 – 17 Sep 2023, nosmosis research 2023, Tokyo (JP)
1 – 3 Sep 2023, DANCECREAM, Kouchi (JP)
29 Jul – 8 Aug 2023, HJS / Countertechnique, Amsterdam (NL)
22 – 25 Apr 2023, University of Tsukuba, TSUKUBA (JP)
2 – 30 Apr 2023, STUDIO ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
8 Mar 2023, The Work Room, Glasgow (GB)
6 – 10 Mar 2023, Scottish Dance Theatre, Dundee (GB)
27 Feb – 3 Mar 2023, ELEPHANT IN THE BLACK BOX, Madrid (ES)
27 Dec 2022, STUDIO ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
25 Dec 2022, SAKURAPIA Hatsukaichi Theater, Hiroshima (JP)
11 Sep – 27 Nov 2022, XHIASMA Research #002, Tokyo (JP)
16 – 19 Aug 2022, Dance Box Kobe, Kobe (JP)
25 – 29 Jul 2022, NDT, Den Haag (NL)
20 – 22 Jun 2022, Arts Umbrella, Amsterdam (NL)
15 May 2022, Studio ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
12 – 13 May 2022, Free Hearts, Hiroshima (JP)
9 – 29 Apr 2022, Studio ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
13 – 27 Mar 2022, Studio ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
8 – 20 Mar 2022, Saitama Arts Theater, Saitama (JP)
12 – 13 Feb 2022, Social Art Project, Sendai (JP)
11 – 13 Jan 2022, Architantz, Tokyo (JP)
8 – 10 Jan 2022, Architantz, Tokyo (JP)
26 – 28 Dec 2021, Studio ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
3 – 7 Nov 2021, ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
19 – 20 Aug 2021, Free Hearts, Hiroshima (JP)
9 – 15 Aug 2021, Saitama Arts Theater, Saitama (JP)
17 – 21 May 2021, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
10 – 14 Mar 2021, SAITAMA Arts Theater, Saitama (JP)
28 Feb 2021, Architanz, tokyo (JP)
19 – 21 Jan 2021, Studio ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
17 – 24 Jan 2021, Studio ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
14 – 15 Nov 2020, FREE HEARTS, Hiroshima (JP)
28 Oct 2020, Design and Creative Center Kobe KIITO, Kobe (JP)
24 Oct 2020, Studio Architanz, Tokyo (JP)
6 Oct 2020, ICK Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
5 Oct 2020, De Studio Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
16 – 30 Sep 2020, Korzo Theater, Den Haag (NL)

New York City, USA

“The aim of my class is to build community, challenge the individual, and encourage a deep and endless growth one can access from Countertechnique’s unique practice.”

Northampton (MA), USA

"As I teach others, I continue to dance in my own body, endlessly exploring. Countertechnique serves as a playground in which my entire being is able to awaken to observation, healthful movement, and joyful dancing.”

Maya LaLiberté

Northampton (MA), USA

Maya LaLiberté was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, and now lives in Northampton, Massachusetts (USA). She first connected with Countertechnique in 2014 during her undergraduate studies at Smith College, and subsequently participated in multiple workshops with various teachers in NYC. She attended One Body One Career (OBOC) intensives in Amsterdam in 2019 and 2022, and became a certified teacher after successfully completing the Countertechnique Teacher Training (CTTT) in 2022.

Maya studied at Smith College, and graduated with a Bachelor in Dance in 2018. Upon graduating, she worked in NYC as a freelance dance artist, collaborating and performing in many projects throughout the Northeast. Since relocating to Western Massachusetts in 2020, Maya has deepened her creative practice and strengthened her commitment to building community through dance and collaborative art-making. She is currently a faculty member at the School of Contemporary Dance and Thought, and teaches classes within the Five College Consortium.

“Countertechnique has become the most meaningful movement practice in my life. The spaciousness, presence, and freedom that I experience when dancing with Countertechnique is unmatched, and enables me to approach my dancing with profound intention, connection, and curiosity. No matter the context in which I move, I feel supported by this practice to engage my whole self. I connect deeply with the proactive approach to one’s own experience of moving - the layers of thinking and sensing while moving through space. As I dance, I teach myself. And now, as I teach others, I continue to dance in my own body, endlessly exploring. Countertechnique serves as a playground in which my entire being is able to awaken to observation, healthful movement, and joyful dancing, and it is thrilling to support individual and communal learning environments in which these experiences can be facilitated, metabolized, and inherently transformed.”

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Maya’s upcoming classes:

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School for Contemporary Dance and Thought

Northampton, MA (USA)

Sun 4 Feb, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 11 Feb, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 18 Feb, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 3 Mar, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 17 Mar, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 24 Mar, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 31 Mar, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 7 Apr, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 14 Apr, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 21 Apr, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 28 Apr, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 5 May, 14:00 – 15:45
Sun 12 May, 14:00 – 15:45

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Maya’s teaching history:

9 – 11 Mar 2024, Mi Chantli, Boulder, CO (USA)
4 Feb – 12 May 2024, School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton, MA (USA)
31 Oct – 2 Nov 2023, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley
28 Sep 2023, Amherst College, Amherst, MA (USA)
22 Sep – 6 Oct 2023, CLI Conservatory, Southhampton, MA (USA)
10 Sep – 10 Dec 2023, School of Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton (MA)
4 Sep – 6 Dec 2023, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (USA)
10 – 14 Jul 2023, School of Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton (MA) (USA)
6 – 9 Jul 2023, Gibney Dance Center, New York City (USA)
9 Jun 2023, Earthdance, Plainfield, MA (USA)
11 – 18 Mar 2023, Gibney Dance Center (280 Broadway), New York City
14 – 15 Jan 2023, Gibney Dance Center (280 Broadway), New York City (USA)
8 Jan – 28 May 2023, School of Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton (MA) (USA)
17 Dec 2022, Gibney Dance Center (280 Broadway), New York City (USA)
5 Nov 2022, Gibney Dance Center, New York City (USA)
11 Sep – 11 Dec 2022, School of Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton (USA)

New York City, USA

“To navigate the mental and physical rigor of a career in dance, Countertechnique has become my life long partner that empowers me with ease and agility when overcoming obstacles like fear, nerves, and exhaustion.”

Francesca Dominguez

New York City, USA

Raised in Sebastopol, CA, Francesca is a movement artist based in New York City. She first came into contact with Countertechnique while transitioning from college into her professional career, and it has since become an indispensable resource for herself as a dancer. Having nurtured her relationship with Countertechnique and its vibrant community since 2016, she has attended three One Body One Career Intensives, and in 2021 completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training Program. Francesca now teaches Countertechnique at the Julliard School Dance Division, Gibney Dance Center, Hunter College, and the Alonzo King Lines Ballet Training Program.

A movement artist based in New York City, Francesca honed her artistic voice as a choreographer and performer while attaining her BFA at California State University Long Beach. She furthered her training at the Alonzo King Lines Ballet Training Program and has danced with companies; Soluq Dance Theater in NYC, Thomas Noone Dance in Barcelona, and GRAYSCALE and Keith Johnson/Dancers in Los Angeles. Francesca is currently completing The Hunter College MFA program in Dance.

"I dance for the transformative power that emerges from proactively working on an individual process, while truly and acutely listening to the body and its surroundings. To navigate the mental and physical rigor of a career in dance, Countertechnique has become my life long partner that empowers me with ease and agility when overcoming obstacles like fear, nerves, and exhaustion. It offers me a new sense of clarity in mind and body by replacing unhelpful thoughts with practical and applicable information for my dancing. Countertechnique has allowed me to discover the potential for every challenge in the studio to be reframed as an opportunity to learn and grow. Sharing and exploring these discoveries with fellow dancers is my heart’s joy!"

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Francesca’s upcoming classes:

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Curriculum Gibney PRO Program New York City (USA)	Tue 27 Feb, 12:45 – 14:45 Tue 5 Mar, 12:45 – 14:45 Mon 11 Mar, 12:45 – 14:45 Tue 26 Mar, 12:45 – 14:45 Tue 2 Apr, 12:45 – 14:45 Tue 9 Apr, 12:45 – 14:45 Tue 16 Apr, 12:45 – 14:45 Tue 23 Apr, 12:45 – 14:45 Tue 30 Apr, 12:45 – 14:45 Tue 7 May, 12:45 – 14:45 Tue 14 May, 12:45 – 14:45	private
Class Gibney Dance Center New York City (USA)	Tue 9 Jan, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 11 Jan, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 16 Jan, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 18 Jan, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 23 Jan, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 25 Jan, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 30 Jan, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 1 Feb, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 6 Feb, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 8 Feb, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 13 Feb, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 15 Feb, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 20 Feb, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 22 Feb, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 27 Feb, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 29 Feb, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 5 Mar, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 7 Mar, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 12 Mar, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 14 Mar, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 19 Mar, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 21 Mar, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 26 Mar, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 28 Mar, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 2 Apr, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 4 Apr, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 9 Apr, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 11 Apr, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 16 Apr, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 18 Apr, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 23 Apr, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 25 Apr, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 30 Apr, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 2 May, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 7 May, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 9 May, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 14 May, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 16 May, 12:00 – 14:00 Tue 28 May, 10:00 – 12:00	public
Curriculum Barnard Dance, Columbia University New York City (USA)	Wed 17 Jan, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 22 Jan, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 24 Jan, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 29 Jan, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 31 Jan, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 5 Feb, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 7 Feb, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 12 Feb, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 14 Feb, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 19 Feb, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 21 Feb, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 26 Feb, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 28 Feb, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 4 Mar, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 6 Mar, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 18 Mar, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 20 Mar, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 25 Mar, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 27 Mar, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 1 Apr, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 3 Apr, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 8 Apr, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 10 Apr, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 15 Apr, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 17 Apr, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 22 Apr, 16:10 – 17:25 Wed 24 Apr, 16:10 – 17:25 Mon 29 Apr, 16:10 – 17:25	private
Class Mark Morris Dance Center New York City (USA)	Fri 5 Jan, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 12 Jan, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 19 Jan, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 26 Jan, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 9 Feb, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 16 Feb, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 23 Feb, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 1 Mar, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 8 Mar, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 15 Mar, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 22 Mar, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 29 Mar, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 5 Apr, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 12 Apr, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 19 Apr, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 26 Apr, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 10 May, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 17 May, 13:30 – 15:00 Fri 31 May, 13:30 – 15:00	public
Class Gibney Dance Company New York City (USA)	Fri 12 Jan, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 16 Feb, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 23 Feb, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 1 Mar, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 15 Mar, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 22 Mar, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 29 Mar, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 5 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 19 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 26 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 7 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 21 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 28 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 5 Jul, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 19 Jul, 10:00 – 11:15	private
Class Peridance Center New York City	Fri 10 May, 14:30 – 16:00 Fri 17 May, 14:30 – 16:00 Fri 31 May, 14:30 – 16:00	public
Intensive Countertechnique Los Angeles (USA)	Mon 3 Jun – Fri 7 Jun, All Day Mon 10 Jun – Fri 14 Jun	public

Francesca’s teaching history:

5 Apr 2024, Hunter College, New York City (USA)
27 Feb – 14 May 2024, Gibney PRO Program, New York City (USA)
17 Jan – 29 Apr 2024, Barnard Dance, Columbia University, New York City (USA)
12 Jan – 22 Mar 2024, Gibney Dance Company, New York City (USA)
12 Jan – 19 Jul 2024, Gibney Dance Company, New York City (USA)
9 Jan – 28 May 2024, Gibney Dance Center, New York City (USA)
5 Jan – 31 May 2024, Mark Morris Dance Center, New York City (USA)
28 – 29 Dec 2023, Breaddance, Scotsdale, Arizona (USA)
13 – 17 Nov 2023, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas (USA)
6 Sep – 13 Dec 2023, Barnard Dance, Columbia University, New York City (USA)
31 Aug – 19 Dec 2023, Gibney Dance center, New York City (USA)
28 – 30 Aug 2023, Artistic Dance Project, Pleasant Grove, Utah (USA)
12 – 19 Jul 2023, Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts Summer Dance Intensive, New York City (USA)
13 – 24 Jun 2023, Gibney / Countertechnique, New York (USA)
3 Jun 2023, Rogue Wave, New York City (USA)
2 May – 19 Sep 2023, Gibney Dance Center, New York (USA)
13 Feb 2023, Gibney Dance Group Study Program, New York CIty (USA)
9 Jan – 10 May 2023, The Juilliard School, New York City (USA)
3 Jan – 11 Apr 2023, Gibney Dance Center, New York City (USA)
3 – 31 Oct 2022, Peridance Center, New York City (USA)
30 Sep – 2 Oct 2022, Elite Danceworx, Toronto (CA)
20 Sep – 6 Dec 2022, Gibney Pro -- Professional Certificate Program, New York City (USA)
31 Aug – 20 Dec 2022, Gibney Dance Center, New York City (USA)
24 Aug 2022, Alvin Ailey Extension, New York City (USA)
18 Jul 2022, Peridance Center, New York (USA)
13 – 18 Jun 2022, Gibney, New York City (USA)
10 – 11 Jun 2022, Danceology Performing Arts Center, San Diego (USA)
4 – 25 May 2022, Peridance Center, New York City (USA)
3 May – 30 Aug 2022, Gibney, New York City (USA)
11 – 18 Apr 2022, The Juiliard Dance School, New York City (USA)
1 Mar 2022, Gibney Dance Group Study Program, New York City (USA)
14 – 21 Feb 2022, The Juilliard School, New York City (USA)
1 Feb – 29 Apr 2022, Gibney Dance Center, New York City (USA)
4 – 28 Jan 2022, Gibney Dance Center, New York City (USA)
19 Nov 2021, LINES Ballet Training Program, San Francisco (USA)
15 Sep – 14 Dec 2021, Gibney Dance Studios, New York City (USA)
26 Aug – 16 Dec 2021, Hunter College, New York City (USA)

Melbourne, Australia

"Through Countertechnique, I have been able to find efficiency, joy and clarity in my dance practice. As a teacher I hope to encourage others to open themselves to the infinite while being free of judgment and fear."

Kara Burdack

Melbourne, Australia

Born in Australia, Kara Burdack is currently based in Melbourne. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2013, having completed three One Body One Career Intensives (2013, 2014, 2015). Kara recently became a certified Teacher Countertechnique after successfully completing the Countertechnique Teacher Training in 2016.

Kara studied and graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, receiving a Bachelor of Dance. Since graduating she has worked with James Batchelor, Megan Beckwith, Rebecca Hilton and Lina Limosani, as well as performing as a guest artist with Brouzka. She has collaborated on projects with Alana Everett (Melbourne International Fashion Festival), Bicky Lee (Artplay), Taitha Masilin (Short and Sweet) and assisted YellowWheel (Melbourne Now). Kara has also seconded with Anouk van Dijk on Depth of Field and Lucid.

'For me Countertechnique is a constant process of discovery, research and letting go, all the while being totally present with the people and space around you. It has enabled me to explore the greater possibilities of the body in movement and has assisted me in applying practical information while dancing. As a dancer you have the unlimited amount of choices to play and move with; in Countertechnique there is always a starting point and an opportunity to fly. I have been able to find efficiency, joy and clarity in my dance practice. As a Countertechnique teacher I hope to encourage others to open themselves to the infinite while being free of judgment and fear.'

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Kara’s teaching history:

1 – 8 Feb 2024, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
1 Feb – 4 Apr 2024, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
5 Oct – 14 Dec 2023, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
3 Aug 2023, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
13 – 14 Jul 2023, Dance Masters International, Wellington (NZ)
11 – 12 Jul 2023, Dance Masters International, Christchurch (NZ)
9 – 10 Jul 2023, Dance Masters International, Auckland (NZ)
6 Jul – 28 Sep 2023, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 May – 29 Jun 2023, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
9 Feb – 27 Apr 2023, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 Oct – 20 Dec 2022, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
5 Jul – 27 Sep 2022, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
8 Mar – 28 Jun 2022, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 Feb – 7 Apr 2022, SCIMM Dance Company, Melbourne (AUS)
25 Jan – 1 Mar 2022, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 Nov – 16 Dec 2021, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
6 May – 29 Jul 2021, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
5 – 19 May 2021, SCIMM Dance Company, Melbourne (AUS)
16 Jul – 8 Oct 2019, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
28 May – 14 Jun 2019, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
30 Apr – 2 May 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
8 Mar – 24 May 2019, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
8 Mar – 24 May 2019, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
27 Nov – 6 Dec 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
12 Aug 2018, The Space Dance and Arts Centre, Melbourne (AUS)
6 – 20 Aug 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
27 Jul – 3 Aug 2018, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
26 Jul – 30 Aug 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
20 Jul – 7 Sep 2018, The Space , Melbourne (AUS)
16 Jul 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 28 Jun 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne
29 May 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
30 Apr 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
16 – 23 Feb 2018, The Space, Melbourne (AUS)
15 Feb – 17 May 2018, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
12 Feb 2018, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
31 Jan 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
29 Jan – 21 May 2018, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
15 – 20 Jan 2018, Dance Masters International, Christchurch (NZ)
8 – 13 Jan 2018, Dance Masters International , Auckland (NZ)
12 Dec 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne
5 – 12 Oct 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
2 Oct 2017, Lucy Guerin Inc., Melbourne (AUS)
20 – 28 Sep 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
29 Aug 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
23 – 24 May 2017, Bangkok Dance Academy , Bangkok (TH)
22 – 24 May 2017, Bangkok Dance Academy, Bangkok (TH)
12 Apr 2017, Lucy Guerin Inc., Melbourne (AUS)
11 Apr 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
29 Mar 2017, The Space School of Performance Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
22 Mar 2017, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne (AUS)
1 – 22 Mar 2017, The Space School of Performance Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
1 – 8 Mar 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
20 Feb – 20 Mar 2017, The Space School of Performance Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
19 Feb 2017, The Space School of Performance Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
13 Feb 2017, The Space School of Performance Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
2 Nov – 6 Dec 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
18 Oct 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 25 Oct 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)

Vienna, Austria

"In Countertechnique, the researcher, the virtuose dancer, the delicate, the intuitive and the analytical thinker – they are not separated but rather work together, to inform and enrich the dancer and the dancing."

Eva Schaller

Vienna, Austria

Originally from Austria, Eva Schaller is currently based in Vienna. She has studied Countertechnique since 2006, participating in the One Body One Career in 2007, 2008 and 2016. She performed in Anouk van Dijk's work in 2007-2009. In 2016, she also participated in the Countertechnique Teacher Training (CTTT) and acquired status as an accredited Countertechnique Teacher; she returned for her second CTTT in 2022.

Eva Schaller began her dance training at the Vienna Opera Balletschool and later moved to the Netherlands to study Contemporary Dance at Codarts, Rotterdam Dance Academy. During her studies she worked with Galili Dance, Emio Greco | PC and - Anouk van Dijk. After graduation, she continued to work with Anouk van Dijk, from 2007-2009, as well as for choreographers Edan Gorlitzki and Stephen Shropshire. In Vienna she performed a.o. with the company 2nd nature (Tanz Quartier Wien, Impulstanz), studied Film at the Kubelka-school for Independent Film and in 2013 taught in a Community Dance Project in Palestine. Currently she develops own choreographic work, and is with great interest being engaged as dancer and researcher in interdisciplinary projects in the field of Visual Arts, like the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

"As a training, Countertechnique allows for a constant expansion of knowledge, about your own body while moving and about movement itself. This learning process works in two ways, it embraces the introvert and extrovert aspects and there is always something to strive for, to explore and discover: more subtlety, more somatic and anatomical understanding, more efficiency in movement that will feed back to the possible joyful viruosity and transcendence in dance.

I love to be challenged, and Countertechnique constantly challenges me as a dancer to come into play with forces inside and around myself (like gravity or other people, or the space...) and allows for that imminent energy to express itself in dancing.

Working as a dancer one is exposed to different approaches in this diverse artistic field, demanding openness, flexibility and self responsibility. As a broad concept Countertechnique offers tools for different aspects of dancing as well as creating, regardless of any style or aesthetics.

In choosing to apply those tools offered, dancing never becomes empty but demands and invites your full self, the intellectual, the physical and intuitive to engage in the dancing - So dancing can become a creative process itself."

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Eva’s upcoming classes:

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Intensive

Countertechnique / Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS)

Amsterdam (NL)

Sat 27 Jul – Wed 31 Jul, All Day
Fri 2 Aug – Tue 6 Aug, All Day

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Eva’s teaching history:

8 – 12 Apr 2024, Tanzquartier Vienna, Vienna (AU)
29 Jan – 2 Feb 2024, Tanzquartier Vienna, Vienna (AU)
22 – 25 Jan 2024, K3 Tanzplan Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
15 – 19 Jan 2024, Skånes Dansteater, Malmö (SW)
5 – 7 Dec 2023, Pro Dance Vienna, Vienna (AU)
26 – 28 Sep 2023, Pro Dance Vienna, Vienna (AU)
22 Sep – 2 Oct 2023, Tanz Linz, Linz (AU)
31 Jul – 4 Aug 2023, Impulstanz - Vienna International Dance Festival, Vienna (AU)
31 Jul – 4 Aug 2023, Impulstanz - Vienna International Dance Festival, Vienna (AU)
17 – 21 Jul 2023, Impulstanz - Vienna International Dance Festival, Vienna (AU)
23 Feb – 3 Mar 2023, Tanzquartier Vienna, Vienna (AU)
21 – 25 Nov 2022, Tanzquartier Vienna, Vienna (AU)
14 – 18 Feb 2022, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AU)
10 – 14 Jan 2022, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AU)
6 – 10 Dec 2021, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AU)
8 Jun 2021, Musiktheater Linz, Linz (AU)
22 – 29 May 2021, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AU)
14 Apr – 30 Jun 2021, MUK Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien, Vienna (AU)
17 Feb – 31 Mar 2021, MUK Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien, Vienna (AU)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (ZM)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, New York (ZM)
16 Nov – 9 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
5 – 19 Nov 2020, Musiktheater Linz, Linz (AU)
14 Sep – 14 Dec 2020, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AU)
10 Sep – 30 Oct 2020, Musiktheater Linz, Linz (AU)
12 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Vienna (AU)
6 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Vienna
30 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Vienna (AU)
22 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Vienna (AU)
20 – 23 Jan 2020, K3 Tanzplan Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
18 – 29 Nov 2019, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AU)
3 – 6 Jun 2019, K3 Zentrum für Choreografie | Tanzplan Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
14 – 17 Apr 2019, Ostertanztage Nürnberg, Nürnberg (DE)
7 – 18 Jan 2019, Tanzquartier Vienna, Vienna (AU)
17 – 21 Dec 2018, IG Profitraining Cologne, Cologne (DE)
12 – 16 Nov 2018, Contemporary Dance Intensive Workshop, Porto (Paredes) (PT)
11 – 15 Jun 2018, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AU)
15 – 18 Jan 2018, K3 Kampnagel Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
20 – 24 Nov 2017, Professional Dance Training Vienna, Vienna (AU)
14 – 21 Nov 2017, DANCEmotion, Move On, Vienna (AU)
9 – 13 Oct 2017, Professional dance training Vienna, Institut Schmida, Vienna (AU)
29 May – 1 Jun 2017, K3 Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
18 – 22 Apr 2017, Tanzquartier Vienna, Vienna (AU)
7 – 15 Mar 2017, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
6 – 18 Feb 2017, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AU)
13 Jan 2017, Tanzhaus Zürich, Zurich (CH)

Los Angeles (CA), USA

“Countertechnique is an unquestionable leap forward for contemporary dance training, blowing the future of possibility wide open. It is transformative, producing fearless, bad-ass dancers who think for themselves.”

Jennifer McQuiston Lott

Los Angeles (CA), USA

Jennifer McQuiston Lott was first introduced to Countertechnique by Lillian Barbieto and Swantje Schäuble in 2013, trained over the following years, amongst others with Anouk van Dijk and attended the OBOC, before successfully completing the CTTT in 2018.

Jennifer is an Assistant Professor at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance in Los Angeles. She earned her BFA in Ballet Performance from Indiana University, and her MFA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine. She is a dancer, choreographer & director, and has performed with Gibney Dance Company, Groundworks Dancetheater, Armitage Gone! Dance, Inlet Dance Theatre, Collective Body Dance Lab, Eglevsky Ballet, and others. Her choreographies for stage and short film have been presented across the US and internationally. She assisted choreographer Jodie Gates with new creations for Tulsa Ballet and Kansas City Ballet, and staged Ms. Gates’ ballets at Sacramento Ballet and Princeton University. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Traverse City Dance Project, a seasonal dance company based in Traverse City, Michigan.

“Countertechnique is an unquestionable leap forward for contemporary dance training, blowing the future of possibility wide open. It is transformative, producing fearless, bad-ass dancers who think for themselves.”

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Jennifer’s upcoming classes:

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Curriculum USC Kaufman School of Dance Los Angeles (USA)	Fri 5 Jan, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 12 Jan, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 19 Jan, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 26 Jan, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 2 Feb, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 9 Feb, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 16 Feb, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 23 Feb, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 1 Mar, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 8 Mar, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 15 Mar, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 22 Mar, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 29 Mar, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 5 Apr, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 12 Apr, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 19 Apr, 03:00 – 04:50 Fri 26 Apr, 03:00 – 04:50	private
Class Stomping Ground LA Los Angeles (USA)	Thu 25 Apr, 10:00 – 11:45	public
Class Stomping Ground LA Los Angeles (USA)	Thu 9 May, 10:00 – 11:30 Thu 16 May, 10:00 – 11:30 Thu 23 May, 10:00 – 11:30 Thu 30 May, 10:00 – 11:30	public

Jennifer’s teaching history:

5 Jan – 26 Apr 2024, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
1 – 2 Sep 2023, Collegiate Arts Prep, Orange, CA (USA)
21 Aug – 29 Nov 2023, USC Kaufman, Los Angeles (USA)
17 – 22 Jul 2023, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Carlisle, PA (USA)
22 – 23 May 2023, Groundworks Dancetheater, Cleveland (USA)
9 Jan – 26 Apr 2023, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
9 Jan – 19 Apr 2023, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
24 Aug – 30 Nov 2022, USC Kaufman, Los Angeles (USA)
22 Aug – 28 Nov 2022, USC Kaufman, Los Angeles (USA)
8 – 12 Aug 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
27 – 28 Jul 2022, Dance Arts Academy, Traverse City (USA)
22 May 2022, Indy Movement Arts, Indianapolis (USA)
26 Oct 2021, Dance Kaleidoscope, Indianapolis (USA)
11 Oct 2021, GroundWorks DanceTheater, Cleveland (USA)
1 Oct 2021, Phoenix Rising Dance Studios, Indianapolis (USA)
27 Jul 2021, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Seattle, Washington (USA)
27 Jul 2021, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Seattle, Washington (USA)
15 Jul – 12 Aug 2021, Traverse City Dance Project, TRAVERSE CITY (USA)
17 May – 2 Jun 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
17 May – 2 Jun 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
17 May – 2 Jun 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
13 – 14 May 2021, GroundWorks DanceTheater, Cleveland, OH (USA)
25 Feb – 23 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
25 Feb – 23 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
25 Feb – 23 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
15 Jan – 29 Apr 2021, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
17 Aug – 12 Nov 2020, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
30 Jul 2020, Countertechnique Online Summer Series, Los Angeles (CA) (USA)
22 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Indianapolis (USA)
15 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Indianapolis (USA)
8 – 11 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Indianapolis, IN (ZM)
4 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Indianapolis (USA)
20 Mar – 1 May 2020, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
3 Mar – 30 Apr 2020, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
4 Nov – 4 Dec 2019, USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
4 – 6 Feb 2019, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
10 Jan – 24 Apr 2019, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
21 Aug – 18 Oct 2018, USC Kaufman School, Los Angeles (USA)

San Francisco, USA

“Fun, playfulness, challenge, and discovery have always been driving forces of why I dance. Countertechnique helps me hone my skills, and maintain a healthy body during rigorous work weeks.”

Samuel Melecio-Zambrano

San Francisco, USA

Born and raised in Florida, Samuel Melecio-Zambrano is now based in San Francisco, California. He first encountered Countertechnique in 2017 and was so thrilled he has continued training extensively across the globe. He has attended three One Body, One Career intensives (2018, 2019, 2021) and completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training in 2021.

In 2018, he received a BFA in Dance from the University of South Florida (USF). Following graduation, he worked as a member and collaborator of Tampa City Ballet. He then relocated to Melbourne, Australia to continue his training and study Countertechnique with founder Anouk van Dijk and other certified teachers. Now in San Francisco, Samuel has worked with Robert Moses' Kin, Kinetech Arts, Kristin Damrow & Company, and Mark Foehringer Dance Projects, among others.

“Fun, playfulness, challenge, and discovery have always been driving forces of why I dance. As a university student, even in my first class, Countertechnique invited me through its levity and curiosity into working deeply with how I use my body and mind as two parts of one whole. Through this practice of awareness, I not only was able to gain strength, flexibility, coordination, and endurance, but I also recovered from an injury I thought could end my career in movement before it had started. Years later and through my transition from student to professional, it continues to be my companion, helping me hone my skills, and maintain a healthy body during rigorous work weeks. By the end of a class, I stand sweaty and confident, with a sense of ease and efficiency in my body and an openness in my mind, prepared for the day ahead.”

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Samuel’s upcoming classes:

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Intensive Countertechnique Los Angeles (USA)	Mon 3 Jun – Fri 7 Jun, All Day Mon 10 Jun – Fri 14 Jun	public
Workshop Bates Dance Festival Lewiston, Maine (USA)	Mon 22 Jul – Fri 26 Jul, 14:00 – 16:30	public

Samuel’s teaching history:

29 Feb – 2 Mar 2024, CASA VERDE, Querétaro, Mexico
2 – 4 Feb 2024, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
24 Jan – 14 Feb 2024, BANDALOOP Studios, Oakland (USA)
18 Oct 2023, Bodies of Empowerment, San Francisco (USA)
4 Sep – 30 Oct 2023, ODC Dance Commons, San Francisco (USA)
10 – 28 Jul 2023, Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, Maine (USA)
22 – 24 Feb 2023, The Space_LA, Los Angeles (USA)
27 Jan 2023, ODC Theater, San Francisco (USA)
14 Nov – 19 Dec 2022, ODC Dance Commons, San Francisco (USA)
9 – 16 Sep 2022, LINES Ballet Training Program, San Francisco (USA)
8 Aug – 12 Sep 2022, ODC Dance Commons, San Francisco (USA)
2 – 30 Aug 2022, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
31 Jul – 18 Sep 2022, Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, San Francisco (USA)
25 – 31 Jul 2022, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
25 – 29 Jul 2022, Hollins University, San Francisco (USA)
20 – 25 Jun 2022, Utah Valley University, Orem (USA)
20 Apr 2022, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (USA)
23 Jan – 27 Mar 2022, Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, San Francisco (USA)
17 Jan – 28 Mar 2022, ODC Dance Commons, San Francisco (USA)
21 Nov 2021, Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, San Francisco (USA)
7 Oct 2021, Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco (USA)

Brussels, Belgium

“I want to help dancers find ways to ease unnecessary pressure. I have found greater ease, flexibility, and strength, as well as a finer balance of instinct and technical decision-making.”

Lauren Langlois

Brussels, Belgium

Originally from Western Australia, Lauren Langlois is currently based in Melbourne. She has been studying Countertechnique intensively since 2012. She attended the One Body One Career intensive twice, and became an accredited teacher of Countertechnique in August 2016.

Lauren studied classical ballet at the Marie Walton-Mahon Dance Academy in Newcastle before training in contemporary dance at the New Zealand School of Dance. After returning to Australia, she spent three years with Australian Dance Theatre before joining Sydney Dance Company. In 2012, she relocated to Melbourne to work as an independent dancer, where she has developed an ongoing artistic collaboration with Anouk van Dijk and Chunky Move, performing in An Act of Now, 247 Days, Complexity of Belonging (2015 Green Room Award Best Female Dancer) and Lucid. Lauren also appeared in works by Antony Hamilton, Lucy Guerin, Stephanie Lake, Prue Lang, Larissa McGowan, Lina Limosani and Lisa Wilson.

“As a young dancer, I prioritised effort over efficiency, and placed unrealistic demands on my energy as a performer. I am glad to have met Anouk when I did - Countertechnique has empowered my body and mind, and improved the communication between them. It has given me greater versatility in the rehearsal room and a more sustainable approach to class.”

“Countertechnique is an expansive process. I have found greater ease, flexibility, and strength, as well as a finer balance of instinct and technical decision-making. It allows you to choose what works for you, and let go of anything that doesn’t. This freedom creates autonomy and enables the dancer to better express themselves artistically. Additionally, it works for dancers of every level. As a teacher, I want to help dancers find ways to ease unnecessary pressure they may put on themselves. Countertechnique encourages the dancer to continually explore the possibilities of what they might be capable of, and provides a playful, rigorous class environment in which to flirt with these boundaries.”

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Lauren’s teaching history:

17 – 21 Oct 2022, Artez University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
20 – 30 Sep 2021, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
24 Jul – 3 Aug 2021, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
10 Mar – 1 Apr 2020, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
2 Sep – 10 Oct 2019, Lucy Guerin Inc., Melbourne (AUS)
30 Aug – 4 Sep 2018, New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington (NZ)
13 – 27 Jun 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
2 Jun 2018, Sydney Dance Company, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 12 Apr 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
21 – 29 Mar 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
26 – 27 Oct 2017, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
13 Oct 2017, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, Melbourne (AUS)
12 – 13 Oct 2017, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 25 Oct 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
25 – 29 Sep 2017, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
24 – 30 Jun 2017, New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington (NZ)
22 – 23 Jun 2017, New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington (NZ)
18 May 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
1 – 12 May 2017, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
6 – 26 Apr 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
5 Apr 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
28 Nov – 8 Dec 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
22 Nov 2016, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
10 – 14 Nov 2016, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
28 Sep 2016, Cal State University, Los Angeles (USA)

Basel, Switzerland

"I want to stimulate students to explore an organized, supported and well-coordinated physical structure, and to encourage awareness for a better body use in everyday life. With this in mind, I find Countertechnique an ideal dance training."

Angie Lau

Basel, Switzerland

Born and based Switzerland, Angie Lau lives in Basel. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2000 and teaching it since 2007. She danced with dance company anoukvandijk dc since 2004 and is currently still performing in Anouk van Dijk's work TRUST (2009).

Angie attended some of the world’s most renown dance educations, subsequently North Carolina School of the Arts (USA), Rotterdam Dance Academy (NL), Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s P.A.R.T.S. and Mathilde Monnier’s ex.e.r.ce. From 1999 onwards she has been collaborating with different international artists and has performed her own work internationally. Parallel to working as a dancer and a Countertechnique teacher, Angie finished the Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training in 2009 as well as her Rolfing Education. She is currently running a practice as a Rolfer and Yoga Teacher in Hamburg.

“I am a passionate dancer and movement has always been a steady partner in my life. During the last years, my passion shifted from primarily being a performer to a growing interest in understanding the moving body and in helping other people find ease and pleasure in movement. My wish is to stimulate students to explore an organized, supported and well-coordinated physical structure, and to encourage awareness for a better body use in everyday life activities. With this in mind, I find Countertechnique an ideal dance training. It had a strong influence on my own professional life as a dancer by changing my understanding of how to apply and use the space inside as well as outside of myself; by giving me practical tools to work with during training and on stage; and by making me aware that mental boundaries or -freedom can have a major impact on movement availability. I feel great joy to now be able to share this technique.”

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Angie’s teaching history:

18 – 20 Sep 2023, Tanzbüro Basel, Basel (CH)
9 Jun – 8 Sep 2023, Berner Ballett, Bern (CH)
9 Jun – 6 Sep 2023, Berner Ballett, Bern (CH)
11 – 12 Mar 2023, BETA Verein Berner Tanzschaffende, Bern (CH)
22 – 24 Feb 2023, Berner Ballett, Bern (CH)
25 Oct 2022, BETA Verein Berner Tanzschaffende, Bern (CH)
28 – 29 May 2022, Verein Berner Tanzschaffende BETA, Bern (CH)
26 Apr 2022, Verein Berner Tanzschaffende BETA, Bern (CH)
12 – 13 Feb 2022, Beta Verein Berner Tanzschaffende, Bern (CH)
7 – 9 Feb 2022, Tanzbüro Basel, Basel (CH)
16 – 17 Oct 2021, Beta Verein Berner Tanzschaffende, Bern (CH)
31 May – 2 Jun 2021, Tanzbüro Basel, Basel (CH)
9 – 10 Nov 2020, Tanzbüro Basel, Basel (CH)
9 – 18 Mar 2020, Tanzbüro Basel, Basel (CH)
18 Jan – 12 Apr 2019, Chronos Movement Tanzstudio, Basel (CH)
21 – 25 May 2018, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
26 Feb – 4 May 2018, Tanzbüro Basel, Basel (CH)
11 – 14 Dec 2017, K3 - Zentrum für Choreographie, Hamburg (DE)
25 – 26 Nov 2017, Chronos Movement Tanzstudio, Basel (CH)
30 Oct – 3 Nov 2017, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
25 – 29 Sep 2017, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
6 – 9 Jun 2016, CDSH, Hamburg (DE)
16 – 20 Jan 2017, CDSH, Hamburg (DE)
5 – 8 Dec 2016, K3 Zenrum für Chorographie / Tanzplan Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
31 Oct – 4 Nov 2016, CDSH, Hamburg (DE)
26 – 30 Sep 2016, CDSH, Hamburg (DE)
29 Mar – 1 Apr 2016, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
1 – 5 Feb 2016, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
9 – 12 Nov 2015, K3 - Zentrum für Choreographie, Hamburg (DE)
2 – 6 Nov 2015, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg
28 Sep – 2 Oct 2015, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
7 – 10 Apr 2015, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
9 – 13 Feb 2015, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
17 – 27 Nov 2014, K3 Zentrum für Choreographie I Tanzplan Deutschland, Hamburg (DE)
15 Sep – 31 Oct 2014, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
2 – 6 Jun 2014, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
13 – 27 May 2014, Lola Rogge Schule, Hamburg (DE)
20 – 28 Feb 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 – 26 Feb 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 – 24 Feb 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)

Dresden, Germany

"Countertechnique allows the freedom to find more acceptance and connection within yourself and others in a challenging and fun environment that allows for individuals to thrive within a group dynamic."

Isabelle Nelson

Dresden, Germany

Born in New Zealand, Isabelle is currently based in Amsterdam. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2015, attended workshops from several teachers and participated in two One Body One Career Intensives in 2021 and 2022. She attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2022.

Isabelle graduated from the New Zealand School of Dance in 2011 and after graduation worked with NZ choreographers and companies such as Java Dance Theatre, Malia Johnston, and Lynn Pringle. In 2013, Isabelle moved to the Netherlands and since then has worked as a performer with amongst others Danstheater Aya, Dutch National Opera, Dadodans, Tanzcompagnie Giessen, Jelena Kostic and others. She also creates choreographic work and is co-artistic director of streaming incubator AAlchemy in the USA. She has taught classes and workshops at companies, schools and studios across New Zealand and The Netherlands. She is currently a dancer with Landesbühnen Sachsen in Dresden, Germany.

"Countertechnique has given me confidence, curiousity, and a sense of calm amidst a demanding freelance schedule with varying production types. It has given me back the power to connect to my body and mind in a way that I’ve never encountered before in my own daily dance training.

Countertechnique allows the freedom to find more acceptance and connection within yourself and others in a challenging and fun environment that allows for individuals to thrive within a group dynamic. This practise gives space for an awareness of our inner experience as well as learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves whilst enjoying dancing with others.

My capacity as a person and as a dancer and creator has shifted to become one whereby I am empowered and I hope to empower many others around the globe through sharing and exchanging this practise. Each day is a new day and each challenge in class brings many wonderful opportunities that we can share together on the dance floor."

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Isabelle’s upcoming classes:

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Class Oslo National Academy of Arts Oslo (NOR)	Mon 15 Apr – Mon 15 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 17 Apr – Wed 17 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Fri 19 Apr – Fri 19 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30	private
Class Henny Jurriens Studio Amsterdam (NL)	Mon 17 Jun – Tue 18 Jun, 10:00 – 11:30	public
Class Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden Wiesbaden (DE)	Mon 24 Jun – Sat 29 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15	private
Workshop Allegro Dance Company Ghent (BE)	Sun 30 Jun – Sun 30 Jun, 14:00 – 17:00	public

Isabelle’s teaching history:

15 – 19 Apr 2024, Oslo National Academy of Arts, Oslo (NOR)
23 – 27 Mar 2024, Mind and Dance Academy, Nuremberg (DE)
29 Jul – 5 Aug 2023, Dance Without Limits, Prague (CZ)
13 Jul 2023, Dansblok, Leiden (NL)
3 Mar 2023, Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
23 – 24 Feb 2023, Henny Jurriens Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
20 – 21 Feb 2023, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
9 Feb – 16 Mar 2023, Fontys Dance Academy, Tilburg (NL)
9 – 18 Jan 2023, Fontys Dance Academy, Tilburg (NL)
19 – 23 Dec 2022, Henny Jurriens Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
11 Nov 2022, Fontys Dance Academy, Tilburg (NL)

Antwerp, Belgium

"I'm am drawn to the versatility of the philosophy and methodologies that Countertechnique brings. You can apply it as much and/or as little as you want to whatever movement you are executing, be it technical or non-technical. "

James Vu Anh Pham

Antwerp, Belgium

Born and raised in Perth, Australia, James is now based in Melbourne. He has been studying Countertechnique intensively since 2012, whilst working as a dancer with Anouk van Dijk at Chunky Move. He attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2014 and has been teaching Countertechnique since then.

James Pham trained in classical ballet at the Graduate College of Dance (Western Australia) and joined STEPS Youth Dance Company before continuing his dance studies in 2010 at the New Zealand School of Dance, majoring in Contemporary Dance. Between 2012-2016, James featured in seven Chunky Move works by Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk, and - next to his work with Anouk van Dijk - also worked with independent choreographers such as Alice Lee Holland, Stephanie Lake and Ross McCormack. He is currently based in Brussels, Belgium, where he works for choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's companies Eastman and Ballet van Vlaanderen.

“Countertechnique has provided me the key tools to access so much more knowledge physically and mentally. For me it's the bridge between the two that give me the power and control to accept all the possibilities before and after they present themselves in Anouk Van Dijk's choreography and movement. Countertechnique has allowed me to become a more open body, therefore an open mind, therefore an open dancer, therefore an open person.

I'm am drawn to the versatility of the philosophy and methodologies that Countertechnique brings. You can apply it as much and/or as little as you want to whatever movement you are executing, be it technical or non-technical. It is current, it is now and it is developing alongside us as humans. With Countertechnique you have the choice, therefore the power to make what you want of it… It gives you options, and saying “No, not today. Fuck it!” is also a valid option.

Having the freedom to learn Countertechnique and applying the tools, definitely allows me to execute Anouk Van Dijk's movement with ease and efficiency that I may have taken years to figure out... and I'd much rather not figure it out with trial and error through injuries. The career is too fleeting to sit on the sidelines!”

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James’s teaching history:

30 Jul – 9 Aug 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
10 – 13 Mar 2022, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Antwerp (BE)
1 – 5 Mar 2022, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Antwerp (BE)
21 – 25 Feb 2022, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Antwerp (BE)
3 – 6 Aug 2020, Countertechnique Online Summer Series, NYC (USA)
2 – 16 Jul 2020, STRUT, Perth (AUS)
15 – 18 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Perth (AUS)
4 – 7 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online (register here), Perth (AUS)
27 – 28 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Perth (AUS)
20 – 21 May 2020, Countertechnique online, Perth (AUS)
13 – 14 May 2020, Countertechnique, Perth (AUS)
6 – 7 May 2020, Countertechnique, Perth (AUS)
29 – 30 Apr 2020, Countertechnique, Perth (AUS)
22 – 23 Apr 2020, Countertechnique, Perth (AUS)
7 Apr 2020, The Place, London (GB)
9 – 13 Mar 2020, Rambert, London (GB)
6 Mar 2020, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary, London (GB)
14 Nov 2019, Transit, Melbourne (AUS)
12 Nov 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
14 – 18 Oct 2019, Rambert, London (GB)
10 – 13 Jun 2019, Rambert, London (GB)
13 May 2019, Akram Khan Company, London (GB)
12 – 13 Feb 2019, Muscle Mouth, Auckland (NZ)
18 Jan 2019, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
21 – 22 Dec 2018, Staatsballet Berlin, Berlin (DE)
15 – 22 Dec 2018, Staatsballet Berlin, Berlin (DE)
2 – 29 Oct 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
5 – 12 Sep 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 13 Sep 2018, Tr.IPP/Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
28 – 31 Aug 2018, WAAPA, Perth (AUS)
13 – 23 Aug 2018, STRUT, Perth (AUS)
19 – 20 Jul 2018, Gibney Dance, New York (USA)
2 – 11 Jul 2018, BodyTraffic, Los Angeles (USA)
23 – 27 Apr 2018, Dans Centrum Jette, Brussels (BE)
16 – 20 Apr 2018, Studio Harmonic, Paris (FR)
7 Apr 2018, Dance Community Club, Tel Aviv (IL)
24 – 25 Feb 2018, Architanz, Tokyo (JP)
5 – 9 Feb 2018, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
1 Feb 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
15 – 16 Dec 2017, Fresco Dance and Culture, Tel Aviv (IL)
13 – 28 Feb 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
7 – 10 Feb 2017, Strut Dance, Perth (AUS)
2 – 6 Jan 2017, Henny Jurriëns Stichting, Amsterdam (NL)
1 – 2 Mar 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
1 – 2 Feb 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
19 – 20 Jan 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 11 Nov 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 – 18 Oct 2015, IndepenDance, Auckland (NZ)
21 – 26 Aug 2015, New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington (NZ)
23 – 28 Mar 2015, New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington (NZ)
19 Mar 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
16 – 19 Mar 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
2 – 25 Feb 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
12 – 27 Jan 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 Dec 2014, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
19 – 27 Nov 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
3 – 24 Sep 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)

Charlotte (NC), USA

"My body and mind have transformed through studying Countertechnique. It is a gift to the evolution of dance and I am privileged to share it and be a part of it growing around the world."

Joy Davis

Charlotte (NC), USA

Born in the States, Joy is based in Charlotte (NC). She has been studying Countertechnique since 2005, including three One Body, One Career Intensives. She was certified as a Teacher Countertechnique in 2012 and attended a second and third Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2016 and 2021; after which she received the title Senior Teacher.

Joy is a dance educator, artist, and scholar. She received an MFA in Choreography and Performance from Smith College and a BA in Performing Arts through the College Scholars Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is an Associate Professor at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, has taught as Visiting Faculty at Smith College, Wesleyan University and Harvard University.

Founded in 2006, joyproject creates collaborative dance theater performance which evokes contemplation, humor, and elegant design. She was a Chicago Dancemakers Forum Greenhouse Artist, Choreographic Resident at the Workspace for Choreographers, Choreographer's Lab Artist with New Dialect, NeXt Choreographer for Urbanity Dance, and was recently awarded the Next Steps grant from The Boston Foundation. She collaborates with partner Eric Mullis, performing at UrBan Guild Kyoto, Fact/SF Summer Dance Festival San Francisco, Goodyear Arts in Charlotte, and RAD Fest in Kalamazoo, MI. Joy and Alexander Davis, The Davis Sisters, create duets and curate guest artists into their work, having been awarded a 2018 Schonberg [Boston] Fellowship residency at The Yard, inaugural Choreography Residency recipients at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, and selected for New England Dance on Tour 2020.

"Dance can be a bizarre and abstract language to communicate through, but somehow, we all relate to the delight or passion it elicits. I dance for catharsis, as a way to process life, for spiritual expression, and to enjoy my physical self. As I continue to grow and learn new facets and intricacies of dance, I love it more and more. Coming into knowledge and practice of Countertechnique changed and illuminated how and why and with what mindset I move. My body and mind have transformed through studying Countertechnique. It is a gift to the evolution of dance and I am privileged to share it and be a part of it growing around the world."

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Joy’s upcoming classes:

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Curriculum

Davidson College

Davidson (USA)

Mon 22 Jan, 12:00 – 14:00
Mon 29 Jan, 12:00 – 14:00
Mon 5 Feb, 12:00 – 14:00
Mon 12 Feb, 12:00 – 14:00
Mon 19 Feb, 12:00 – 14:00
Mon 26 Feb, 12:00 – 14:00
Mon 4 Mar, 12:00 – 14:00
Sun 10 Mar, 12:00 – 14:00
Sat 16 Mar, 12:00 – 14:00
Sat 23 Mar, 12:00 – 14:00
Sat 30 Mar, 12:00 – 14:00
Sat 6 Apr, 12:00 – 14:00
Sat 13 Apr, 12:00 – 14:00
Sat 20 Apr, 12:00 – 14:00
Sat 27 Apr, 12:00 – 14:00
Sat 4 May, 12:00 – 14:00

private

Joy’s teaching history:

19 – 25 Feb 2024, University of Arizona, Tucson (USA)
22 Jan – 4 May 2024, Davidson College, Davidson (USA)
30 Aug – 6 Dec 2023, Davidson College, Davidson (USA)
28 Aug – 4 Dec 2023, Davidson College, Davidson (USA)
12 – 13 Aug 2023, Dance Project, Greensboro (USA)
12 Aug 2022, Stewart/Owen Dance, Asheville (USA)
17 – 24 Jul 2022, Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston (USA)
20 Jun – 15 Jul 2022, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
14 – 24 Jun 2022, Gibney, New York City (USA)
13 – 18 Jun 2022, Gibney, New York City (USA)
4 Jun 2022, Momentum Dance Lab, Knoxville (USA)
3 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
3 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
3 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
1 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
1 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
1 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
23 Feb 2022, Amherst College, Amherst (USA)
22 Feb 2022, Smith College, Northampton (USA)
12 – 13 Feb 2022, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta (USA)
31 Jan – 30 Apr 2022, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (ZM)
24 – 25 Jan 2022, The Juilliard School, New York City (USA)
13 Sep – 6 Dec 2021, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
28 Aug 2021, Open Door Studios, Charlotte (USA)
26 Aug – 9 Dec 2021, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte (USA)
24 Aug – 7 Dec 2021, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte (USA)
5 Aug 2021, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
25 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
25 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
25 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
21 – 23 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
21 – 23 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
21 – 23 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
20 – 21 Feb 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
20 – 21 Feb 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
20 – 21 Feb 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
19 Feb – 12 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
19 Feb – 22 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
19 Feb – 12 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
17 Feb – 10 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
17 Feb – 22 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
17 Feb – 22 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
21 – 22 Nov 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
21 – 22 Nov 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (ZM)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (ZM)
1 Aug 2020, Countertechnique Online Summer Series, Charlotte (NC) (USA)
29 Jul 2020, Countertechnique Online Summer Series, Charlotte (NC) (USA)
23 – 25 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Charlotte (USA)
28 Jan – 28 Apr 2020, Harvard University, Cambridge (USA)
27 Jan – 27 Apr 2020, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
22 Jan – 29 Apr 2020, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
2 – 5 Jan 2020, New Dialect, Nashville (USA)
13 – 15 Dec 2019, Gibney Dance, New York City (USA)
20 – 22 Nov 2019, University of Iowa Department of Dance, Iowa City (USA)
16 Sep – 16 Dec 2019, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
10 Sep – 17 Dec 2019, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
11 – 17 Aug 2019, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
1 – 12 Jul 2019, Springboard Danse Montreal, Montréal (CA)
1 – 12 Jul 2019, Springboard Montréal, Montréal (CA)
7 – 9 Jun 2019, Gibney Dance , New York City (USA)
27 Apr 2019, Gibney Dance , New York City (USA)
1 – 3 Mar 2019, School for Contemporary Dance & Thought, Northampton (USA)
7 – 18 Jan 2019, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, St. Louis (USA)
2 – 5 Jan 2019, New Dialect, Nashville (USA)
7 – 9 Dec 2018, Gibney Dance , New York City (USA)
2 Oct – 13 Nov 2018, Green Street Studios, Boston (USA)
28 – 30 Sep 2018, Gibney Dance , New York City (USA)
12 – 17 Aug 2018, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
18 Jun – 20 Jul 2018, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
8 – 12 Jun 2018, The Theorists, Austin (USA)
15 – 18 May 2018, Gibney Dance , New York City (USA)
21 Mar 2018, Gibney Dance , New York City (USA)
17 Feb 2018, ADF School + American College Dance Association, Boston (USA)
2 Feb – 16 Mar 2018, Green Street Studios , Boston (USA)
26 Jan 2018, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale (USA)
23 Jan – 7 May 2018, Boston Conservatory at Berklee , Boston (USA)
16 – 26 Jan 2018, Arizona State University , Phoenix (USA)
2 Dec 2017, Moving Target Boston, Cambridge (USA)
11 Sep – 4 Dec 2017, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
6 Sep – 6 Dec 2017, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
14 – 19 Aug 2017, Tectonic Marrow Society at University of Washington, Seattle (USA)
31 Jul – 5 Aug 2017, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
19 – 23 Jun 2017, Greedy Pumpkin Head Projects, Miami (USA)
15 Jun – 28 Jul 2017, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
29 Apr 2017, Moving Target, Cambridge (USA)
20 – 24 Mar 2017, New Dialect, Nashville (USA)
24 Feb 2017, Dance Exchange, Washington D.C. (USA)
17 – 19 Feb 2017, Gibney Dance, New York City (USA)
7 – 23 Feb 2017, Harvard University , Cambridge, MA (USA)
8 Sep – 6 Dec 2016, Harvard University , Cambridge, MA (USA)
7 Sep – 7 Dec 2016, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston (USA)
2 Aug 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
20 – 24 Jun 2016, Mocean Dance , Halifax, Novia Scotia (CA)
13 – 17 Jun 2016, Gibney Dance , New York City (USA)
9 – 20 May 2016, New Dialect , Nashville (USA)
1 May 2016, Harvard Dance Center, Cambridge (USA)
23 Mar – 27 Apr 2016, Dance in Boston, Boston (USA)
6 Mar 2016, The Movement Exchange , Providence (USA)
1 Mar 2016, The Dance Complex, Boston (USA)
20 Jan – 24 Feb 2016, The Boston Conservatory , Boston (USA)
3 – 7 Jan 2016, Lindenwood University , St. Louis (USA)
2 Oct 2015, Columbia College Dance Department, Chicago (USA)
1 – 29 Oct 2015, Smith College, Northampton (USA)
11 Sep – 30 Oct 2015, School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton (USA)
8 – 29 Sep 2015, Smith College, Northampton (USA)
12 – 16 Aug 2015, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
27 – 31 Jul 2015, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle (USA)
7 – 9 Jul 2015, New Dialect, Nashville (USA)
30 Mar – 29 Apr 2015, Smith College, Northampton, MA (USA)
2 – 25 Mar 2015, Smith College, Northampton, MA (USA)
2 – 25 Feb 2015, Smith College, Northampton, MA (USA)
26 – 28 Jan 2015, Smith College, Northampton, MA (USA)
5 – 9 Jan 2015, New Dialect, Nashville (USA)
8 Nov 2014, Moving Target, Boston (USA)
4 – 25 Nov 2014, Smith College, Northampton, MA (USA)
2 – 30 Oct 2014, Smith College, Northampton, MA (USA)
4 – 30 Sep 2014, Smith College, Northampton, MA (USA)
1 – 15 Aug 2014, School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton, MA (USA)
26 Jul 2014, Circle Modern Dance, knoxville (USA)
21 – 25 Jul 2014, Studio Arts for Dancers, Knoxville (USA)
26 May – 6 Jun 2014, New Dialect, Nashville, TN (USA)
8 – 11 May 2014, Mascher Space Co-op, Philadelphia (USA)
21 – 23 Apr 2014, Smith College- Scott Dance Studio, Northampton, MA (USA)
7 Apr 2014, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont (USA)
27 Mar 2014, Smith College, Northampton, MA (USA)
26 Mar 2014, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (USA)
6 – 13 Mar 2014, Smith College, Northampton, MA (USA)
6 – 10 Jan 2014, New Dialect, Nashville (USA)
16 – 20 Dec 2013, New Dialect, Nashville (USA)
19 – 20 Oct 2013, Tennessee Association of Dance Festival, Chattanooga, TN (USA)
1 – 26 Jul 2013, New Dialect, Nashville (USA)
17 – 21 Jun 2013, New Dialect & Fall Aerial Dance Company, Nashville, TN (USA)
10 – 14 Jun 2013, Studio Arts for Dancers, Knoxville, TN (USA)
3 – 6 Jun 2013, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (USA)
17 – 18 May 2013, New Dialect / Belmont University Black Box Theater, Nashville (TN) (USA)
13 – 14 Apr 2013, San Diego Dance Theater / Live Arts Festival, San Diego (USA)

Athens, Greece

“ Countertechnique’s intrinsic balance between the preparation of body and mind makes it an invaluable daily training for a performer, a companion for a healthy and joyful career.”

M. Eugenia Demeglio

Athens, Greece

Originally from Italy, M. Eugenia Demeglio is currently based in Athens, Greece. She has studied Countertechnique since 2007 and had an internship as Anouk van Dijk’s assistant in 2008. She was selected to attend the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2014 and has been teaching Countertechnique since then.

After graduating in Italy from the Art and Dance High School, M. Eugenia Demeglio obtained a BA in Choreography at Codarts (the Netherlands) in 2008 and an MA in Curatorial Practice in 2010 at Falmouth University (UK). She has been working as an independent artist and educator since.

Her artist practice includes movement and improvisation performances, installations, participatory events, videos and community projects. Her works have been presented in various institutions in The Netherlands, Italy, France, Greece and Austria. She was awarded prestigious international prizes as a solo dancer in Perugia and Spoleto and her work How Much is Enough? won two ResArtis Awards.

Next to her career as an artist, M. Eugenia Demeglio teaches movement and improvisation. Since 2005 she has devised programs of Body Awareness for actors and Improvisation and Composition for adult absolute beginners. As a freelance educator she has taught so far in London, Brighton, Leeds, Nicosia, Reykjavik, Turin, Florence, Athens, Kalamata and Malta. She has been Associate Lecturer in Dance at Falmouth University for 6 years and Resident Improvisation Teacher at the Laboratorio Internazionale della Comunicazione.

“Dance has the power of engaging with its audience on a level that transcends space, time and private, by stretching the boundaries of the sensitive realm. A performer therefore is an individual sharing her/his entirety with those who witness, a practice that requires extreme listening of one’s existence, what I define a full citizenship of the body.

A class of Countertechnique transcends mere repetition and physical exercise for impeccable bodies, in favor of the training of an all-round performer: it stimulates to a high level both the body and mind of an individual, as well as the relationship between them and movement, towards a healthy and joyful approach to dancing, a proper citizenship of the body.

When I met Countertechnique for the first time my response was close to feeling home, so I am so thrilled to be an ambassador of such an exceptional technique. Its intrinsic balance between the preparation of body and mind makes it an invaluable daily training for a performer, a companion for a healthy and happy career.”

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M. Eugenia’s teaching history:

18 – 21 Oct 2021, Studio Trajectory, Athens (GR)
22 May – 5 Jun 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
22 May – 5 Jun 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
22 May – 5 Jun 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
6 – 13 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
6 – 13 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
6 – 13 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
3 – 7 Aug 2020, HJS Studio, amsterdam (NL)
24 Apr – 19 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Athens (GR)
28 – 31 Jan 2019, ProDance Leeds, Leeds (GB)
21 – 24 Jan 2019, Falmouth University, Falmouth (GB)
9 – 12 Jan 2019, University of Nicosia, Nicosia (CY)
4 Nov – 20 May 2019, Kinitiras, Athens (GR)
13 – 17 Aug 2018, The Place, London (GB)
17 – 20 Jul 2018, Dance Italia, Lucca (IT)
17 Mar 2018, Breaking Art - Megaron Mousiki, Athens (GR)
7 – 8 Apr 2017, Faris, Kalamata (GR)
1 – 2 Apr 2017, Kinitiras, Athens (GR)
24 – 26 Mar 2017, OpenFLR Youth, Firenze (IT)
14 Mar 2017, The Evening Space, San Ġwann (MT)
13 – 16 Mar 2017, University of Malta, School of Performing Arts, Msida (MT)
30 Jan – 2 Mar 2017, Falmouth University, Falmouth (GB)
9 Nov 2016, Kinitiras, Athens (GR)
26 Sep 2016, Kinitiras, Athens (GR)
8 – 9 Jul 2016, OpenFLR, Florence (IT)
4 – 6 Jul 2016, HAB - Italian Summer Intensive Dance Academy, Florence (IT)
13 Apr – 4 May 2016, Brighton Dance Network, Brighton (GB)
14 – 18 Mar 2016, ProDance Leeds, Leeds (GB)
8 Feb – 10 Mar 2016, Falmouth University, Falmouth (GB)
9 – 11 Dec 2015, Chisenhale Dance, London (GB)
6 – 11 Jul 2015, Fondazione Teatro Nuovo, Turin (IT)
6 – 13 May 2015, Falmouth University, Falmouth (GB)
20 – 30 Apr 2015, Falmouth University, Falmouth (GB)
2 – 26 Mar 2015, Falmouth University, Falmouth (GB)
9 – 26 Feb 2015, Falmouth University, Falmouth (GB)
4 Feb 2015, Brighton Dance Network, Brighton (GB)
19 – 23 Jan 2015, Listaháskóli Íslands - Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík (IS)
7 Jan – 4 Feb 2015, Brighton Dance Network, Brighton (GB)

Los Angeles, USA

"With Countertechnique, the learning never stops! You are continually finding new dimensions in your dancing that excite you and motivate you to play your edge and move towards greater freedom, space and creativity."

Rosanna Tavarez

Los Angeles, USA

Born in the US, Rosanna is based in Los Angeles (USA). She has been studying Countertechnique since 2011, including two One Body, One Career Intensives. She was selected to attend the Countertechnique Teacher Training program (CTTT) in 2016, and is now one of six certified American Countertechnique Teachers; she attended her second CTTT in 2021.

Rosanna received an MFA in Choreography from The Ohio State University and a BFA in Choreography from University of Michigan. She has a diverse background as a performer/entertainer and has had the honor of working with Marina Ambramovic, Ryan Heffington (Sia), Travis Payne (Michael Jackson), Tony Michaels (Beyonce) and Rosanna Gamson/Worldwide. She also toured with N’SYNC and Jessica Simpson as one-fifth of the girl group Eden’s Crush and covered the Emmys, Grammys and Oscars in addition to hosting her own shows as a television personality for FOX, E!, TVGuide Network, and Telemundo/NBC.

She creates her own dance-theatre work in Los Angeles under the moniker LADANSADANSA. Her works have been supported by ARC grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation, UCLA Hothouse Residency and Show Box LA.

“Countertechnique has provided me with tools that empower my body and my mind as a dancer and human. It has amplified and expanded both the breadth and depth of my potential. With Countertechnique, the learning never stops! You are continually finding new dimensions in your dancing that excite you and motivate you to play your edge and move towards greater freedom, space and creativity. Countertechnique has invited me to continue my self-inquiry that has lead me to make big shifts in how I conceive of myself and my dancing body.”

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Rosanna’s upcoming classes:

Open event Closed event

Curriculum California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles (USA)	Thu 25 Jan, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 1 Feb, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 8 Feb, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 15 Feb, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 22 Feb, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 29 Feb, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 7 Mar, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 13 Mar, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 20 Mar, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 3 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 10 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 17 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 24 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 1 May, 09:00 – 10:30 Wed 8 May, 09:00 – 10:30	private
Curriculum California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles (USA)	Fri 26 Jan, 10:40 – 12:10 Fri 2 Feb, 10:40 – 12:10 Fri 9 Feb, 10:40 – 12:10 Fri 16 Feb, 10:40 – 12:10 Fri 23 Feb, 10:40 – 12:10 Fri 1 Mar, 10:40 – 12:10 Fri 8 Mar, 10:40 – 12:10 Thu 14 Mar, 10:40 – 12:10 Thu 21 Mar, 10:40 – 12:10 Thu 4 Apr, 10:40 – 12:10 Thu 11 Apr, 10:40 – 12:10 Thu 18 Apr, 10:40 – 12:10 Thu 25 Apr, 10:40 – 12:10 Thu 2 May, 10:40 – 12:10 Thu 9 May, 10:40 – 12:10	private
Curriculum California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles (USA)	Tue 23 Jan, 10:40 – 12:10 Tue 30 Jan, 10:40 – 12:10 Tue 6 Feb, 10:40 – 12:10 Tue 13 Feb, 10:40 – 12:10 Tue 20 Feb, 10:40 – 12:10 Tue 27 Feb, 10:40 – 12:10 Tue 5 Mar, 10:40 – 12:10 Mon 11 Mar, 10:40 – 12:10 Mon 18 Mar, 10:40 – 12:10 Mon 1 Apr, 10:40 – 12:10 Mon 8 Apr, 10:40 – 12:10 Mon 15 Apr, 10:40 – 12:10 Mon 22 Apr, 10:40 – 12:10 Mon 29 Apr, 10:40 – 12:10 Mon 6 May, 10:40 – 12:10	private
Intensive Countertechnique Los Angeles (USA)	Mon 3 Jun – Fri 7 Jun, All Day Mon 10 Jun – Fri 14 Jun	public
Workshop Contempora PR Puerto Rico (USA)	Wed 10 Jul, 10:00 – 12:00 Thu 11 Jul, 10:00 – 12:00 Fri 12 Jul, 10:00 – 12:00	public
Intensive Sarasota Contemporary Dance Sarasota (USA)	Mon 22 Jul – Thu 25 Jan	public

Rosanna’s teaching history:

24 Mar 2024, American College Dance Association, Austin (USA)
24 Mar 2024, ACDA, Austin (USA)
26 Jan – 9 May 2024, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles (USA)
25 Jan – 8 May 2024, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles (USA)
23 Jan – 6 May 2024, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles (USA)
16 – 18 Jan 2024, New Mexico School of the Arts, Santa Fe (USA)
4 Nov 2023, Latinx Hispanic United, San Francisco (USA)
2 Nov 2023, Renaissance Arts Academy, Los Angeles (USA)
30 Sep 2023, Miami Light Project, Miami (USA)
29 Sep 2023, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach (USA)
28 Sep 2023, New World School of the Arts, Miami (USA)
15 Sep – 15 Dec 2023, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Valencia (USA)
12 Sep – 12 Dec 2023, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Valencia (USA)
17 – 26 Aug 2023, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
11 Aug 2023, Resilience Dance Company, St Louis (USA)
7 – 12 Aug 2023, Resilience Dance Company, St Louis (USA)
13 – 24 Jun 2023, Gibney / Countertechnique, New York (USA)
3 Jun 2023, Hyphen Art House Spring Workshop, Laguna Hills (USA)
15 Mar – 17 May 2023, thespace la, Los Angeles (USA)
11 Mar 2023, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton (USA)
4 – 5 Feb 2023, thespace la, Los Angeles (USA)
28 Jan 2023, Hyphen Art House Winter Workshop, Laguna Hills (USA)
27 Jan – 5 May 2023, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Valencia (USA)
27 Jan – 5 May 2023, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Valencia (USA)
26 Jan – 4 May 2023, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Valencia (USA)
26 Jan – 4 May 2023, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Valencia (USA)
12 Nov 2022, ODC Theater x David Herrera Performance Company, San Francisco (USA)
11 Nov 2022, ODC Commons, San Francisco (USA)
16 Sep – 16 Dec 2022, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
16 Sep – 16 Dec 2022, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
15 Sep – 15 Dec 2022, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
15 Sep – 15 Dec 2022, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
25 – 31 Jul 2022, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
20 Jun – 15 Jul 2022, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
14 – 24 Jun 2022, Gibney, New York City (USA)
13 – 18 Jun 2022, Gibney, New York City (USA)
3 Jun 2022, David Herrera Performance Company and Latinx Hispanic Dancers United, San Francisco (USA)
1 Jun 2022, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
15 – 17 Apr 2022, School of Music and Dance, San Diego State University (USA)
31 Mar – 1 Apr 2022, Danza Clasica y Contemporanea del INBAL, Mexico City
28 Feb – 7 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
28 Feb – 7 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
28 Feb – 7 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
12 Feb – 12 Mar 2022, Stomping Ground LA, Los Angeles (USA)
26 Jan – 11 May 2022, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
21 Jan – 12 May 2022, USC Kaufman, USC (USA)
20 Jan – 12 May 2022, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles (USA)
14 Jan – 12 May 2022, USC Kaufman, Los Angeles (USA)
10 – 20 Jan 2022, CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
14 Sep – 17 Dec 2021, Cal Arts-Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
23 Aug – 15 Dec 2021, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
6 Aug 2021, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
27 Jul 2021, Backhause Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
17 Jul 2021, Stomping Ground, Los Angeles (USA)
4 Jun 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
4 Jun 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
4 Jun 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
19 – 26 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
19 – 26 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
19 – 26 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
4 Jan – 25 Feb 2021, Studio School- Hussian College, Los Angeles (USA)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (ZM)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, New York (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
16 Nov – 9 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (ZM)
27 Aug – 10 Dec 2020, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles (USA)
25 Aug – 8 Dec 2020, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles (USA)
25 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
23 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
17 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
16 – 18 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
11 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
10 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
9 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
4 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
28 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
26 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
19 – 21 May 2020, Countertechnique, Los Angeles (USA)
14 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
7 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
30 Apr 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
23 Apr 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
10 Mar 2020, Bodytraffic, Los Angeles (USA)
22 Jan – 8 May 2020, Cal State University Long Beach, Long Beach (USA)
22 Jan – 4 May 2020, Scripps College, Pomona (USA)
14 Jan – 5 Mar 2020, Studio School, Los Angeles (USA)
4 – 8 Jan 2020, The Space at Diavolo, Los Angeles (USA)
8 Nov 2019, American Dance Festival/Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach (USA)
16 – 18 Oct 2019, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburgh (USA)
27 Aug – 12 Dec 2019, Studio School, Los Angeles (USA)
29 Jul – 3 Aug 2019, Pieter Performance Space, Los Angeles (USA)
17 Jun – 19 Jul 2019, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
13 – 14 Mar 2019, Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Sarasota (USA)
23 Jan – 8 May 2019, Scripps College, Los Angeles (USA)
14 Jan – 8 May 2019, Studio School, Los Angeles (USA)
27 – 28 Dec 2018, Brockus Project, Los Angeles (USA)
27 Oct 2018, Pieter Performance Space, Los Angeles (USA)
28 Aug – 6 Dec 2018, Studio School, Los Angeles (USA)
23 Aug – 18 Oct 2018, LA Contemporary Dance Company, Los Angeles (USA)
30 – 31 Jul 2018, LA Contemporary Dance Company, Los Angeles (USA)
18 – 22 Jun 2018, TECTONIC MARROW SOCIETY- University of Washington, Seattle (USA)
4 May 2018, Cal State Long Beach Department of Dance, Los Angeles (USA)
25 Mar 2018, Los Angeles Dance Festival, Los Angeles (USA)
22 Feb – 17 May 2018, Brockus Project Studios, Los Angeles (USA)
20 Jan 2018, Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance Festival, Tempe, Arizona (USA)
20 Dec 2017, Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Sarasota (USA)
9 Nov – 7 Dec 2017, LA Contemporary Dance Company, Los Angeles (USA)
18 – 20 Sep 2017, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles (USA)
7 Sep – 26 Oct 2017, Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Los Angeles (USA)
29 Aug – 15 Dec 2017, Relativity School, Los Angeles (USA)
21 Aug – 1 Dec 2017, Cal State University, Los Angeles (USA)
23 – 27 Jul 2017, Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Sarasota (USA)
19 – 20 Jul 2017, Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Los Angeles (USA)
17 – 18 Jul 2017, Invertigo Dance Theatre, Los Angeles (USA)
29 Apr 2017, Los Angeles Dance Festival. Brockus Project Studios., Los Angeles (USA)
23 Feb – 6 Apr 2017, Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Los Angeles (USA)
21 Feb – 2 May 2017, Relativity School, Los Angeles (USA)
10 Jan – 14 Feb 2017, Relativity School, LOS ANGELES (USA)
20 Oct 2016, Diavolo, Los Angeles (USA)
14 Oct 2016, San Diego State University, San Diego (USA)
12 Oct 2016, Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Los Angeles (USA)
5 – 12 Oct 2016, Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Los Angeles (USA)
29 Sep 2016, Diavolo, Los Angeles (USA)
15 – 29 Sep 2016, Diavolo, Los Angeles (USA)

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

"I love to see dancers develop their potential to the full. In Countertechnique we’re gentle, yet demanding. We know how strenuous the daily dance practice is, so the tools we offer make it more effective, ánd more enjoyable."

Lubbock (TX), USA

"Countertechnique not only transformed my dancing and relationship to my body but enriched my choreographic practice. The possibilities are limitless, and I am grateful to be able to share this information with dancers and witness them finding clarity and strength in mind and body."

Melissa Brading

Lubbock (TX), USA

Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Melissa Brading is currently based in Lubbock, Texas. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2018, including three One Body, One Career Intensives among many other classes and workshops. She attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2023.

Melissa is a dancer, teacher and choreographer. She received her MFA in dance from the University of Michigan and her BFA from the University of Central Oklahoma. She spent 12 years in New York City as a freelance artist, where she worked with choreographers such as Hope Boykin, Nejla Yatkin, Sue Bernhard and Kathryn Alter to name a few. She also choreographed for dance and theatre and participated in outreach through Avodah Dance. She taught Limón technique with the Limón Institute at Gibney and Peridance and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan. Melissa is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in Dance at Texas Tech University.

"Countertechnique offers a roadmap that activates the mind and invites the artist to discover their full potential without judgement. Through Countertechnique dancers are able to bring their whole self to their work, avoid burnout and find agency in their dancing. I found Countertechnique later in my performing career and discovering how to access more range, power and stability during that time was truly life changing. It showed me that I could dance longer and stronger than I thought possible. Training in Countertechnique not only transformed my dancing and relationship to my body, but also gave me tools and language to create and communicate in my choreographic practice. The possibilities are limitless, and I am grateful to be able to share this information with dancers and witness them finding clarity and strength in mind and body."

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Melissa’s teaching history:

21 – 24 Mar 2024, ACDA, Austin (USA)
29 Jan – 13 Mar 2024, Texas Tech University, Lubbock (USA)
12 Oct – 30 Nov 2023, Texas Tech University, Lubbock (USA)
10 Oct – 5 Dec 2023, Texas Tech University, Lubbock (USA)

Winston-Salem (NC), USA

"I dance to express what words cannot, and also to elevate myself to something supernatural. I teach dance in order to help others on this journey, however it is defined for them."

Kira Blazek Ziaii

Winston-Salem (NC), USA

Born in the States, Kira is currently based in Winston-Salem (USA). She has been studying Countertechnique since 2005, attended several One Body One Career Intensives between 2006-2012, was selected to attend the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2012 and in 2016. She performed in Anouk van Dijk's work in 2005 and 2009.

Kira grew up dancing at Houston Ballet Academy. She received her BFA in Modern Dance from Oklahoma University, and has since danced for Hubbard Street 2, Douglas Dunn, anoukvandijk dc, Christopher Williams Dance, Pilobolus, and Shen Wei Dance Arts, to name a few. She has taught in NYC at the 100 Grand Studios and Gibney Dance Center, and has led workshops regionally in Tulsa, Houston, Austin, Sarasota, and Los Angeles. She recently completed her MFA in Modern Dance at the California Institute of the Arts and is currently on staff at the University of North Carolina's School of Dance in Winston-Salem.

"I enjoy dancing because it keeps me in the present, with my body and with others. I dance to express what words cannot, and also to elevate myself to something supernatural. I teach dance in order to help others on this journey, however it is defined for them. Sharing what I've found helpful, liberating, and strengthening in dance, hopefully allows students to enjoy dancing even more. Instead of being bogged down with the impossible task of achieving perfection. Seeing students enjoy movement, and surprise themselves, is the most rewarding thing I could ask for.

The Countertechnique is special for me because it is the natural step in dance evolution. It builds off helpful knowledge of the body and weight and flow, and combines it with mental clarity and forgiveness. There are actually so many things in Countertechnique that can be applied to life in general. I knew I wanted to teach Countertechnique mainly because it helped me; it provided me with tools that I can apply in all my dancing, so I can enjoy a healthier and more investigative career. It also provides a wonderful methodology for warming up the body that I don't find in other techniques."

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Kira’s teaching history:

13 – 24 Jun 2023, Gibney / Countertechnique, New York (USA)
11 Feb – 29 Apr 2021, UNCSA School of Dance, Winston-Salem (USA)
28 Jul 2020, Countertechnique Online Summer Series, Winston-Salem (NC) (USA)
19 Oct 2019, North Carolina Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
7 – 14 Jul 2019, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
21 – 24 Aug 2018, Gibney Dance, New York City (USA)
3 – 4 Aug 2018, kitmodus/Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta (USA)
18 Jun – 20 Jul 2018, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
11 – 15 Jun 2018, Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Sarasota (USA)
10 – 21 Jul 2017, UNCSA- School of Dance, Winston-Salem (USA)
15 Jun – 28 Jul 2017, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
13 Mar – 2 May 2017, UNCSA- School of Dance, Winston-Salem (USA)
2 – 6 Jan 2017, TBXS, Austin (USA)
29 Aug – 28 Oct 2016, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem (USA)
3 Aug 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
26 May 2016, Hunter Dance Center, Houston (USA)
24 – 27 May 2016, Houston Ballet Academy, Houston (USA)
12 – 14 Feb 2016, TBXS, Austin (USA)
8 – 9 Jan 2016, Diavolo, Los Angeles (USA)
26 Oct – 24 Nov 2015, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia (USA)
14 Sep – 2 Oct 2015, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia (USA)
4 – 8 Aug 2015, TBXS, Austin (USA)
25 Jul – 1 Aug 2015, Fuzion Dance Artists, Sarasota (USA)
18 – 19 Jul 2015, Fly Loft, Tulsa (USA)
2 – 3 Jul 2015, NWDance Project, Portland (USA)
29 Apr – 6 May 2015, Diavolo, Los Angeles (USA)
1 – 19 Apr 2015, Diavolo, Los Angeles (USA)
20 Mar 2015, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach (USA)
18 Mar 2015, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach (USA)
10 Jan 2015, Hartel Dance Group, Oklahoma City (USA)
22 – 29 Aug 2014, Collective Movement, Venice (Los Angeles) (USA)
27 Jul – 3 Aug 2014, Fuzion Dance Artists/ New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida (USA)
10 – 12 Jun 2014, Gibney Dance, New York City (USA)
3 – 7 Jun 2014, Tapestry Dance Company, Austin, TX (USA)
12 – 16 May 2014, Tulsa University, Tulsa, OK (USA)
29 Mar 2014, The Fly Loft, Tulsa (USA)
18 – 20 Mar 2014, Ad Deum Dance Company, Houston (USA)
17 Mar 2014, Texas Women's University, Denton (USA)
3 – 31 Mar 2014, University of Oklahoma, Norman (USA)
10 – 12 Jan 2014, BODYTRAFFIC, Los Angeles (USA)
3 – 4 Jan 2014, Hartel Dance Group, Oklahoma City (USA)
1 – 27 Nov 2013, University of Oklahoma, Norman (USA)
2 – 30 Oct 2013, University of Oklahoma, Norman (USA)
19 Aug – 30 Sep 2013, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma (USA)
22 – 26 Jul 2013, Fuzion Dance Artists / New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida (USA)
19 – 20 Jul 2013, Ad Deum Dance Company, HOUSTON (USA)
17 – 19 Jul 2013, Hope Stone Dance , Houston (USA)
27 Jun 2013, The Red Bean Studios, New York (USA)
17 – 22 Jun 2013, Maine Island Dance Festival, Portland, MA (USA)
1 Jun 2013, City Dance Conservatory of Washington DC, Washington D.C. (USA)
7 – 9 May 2013, Douglas Dunn Studio, New York (USA)

Graz, Austria

"Countertechnique allows us to reach greater clarity, complexity and versatility in movement by favouring lightness, efficiency and self-discovery over endlessly chasing a predetermined outcome."

Nimrod Poles

Graz, Austria

Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Nimrod is currently based in Graz, Austria. He has been studying Countertechnique since 2020, taking part in two One Body, One Career intensives in 2022 and 2023. He attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2023.

Graduate of the Aleph High School of Arts (2013) and the Maslool – Professional Professional Dance Training program (2015) in Tel-Aviv, Nimrod danced with The Batsheva Ensemble during the 2013/14 season and took part in different projects in Israel and abroad with choreographers such as Miquel G. Font, Sharon Vazanna and Ido Tadmor. Between 2018 and 2021, he danced with the Ballet of the Graz Opera and Tanz Linz in Austria as well as the dance company of the Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland, working with Felix Landerer, Yuki Mori, Urs Dietrich, Beate Vollack and Jörg Weinöhl. Since July 2021, Nimrod has been a freelance dancer and teacher, collaborating with Emanuele Soavi incompany, Wang Ramirez, Lior Tavori, Filip Löbl, Theater Bonn and Kunsthaus Graz, among others.

"Countertechnique encouraged me to become more compassionate towards myself and towards others both in and out of the studio and helped me form a truly unique framework for infinite growth, essentially being an ever evolving playground of tools and information which I can constantly and effectively apply as a dancer. I felt I could finally come to terms with my dancing body, acknowledging many of its facilities and possibilities and finding varied solutions to handle its limitations. Countertechnique allows us to reach greater clarity, complexity and versatility in movement by favouring lightness, efficiency and self-discovery over endlessly chasing a predetermined outcome."

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Nimrod’s upcoming classes:

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Class Staatstheater Braunschweig Braunschweig (DE)	Tue 28 May – Sat 1 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15	private
Class STAIBDANCE SUMMER INTENSIVE Sorrento (IT)	Sat 13 Jul – Tue 16 Jul	private

Nimrod’s teaching history:

17 – 20 Jan 2024, Stadttheater Gießen, Gießen (DE)
10 Nov – 5 Mar 2024, Ballett Graz, Graz (AU)
1 – 16 Sep 2023, Ballett Graz, Graz (AU)

Paris, France

"As a dance teacher, I strive to build a safe place that facilitates exchanges, brings joy and leads dancers to explore, task risks, fall, and redirect their energy in a positive manner."

Julie Magneville

Paris, France

Born in France, Julie is currently based in Paris, but commutes between Europe and the USA. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2019, and has attended two One Body, One Career Intensives. She attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2022.

Julie graduated with a Bachelor of Dance from the Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, and continued her training at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse in Lyon and The Ailey School in New York. During and after her graduation, she danced in works by choreographers such as Wim Vandekeybus, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Margie Gillis, Victor Quijadas, O Vertigo, Compagnie Flack, and many others. She also collaborated with artists from different fields, such as visual/media artist Ivan Liu, interdisciplinary artist Laurent Barnavon, pop-alternative singer Sevdaliza and musical choreographer Sergio Trujillo; she also choreographed for TEDx, the African Games and the Paris Fashion Week. Her short-film " In Memorium" was awarded Best Choice Audience at Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, and Best Dance Choreography at Oniros Film Awards.

“Countertechnique provides me infinite possibilities for the body and mind to be well connected and fully aware of my surroundings. It offers a variety of tools that allows me to find freedom, strength and autonomy in my daily practice. It’s a poetic vehicle in which researches and discoveries are made constantly.

There is definitely a before and after my discovery of Countertechnique’s practice. I removed old patterns and create a new external canvas that supports me with ease and fun. As a dance teacher, I strive to build a safe place that facilitates exchanges, brings joy and leads dancers to explore, task risks, fall, and redirect their energy in a positive manner. From the pleasure come the solutions!”

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Julie’s upcoming classes:

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Class

Centre National de la Danse

Lyon (FR)

Mon 13 May – Fri 17 May, 10:00 – 12:00

public

Julie’s teaching history:

11 – 22 Mar 2024, Ballet Preljokaj, Aix-en-Provence (FR)
18 – 22 Feb 2023, Centre de danse James Carles, Toulouse (FR)
8 – 10 Feb 2023, Studio Harmonic, Paris (FR)
8 – 10 Feb 2023, Studio Harmonic, Paris (FR)
1 – 3 Feb 2023, Studio Harmonic, Paris (FR)
7 – 11 Nov 2022, Jeune Ballet Dance Area, Genève (CH)
13 – 14 Oct 2022, Théâtre du Corps Pietragalla-Derouault, Paris (FR)
26 – 29 Sep 2022, Théâtre du Corps Pietragalla-Derouault, Paris (FR)

Antwerp, Belgium

“Countertechnique is a joyful exploration, where failure, fear and pain are removed from the situation, and replaced with choice. There is less pressure on the whole self, and more freedom to direct energy into exploring and playing.”

Niharika Senapati

Antwerp, Belgium

Born in Australia, Niharika Senapati is currently based in Melbourne (AUS). She has been studying Countertechnique intensively since 2012, whilst working as a dancer for Anouk van Dijk in dance company Chunky Move. She has contributed to the 2017 and 2018 One Body, One Career Intensive as a faculty member, teaching Chunky Move repertoire. Niharika attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2014 and in 2018, and is a Senior Teacher Countertechnique.

Niharika studied contemporary dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in Perth, Australia. Since graduating, as well as Chunky Move, Niharika has been working with many choreographers around Australia, such as Rachel Arianne Ogle, Carl Sciberras and Leisel Zink. This year, amongst many things, Niharika is working as Anouk van Dijk’s Choreographic Assistant. She also continues to deepen her understanding into improvisation, through practice and performance.

Niharika is passionate about her teaching practice, completing her Yoga teacher training in India in May 2013, and becoming a certified Countertechnique teacher in July 2014.

“Countertechnique allows me to discover more possibilities constantly, whilst giving me practical and helpful tools to keep me interested and independent in that process. Dancing continues to be a joyful exploration, where failure, fear and pain are removed from the situation, and replaced with choice. There is less pressure on my whole self, and more freedom to direct energy into exploring and playing."

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Niharika’s upcoming classes:

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Intensive

Countertechnique / Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS)

Amsterdam (NL)

Sat 27 Jul – Wed 31 Jul, All Day
Fri 2 Aug – Tue 6 Aug, All Day

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Niharika’s teaching history:

29 Jul – 8 Aug 2023, HJS / Countertechnique, Amsterdam (NL)
17 – 21 Oct 2022, Artez University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
8 – 12 Aug 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
30 Jul – 9 Aug 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
1 – 4 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (ZM)
30 Nov – 3 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (ZM)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (ZM)
19 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (ZM)
27 – 30 Jul 2020, Countertechnique Online Summer Series, NYC (USA)
23 – 26 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (AUS)
12 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (AUS)
8 – 11 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (AUS)
5 Jun 2020, None, Melbourne (AUS)
29 – 30 May 2020, None, Melbourne (AUS)
22 – 23 May 2020, None, Melbourne (AUS)
9 – 28 Oct 2019, Lucy Guerin Inc, Melbourne (AUS)
16 – 27 Sep 2019, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore (IN)
14 – 22 Sep 2019, Attakkalari Centre, Bangalore (IN)
3 – 9 Sep 2019, Arangham Dance Theatre, Chennai (IN)
12 – 16 Aug 2019, Henny Jurriëns Stichting, Amsterdam (NL)
29 Jul – 9 Aug 2019, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
1 – 12 Jul 2019, Springboard Danse Montreal, Montréal (CA)
24 – 28 Jun 2019, BODYTRAFFIC, Los Angeles (USA)
25 Mar – 11 Apr 2019, Utah School of Dance, Salt Lake City (USA)
6 – 13 Mar 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
31 Jul 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
16 – 20 Jul 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
6 – 7 Jun 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
19 – 30 Mar 2018, Attakkalari Centre for Moving Arts, Bangalore (IN)
19 – 24 Mar 2018, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore (IN)
14 – 15 Mar 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
6 – 10 Mar 2018, All Saints' College, Perth (AUS)
26 Feb – 2 Mar 2018, Strut Dance - The National Choreographic Centre of Western Australia, Perth (AUS)
7 Feb 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
1 Nov – 13 Dec 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
8 – 17 Aug 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 – 20 Jul 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 May 2017, Sydney Dance Company, Melbourne (AUS)
16 – 17 May 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
12 Jan – 6 Feb 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
29 Nov – 21 Dec 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
26 Sep 2016, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt (DE)
20 – 21 Sep 2016, Schauspiel Franfurt, Frankfurt (DE)
6 – 8 Sep 2016, Schauspiel Frankfurt , Frankfurt (DE)
30 Aug – 1 Sep 2016, Schauspiel Frankfurt , Frankfurt (DE)
9 – 11 Aug 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
18 – 29 Jul 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
5 – 9 Jul 2016, Bodytraffic, Los Angeles (USA)
21 Jun – 14 Jul 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
8 – 17 Jun 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
25 May 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
11 May 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
1 – 17 Mar 2016, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
29 Feb 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
15 – 25 Feb 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
13 – 14 Jan 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 – 18 Nov 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
5 – 13 Aug 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 12 Aug 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
27 – 31 Jul 2015, FORM Dance Projects, Sydney (AUS)
20 – 24 Jul 2015, STRUT Dance, Perth (AUS)
17 – 18 Jun 2015, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore (IN)
15 – 19 Jun 2015, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore (IN)
13 May 2015, LINK Dance Company, Perth (AUS)
11 May 2015, John Curtin College of the Arts, Perth (AUS)
4 – 15 May 2015, STRUT Dance, Perth (AUS)
2 – 8 Apr 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 Mar 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
16 – 19 Mar 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
2 – 25 Feb 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
12 – 27 Jan 2015, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
10 – 11 Nov 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
30 Oct 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
23 Oct 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 – 23 Oct 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
5 – 23 Sep 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
28 Jan 2014, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)

Lawrence (KS), USA

'Countertechnique has been with me for many years, showing up at pivotal times of my development as a dancer and teacher.'

Shannon Stewart

Lawrence (KS), USA

Originally from the Pacific Northwest of the US, Shannon Stewart (she/they) currently teaches and lives in Lawrence, KS and is based part-time in Detroit, Michigan (Waawiyatanong). Shannon took her first One Body One Career workshop in Amsterdam in 2007 and began training consistently during the pandemic. She attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2023.

A 2023 USA Artists Fellowship nominee, Shannon’s choreographic work has been presented internationally in the US, Europe, Mexico, and Canada. Her collaborative dance films have screened at festivals around the world. The development of their work has been supported by the National Dance Project, National Performance Network, Foundation for Contemporary Art, UCROSS Foundation, Art Omi, and the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, among others. As a performer and collaborator, Shannon has worked with Deborah Hay, Cherdonna Shinatra, Matty Davis Williams, Christopher Matthews, Stefan Jovanovic, zoe | juniper, Dayna Hanson, Pat Graney and has also performed the work of visual artists Tino Sehgal and Joan Jonas.

Shannon has a Masters of Fine Arts from Tulane University in Interdisciplinary Dance Performance and a BA in Urban Design from the University of Washington. She has been a core mentor for ROAR Berlin since 2018 and is an Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Kansas.

"Countertechnique has been with me for many years, showing up at pivotal times of development as a dancer and teacher. Countertechnique gives me space to continually grow and be challenged in my physical practice while finding ease and freedom in an everchanging body. As a younger dancer, the feeling of falling and flying is what got me hooked, but through the years, working with tools is what has kept me going and what will keep me going--dancing fully, rigorously, into longevity, with as little force and judgement, and with as much joy as possible. The ways to work are endless yet practical. As a teacher, I always aim to facilitate a space of curiosity, growth, and artistic community. In the university, I encourage students to take charge of their physical practice, to understand how to be attuned to many things at once and approach their training with attention and care for the process. Teaching classes in the community and with professional dancers, I see myself as a facilitator and container creator (and playlist nerd) for collective practice – a practice that really gets people moving fully, flying, and flocking through the space, with incredible awareness and minimal tension. With Countertechnique, I can share this well–researched and thoroughly developed structure for dancers to work autonomously within a specific frame; one that provides clarity but is also expansive. I understand that in the US in particular, a dance class can be both functional and somewhat sacred – it can be a place to warm up, to unplug, to work hard, to be serious, to let loose, to see friends, to be inspired, to dance to loud music, to sweat through all your clothes, and to feed yourself as an artist. I think this magic happens in Countertechnique classes."

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Shannon’s upcoming classes:

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KC Open Pro

Kansas City (USA)

Tue 7 May – Tue 7 May, 10:00 – 11:45
Wed 8 May – Wed 8 May, 10:00 – 11:45
Thu 9 May – Thu 9 May, 10:00 – 11:45
Fri 10 May – Fri 10 May, 10:00 – 11:45
Sat 11 May – Sat 11 May, 10:00 – 11:45

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Shannon’s teaching history:

13 Apr 2024, KC Open Pro, Kansas City (USA)
14 Mar 2024, Jodie Randolph Dance/ Ann Arbor Dance Classics, Ann Arbor (USA)
23 Jan – 29 Feb 2024, University of Kansas, LAWRENCE (USA)
22 Dec 2023, None, Ann Arbor (USA)

The Hague, the Netherlands

"Countertechnique empowered my dancing and gave my body more volume in the space. I could let go of my own judgment and rediscover my flexibility, strength and joy of movement."

Eilit Marom

The Hague, the Netherlands

Eilit Marom is an Israeli choreographer and teacher based in The Hague, she works between Israel and the Netherlands in the fields of Dance and Visual Art. Eilit has studied Countertechnique since 2007 and had an internship as Anouk van Dijk's assistant in 2009. She attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2012, 2014 and 2022, and has been teaching Countertechnique since 2012 around Europe and Israel in professional education centers and companies.

Eilit studied contemporary dance at Dance Workshop Kibbutz Gaaton in Israel and graduated from ArtEZ Dance Academy in Arnhem, the Netherlands in 2010. She is a recipient of the “Dance in Community” grant from the Israel Ministry of Culture for her work with deaf communities. She created two collaboration projects “A state of statement” and “(To) Come and See” and presented i.a in March Hare Festival (Tel Aviv), Supercell (AUS), Les Rencontres Choregraphiques (Paris) Gessnerallee (Zurich), and Korzo (the Hague). She is the founder and director of “Blender” performance series in Haifa Theater and “Karov Meod '' Movement in public spaces Interdisciplinary Festival in Downtown Haifa. As a performer Eilit danced with choreographers such as Simone Truong, Keren Rosenberg, Jerome Bel, Amos Ben-Tal, Jack Gallagher, and Kalpana Raghuraman.

“Countertechnique empowered my dancing and gave my body more volume in the space. I could let go of my own judgment and rediscover my flexibility, strength and joy of movement. During my internship with the company I watched how Anouk and her dancers use Countertechnique as training, but also as a tool in the creation process, rehearsals, and while performing. The method allows each person to share their unique artistry, be receptive and alive in every moment on stage. It was inspiring to take part in that process and learn how to apply Countertechnique in many aspects of dancing. After that internship, I realized this is something more people should get to know and decided I want to teach and pass it on to others!

Countertechnique promotes the dancer to be an active partner of his/hers own body, giving space for individual growth, developing a researchers’ mind and bringing the focus on qualities in the here and now. As an artist, I found these are very useful skills to have in the independent field. The working field is constantly changing and dancers need to be flexible in their mind and way of working in order to create their own path in it. Practicing Countertechnique's way of thinking I enjoy much more the process, I am reminded by the fact that there is nothing to get but something to do – and that thought turns on my curiosity."

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Eilit’s upcoming classes:

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HUIS Conny Janssen Danst

Rotterdam (NL)

Wed 3 Apr, 18:00 – 19:30
Wed 10 Apr, 18:00 – 19:30
Wed 17 Apr, 18:00 – 19:30
Wed 24 Apr, 18:00 – 19:30

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Eilit’s teaching history:

3 – 24 Apr 2024, HUIS Conny Janssen Danst, Rotterdam (NL)
30 Jan – 1 Feb 2024, ECD Expanded Contemporary Dance ( AHK ), Amsterdam (NL)
5 – 8 Jun 2023, Pro-Mornings at Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv (IL)
18 Apr – 7 Jun 2023, Academy for Theater and Dance Amsterdam - Dance teacher, Amsterdam (NL)
17 Jan – 8 Feb 2023, Academy for Theater and Dance Amsterdam - Dance teacher, Amsterdam (NL)
12 Jan – 9 Feb 2023, RijnIJssel DCC, Arnhem (NL)
21 Dec 2022, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
28 Nov – 22 Dec 2022, RijnIJssel DCC, Arnhem (NL)
14 – 18 Nov 2022, SALLY Dansgezelschap Maastricht, Maastricht (NL)
11 May – 29 Jun 2022, Korzo, The Hague (NL)
9 – 20 May 2022, Academie voor Theater en Dans - Docent Dans, Amsterdam (NL)
13 – 27 Apr 2022, Suzanne Dellal Centre - PRO MORNINGS, Tel Aviv (IL)
6 Apr 2022, Korzo, The Hague (NL)
28 Mar – 1 Apr 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
10 – 16 Mar 2022, FONDAZIONE NAZIONALE DELLA DANZA ATERBALLETTO, Reggio Emilia (IT)
24 Feb 2022, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
24 Feb 2022, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
24 Feb 2022, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
17 Feb – 24 Mar 2022, Fontys Dance Academy, Tilburg (NL)
24 – 25 Jan 2022, MUDA, Gent (BE)
17 – 18 Jan 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
23 Oct 2021, Korzo Crosstown, The Hague (NL)
29 Sep – 6 Oct 2021, Korzo, The Hague (NL)
7 – 22 Sep 2021, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
9 – 11 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
9 – 11 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
9 – 11 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (ZM)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, New York (ZM)
7 – 24 Sep 2020, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
18 Aug – 5 Sep 2020, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
2 Jul 2020, Countertechnique, The Hague (NL)
24 Jun 2020, Countertechnique, The Hague (NL)
16 – 18 Jun 2020, Countertechnique, The Hague (NL)
9 – 12 Jun 2020, Countertechnique, The Hague (NL)
5 Jun 2020, Countertechnique, The Hague (NL)
18 – 29 May 2020, Countertechnique, The Hague (NL)
5 – 15 May 2020, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
15 – 24 Apr 2020, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
7 – 21 Apr 2020, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
24 Sep – 17 Dec 2019, CLOUD At Danslab, The Hague (NL)
19 – 23 Aug 2019, Muda, Evergem (BE)
2 – 30 Jan 2019, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
20 – 21 Dec 2018, Fresco Dance Company, Tel Aviv (IL)
12 – 26 Dec 2018, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
7 – 28 Nov 2018, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
4 Nov – 30 Dec 2018, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
10 – 31 Oct 2018, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
7 – 28 Oct 2018, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
1 – 3 Aug 2018, Fresco Dance and Culture, Tel Aviv (IL)
7 Jun 2018, Dance Journey program by KCDC , Kibbutz Gaaton (IL)
4 – 25 Jun 2018, Hasdna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
3 Jun – 1 Jul 2018, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
7 – 28 May 2018, Hasdna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
6 – 27 May 2018, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
9 – 30 Apr 2018, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
8 – 29 Apr 2018, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
6 – 20 Mar 2018, Beitnua , Haifa (IL)
5 – 26 Mar 2018, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
6 – 27 Feb 2018, Beitnua , Haifa (IL)
5 – 26 Feb 2018, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
8 – 29 Jan 2018, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
2 – 30 Jan 2018, Beitnua , Haifa (IL)
15 – 16 Dec 2017, Fresco Dance and Culture, Tel Aviv (IL)
4 – 18 Dec 2017, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
7 Nov – 12 Dec 2017, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
6 – 27 Nov 2017, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
17 – 31 Oct 2017, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
3 Oct 2017, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
2 – 30 Oct 2017, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
2 – 30 Oct 2017, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
11 – 18 Sep 2017, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
28 Aug – 8 Sep 2017, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
2 – 4 Aug 2017, Fresco Dance and Culture, Tel Aviv (IL)
26 Jul – 16 Aug 2017, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
5 – 19 Jul 2017, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
1 – 29 Jun 2017, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
26 Apr – 28 Jun 2017, Beitnua , Haifa (IL)
6 Apr – 25 May 2017, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
24 Feb 2017, Supercell Dance Festival, Brisbane (AUS)
2 – 9 Feb 2017, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
2 – 9 Feb 2017, Beitnua, Haifa (IL)
5 – 26 Jan 2017, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance , Haifa (IL)
8 – 29 Dec 2016, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
28 Nov – 2 Dec 2016, Dansateliers, Rotterdam (NL)
3 – 24 Nov 2016, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa , Haifa (IL)
15 Sep – 27 Oct 2016, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa , Haifa (IL)
7 – 28 Sep 2016, Hakvutza, Tel Aviv (IL)
15 – 19 Aug 2016, Muda, Evergem (BE)
3 – 31 Aug 2016, Hakvutza, Tel Aviv (IL)
6 – 27 Jul 2016, Hakvutza, Tel Aviv (IL)
10 – 17 Apr 2016, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
6 – 20 Mar 2016, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
26 Feb 2016, Dance House in The Arab-Jewish Center, Tel Aviv (IL)
2 – 10 Feb 2016, Codarts University of the Arts , Rotterdam (NL)
25 – 29 Jan 2016, tanzhaus nrw, Dusseldorf (DE)
18 – 22 Jan 2016, Tanzhaus zurich, Zurich (CH)
1 – 25 Oct 2015, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
2 – 27 Sep 2015, Hasadna for Contemporary Dance Haifa, Haifa (IL)
17 – 21 Aug 2015, Muda, Gent (BE)
2 – 9 Jun 2015, Hasadna Haifa, Haifa (IL)
23 – 27 Mar 2015, tanzhaus nrw, Dusseldorf (DE)
18 Mar 2015, Muda, Gent (BE)
2 – 13 Mar 2015, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
25 Feb 2015, Muda, Gent (BE)
26 – 30 Jan 2015, Dansateliers, Rotterdam (NL)
5 – 9 Jan 2015, Muda, Gent (BE)
9 Dec 2014, Rianne Slenema Classes , Amsterdam (NL)
29 Nov 2014, Crosstown Den Haag, The Hague (NL)
6 – 10 Oct 2014, HJS, Amsterdam (NL)
2 – 9 Sep 2014, ArtEZ , Arnhem (NL)
21 Jun 2014, Studio Naim , Tel Aviv (IL)
16 – 23 Jun 2014, Vertigo dance program, Jerusalem (IL)
5 – 28 May 2014, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
9 – 11 Jan 2014, Suzanne Dellal Dance Center, Tel Aviv (IL)
8 – 15 Jan 2014, Center for Excellence in Dance, Haifa (IL)
5 – 7 Jan 2014, Danceworkshop Gaaton, Kibbutz Gaaton (IL)
9 – 20 Dec 2013, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
2 – 16 Dec 2013, Koninklijk Conservatorium, the Hague (NL)
11 Oct 2013, Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Tilburg (NL)
24 Sep 2013, De Stilte Jeugddansgezelschap, Breda (NL)
28 Aug 2013, NBDK, Tilburg (NL)
9 May 2013, Gessnerallee Zürich, Zürich (CH)
7 May 2013, Gessnerallee Zürich, Zürich (CH)

Kalamazoo (MI), USA

"Countertechnique inspires my thinking and my dancing. It liberates me with the freedom of choice while exploring and discovering new possibilities for myself without fear or judgment."

Kelsey Paschich

Kalamazoo (MI), USA

Kelsey Paschich currently resides in Kalamazoo (MI, United States). Kelsey first experienced Countertechnique in 2014 and through workshops and master classes in the States, she quickly decided that Countertechnique was the way forward in her professional practice. She attended One Body One Career (OBOC) and the Countertechnique Teacher Training (CTTT) in Melbourne, Australia in 2016, after which she received her certification; she attended her second CTTT in 2022.

She holds a BFA (Cum Laude) from Point Park University, an MFA in Dance from the University of New Mexico and is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at Western Michigan University.

She is also Artistic Director of project whitewall and is co-founder/co-director of SHIFT | DANCE. Her work utilizes multi-media elements inspired by surrealism as the theoretical and conceptual framework and experiments with live + digital performance that explores humanness, the moving body, and its relationship to technology. Her work has been screened at Screen Dance International.

Paschich has performed extensively with: The Moscow State Classical Ballet, DCDC2, Thodos Dance Chicago, River North Chicago Dance Company, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Interdansa Dance Festival Spain, Keshet Dance Company, ARCOS Dance, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, SHIFT | DANCE Festival, and the Hannibal Project in Solden, Austria. She was the recipient of the National Dizzy Feet Foundation Gene Kelly Legacy Scholarship in 2016.

“Countertechnique brings me joy and keeps me in the process of my practice. It inspires my thinking and my dancing. It liberates me with the freedom of choice while exploring and discovering new possibilities for myself without fear or judgment. Countertechnique has given me a sustainable and efficient approach to movement that continues to inform all that I do.”

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Kelsey’s upcoming classes:

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Movement Reservoir Dance Company

Kalamazoo (USA)

Sun 28 Apr, 11:00 – 15:00

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Kelsey’s teaching history:

7 Mar 2024, Blipswitch, Austin (USA)
5 Mar 2024, ARCOS Dance, Austin (USA)
4 Mar 2024, Contemporary Forms First Street Studio, Austin (USA)
1 Mar 2024, South Chicago Dance Theatre, Chicago (USA)
12 Sep – 8 Dec 2023, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (USA)
13 Aug 2023, Detroit Dance City Festival, Detroit (USA)
2 Aug 2023, Wellspring Dance Masterclass Series, Kalamazoo (USA)
30 Jul 2023, YDI, Ann Arbor (USA)
24 Jul – 28 Apr 2023, Grand Rapids Ballet, Grand Rapids (USA)
19 – 30 Jun 2023, Point Park University International Summer Dance, Pittsburgh (USA)
15 Jun 2023, Ann Arbor Dance Classics, Ann Arbor (USA)
9 Jun 2023, Chicago Repertory Ballet, Chicago (USA)
27 May 2023, ACDA National Festival, Long Beach (USA)
28 Jan 2023, The Rooted Space, Chicago (USA)
9 Jan – 21 Apr 2023, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (USA)
19 Nov 2022, Oakland Dance Festival, Farmington Hills, MI (USA)
1 Oct 2022, YDI, Kalamazoo (USA)
30 Sep – 19 May 2023, COMMON Conservatory, Chicago (USA)
10 Sep 2022, Detroit Dance City Festival, Detroit (USA)
25 – 29 Jul 2022, Grand Rapids Ballet Contemporary Summer Intensive, Grand Rapids (USA)
27 Jun – 8 Jul 2022, Point Park International Summer Dance, Pittsburgh (USA)
26 Jun 2022, The Rooted Space, Chicago (USA)
6 – 7 Jun 2022, Chicago Repertory Ballet, Chicago (USA)
9 – 10 Apr 2022, Cohesion Dance, Helena (USA)
21 Feb – 9 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
21 Feb – 9 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
21 Feb – 9 Mar 2022, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
13 Jan 2022, Western Dance Project, Kalamazoo (USA)
10 Jan – 30 Apr 2022, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (USA)
3 Jan 2022, Adaptations Dance Theater, Maui (USA)
20 Nov 2021, Oakland Dance Festival, Farmington Hills (USA)
16 Oct 2021, Young Dancer's Initiative, Kalamazoo (USA)
25 – 26 Sep 2021, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (USA)
6 – 16 Jul 2021, Modas Dance, Albuquerque (USA)
28 Jun – 2 Jul 2021, Point Park University International Summer Intensive, Pittsburgh (USA)
28 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
28 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
28 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
18 – 31 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
18 – 31 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York (USA)
18 – 31 May 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
20 – 27 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
20 – 27 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
20 – 27 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
17 – 24 Mar 2021, None, Kalamazoo (USA)
15 Feb – 24 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
15 Feb – 24 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
15 Feb – 24 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
9 Sep – 9 Dec 2020, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (USA)
31 Jul 2020, Countertechnique Online Summer Series, Kalamazoo (MI) (USA)
27 Jul 2020, Countertechnique Online Summer Series, Kalamazoo (MI) (USA)
24 – 26 Jun 2020, None, Kalamazoo (USA)
17 – 19 Jun 2020, None, Kalamazoo (USA)
10 – 12 Jun 2020, None, Kalamazoo (USA)
3 – 5 Jun 2020, None, Kalamazoo (USA)
22 – 29 May 2020, None, Kalamazoo (USA)
22 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Kalamazoo (USA)
1 Mar 2020, ACDA Regional Conference at WMU, Kalamazoo (USA)
6 Jan – 24 Apr 2020, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (USA)
27 – 29 Dec 2019, Modas Dance, Albuquerque (USA)
31 May 2019, ABQ Dance Exchange/Maple Street Dance Space, Albuquerque (USA)
25 – 27 May 2019, ARCOS Dance, Austin (USA)
23 – 27 May 2019, ARCOS Dance, Austin (USA)
10 Mar 2019, Adaptations Dance Theater, Maui, Hawaii (USA)
19 – 20 Jan 2019, Modas Dance at Vientenueve/Cuatro, Sabanilla (CR)
14 Jan – 3 May 2019, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (USA)
2 – 5 Jan 2019, ARCOS Dance, Austin (USA)
27 – 28 Dec 2018, Modas Dance , Albuquerque (USA)
27 – 29 Dec 2018, Modas Dance, Albuquerque (USA)
19 Nov 2018, Modas Dance, San Diego (USA)
2 – 30 Oct 2018, UNM Department of Theatre and Dance, Albuquerque (USA)
29 Sep 2018, SHIFT | DANCE, Albuquerque (USA)
11 Sep 2018, Alonzo King Lines Ballet Dance Center, San Francisco (USA)
10 – 14 Sep 2018, Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program, San Francisco (USA)
18 – 19 Aug 2018, Modas Dance , Atlanta (USA)
13 Aug – 9 May 2019, Modas Continuum Year Round Training Program, Albuquerque (USA)
10 Aug 2018, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque
10 Aug 2018, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque
28 Jul 2018, Modas Continuum Year Round Training Program, Albuquerque (USA)
24 Jul 2018, Modas Dance, Albuquerque (USA)
8 – 24 Jul 2018, Modas Dance, Albuquerque (USA)
6 Jul 2018, Maple Street Dance Space, Albuquerque (USA)
27 – 28 May 2018, ARCOS Dance, Austin (USA)
1 May 2018, Modas Dance for Lines Training Program, San Francisco (USA)
29 Apr 2018, RoCo Mill Valley, Mill Valley, California (USA)
14 – 15 Apr 2018, 360 Dance , Louisville, KY (USA)
7 – 28 Mar 2018, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
28 – 29 Dec 2017, Modas Dance, Albuquerque (USA)
27 – 29 Oct 2017, Modas Dance @ Warehouse Dance Complex, Escazu (CR)
27 Sep 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
20 Sep 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
15 Sep 2017, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque
13 Sep 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
6 Sep 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
10 Aug 2017, San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, San Diego (USA)
4 Aug 2017, Modas Summer Intensive, Albuquerque (USA)
3 Aug 2017, Modas Summer Intensive, Albuquerque (USA)
31 Jul 2017, Modas Summer Intensive, Albuquerque (USA)
28 Jul 2017, Modas Summer Intensive, Albuquerque (USA)
25 Jul 2017, Modas Summer Intensive, Albuquerque (USA)
24 Jul – 5 Aug 2017, Modas Summer Intensive, Albuquerque (USA)
24 Jul 2017, Modas Summer Intensive, Albuquerque (USA)
23 Jul 2017, Modas Summer Intensive, Albuquerque (USA)
12 – 19 Jul 2017, Modas Summer Intensive, Albuquerque (USA)
8 Jun 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque
31 May – 3 Jun 2017, ARCOS Dance Summer Workshop | Professional Training, Austin (USA)
3 – 24 May 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
25 Apr – 16 May 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
15 Apr – 13 May 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
14 – 28 Apr 2017, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque (USA)
8 Mar 2017, Santa Fe University Art Design, Santa Fe (USA)
1 Mar – 12 Apr 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
21 Feb 2017, Keshet Dance Company, Albuquerque (USA)
15 Feb 2017, Modas at Santa Fe University Art Design, Santa Fe (USA)
12 Feb 2017, Ballet Repertory Theatre, Albuquerque (USA)
8 – 15 Feb 2017, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
11 – 14 Jan 2017, ARCOS Dance, Austin (USA)
19 Nov 2016, Aspire Dance Academy, Salt Lake City (USA)
9 Nov 2016, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque (USA)
2 – 30 Nov 2016, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
21 – 28 Oct 2016, Santa Fe University Art Design, Santa Fe (USA)
7 Oct 2016, Santa Fe University Art Design, Santa Fe (USA)
5 – 26 Oct 2016, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
7 – 28 Sep 2016, Magnify Dance Center, Albuquerque (USA)
2 – 30 Sep 2016, Santa Fe University Art Design, Santa Fe (USA)

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

"Countertechnique has helped me enormously as a dancer and performer. It has given me trust in myself, and has expanded my way of thinking and moving."

Jorijn Vriesendorp

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Born in the Netherlands, Jorijn Vriesendorp is currently based in Amsterdam. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2010, attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training in 2014 and has been teaching Countertechnique since then. She danced in two of Anouk van Dijk’s works, Mensch (2011) and Rausch (2012).

Jorijn grew up dancing and started her professional training at a young age at Fontys Dance Academy in Tilburg (the Netherlands). After Fontys, she moved to Amsterdam to attend the Amsterdam School of the Arts, and in 2008 completed her BA in Jazz-Musical Dance there. She then moved to Australia to continue her studies, and in 2009 received her BA Contemporary Performing Arts degree from the Victorian College of the Arts / University of Melbourne.

In 2010 and 2011, she worked for renowned Australian artists and companies, such as Gideon Obarzanek (former artistic director of Chunky Move) and Stephanie Lake. In 2012, Jorijn moved back to Europe, quickly building an impressive career as a performer with Anouk van Dijk, Cecilia Moisio and Falk Richter, working at major companies like anoukvandijk dc, Schaubühne Berlin, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and Schauspiel Frankfurt. As an all-round freelancer, Jorijn Vriesendorp also appeared in several short films for Cinedans Film Festival, and has been involved in one feature films, The Firebird by Lucas van Woerkum.

“Countertechnique is very special to me. I love dancing and I see Countertechnique as an ongoing personal research, in which I can challenge myself in a playful way, and can constantly dig deeper. Countertechnique has helped me enormously as a dancer and performer. It has given me trust in myself, and has expanded my way of thinking and moving. In my movements there is much more ease and clarity, which allows me to explore movements that I could never think of doing beforehand. The amount of freedom it creates can be overwhelming – Countertechnique is not magic, but sometimes it can feel like that.

The joy I have whilst creating, performing and dancing on or off stage, is something I want to share with other dancers. Teaching for me is observing, guiding and suggesting different possibilities, in a pleasant environment where you can challenge yourself, take risks, dance with your full range, in a joyful way, whilst being gentle and smart with your body. Countertechnique keeps you aware - of your body, of what is happening inside and around you, and what’s happening with the space and others around you. Being truthful and present in the process, automatically also creates more space to think positive and objectively about yourself. This has also been so useful in my daily life.”

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Jorijn’s teaching history:

3 – 4 Sep 2020, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten - Expanded contemporary dance, Amsterdam (NL)
3 – 7 Aug 2020, HJS Studio, amsterdam (NL)
3 – 7 Feb 2020, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Academy of Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam (NL)
17 Jan – 20 Mar 2020, Belcampo Loft, Amsterdam (NL)
13 – 15 Mar 2019, Henny Jurriens stichting, Amsterdam (NL)
4 – 12 Mar 2019, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
29 Jan – 1 Feb 2018, Sally Dance Company Maastricht , Maastricht
22 – 23 Jan 2018, HJS, Amsterdam (NL)
15 – 16 Jan 2018, Academie voor Theater en Dans (AHK) Urban contemporary department, Amsterdam (NL)
21 – 24 Nov 2017, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
2 – 3 Oct 2017, Project Sally dansgezelschap, Maastricht (NL)
26 Mar 2017, Danserswijk, Oisterwijk (NL)
17 Jan – 1 Feb 2017, Codarts , Rotterdam (NL)
17 – 20 Nov 2015, Dansateliers, Rotterdam (NL)
17 – 20 Nov 2015, Dansateliers, Rotterdam (NL)
17 – 20 Nov 2015, Dansateliers, Rotterdam (NL)
17 – 20 Nov 2015, Dansateliers, Rotterdam (NL)
9 – 10 Nov 2015, Project Sally dance company, Maastricht (NL)
26 – 28 Aug 2015, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
20 – 22 Jul 2015, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
12 – 20 May 2015, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
10 – 13 Mar 2015, Cecilia Moisio / Dansmakers, Amsterdam (NL)

San Francisco, USA

"In class, we can have fun, work, and explore without worrying about being perfect or right. I think of dancing as an opportunity, not an obligation, and I have found that perspective to be quite liberating."

Charles Slender-White

San Francisco, USA

Born in the US and currently based in San Francisco (USA), Charles is a choreographer, performer, advocate, teacher, and Artistic Director of FACT/SF. Before being selected to attend the Countertechnique Teacher Training (CTTT) program in 2012, he took Countertechnique classes since 2005, including the One Body, One Career Intensive. He has been teaching Countertechnique since 2012 in the United States, Canada and Europe. He attended his 2nd and 3rd CTTT in 2016 and 2022.

Charles graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley with degrees in Dance & Performance Studies and English Literature. From 2006-2008, he worked extensively throughout Russia and Europe, performing with Tatiana Baganova’s Provincial Dances Theatre, teaching, and creating choreography. In 2008, he returned to his native California to create FACT/SF, a contemporary dance company based in San Francisco. Charles has taught at the American Dance Festival (USA), Kannon Dance (Russia), The Fringe Club (Hong Kong), University of Calgary (Canada), Zagreb Dance Center (Croatia), Derida Dance (Bulgaria), and many others. He currently teaches Countertechnique throughout the San Francisco Bay Area at ODC and Shawl-Anderson Dance Center. From 2021-2022, Charles worked at ODC Theater as a Guest Curator and Resident Strategist for Creative Partnerships and Curation.

"I find dancing to be one of the most thrilling and invigorating physical activities. It can be simple or complex, carefree or intentional, emotional or aesthetic. Dance is universal, but filled with endless nuance. Dance is so cool! I enjoy teaching dance because it gives me an opportunity to share my enthusiasm with others. In class, we can have fun, work, and explore without worrying about being perfect or right. I think of dancing as an opportunity, not an obligation, and I have found that perspective to be quite liberating.

For me, Countertechnique has provided a safe, supportive, fun, and sustainable approach to dancing. Countertechnique offers an alternative to chronic pain and grinding joints, and allows for students to gain a better awareness of their moving bodies. It requires dancers to think and to train their brain while they train their muscles – this is invaluable. I am not aware of other dance techniques that combine work, play, and intentionality so seamlessly. It prepares the mind and body for rehearsal, but also for the day…becoming practiced in reducing unnecessary tension, seeing what’s around you, and making informed choices."

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Charles’s upcoming classes:

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Workshop

FACT/SF

San Francisco (USA)

Wed 14 Aug – Sat 24 Aug, 10:00 – 16:00

public

Charles’s teaching history:

15 Apr 2024, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
18 – 22 Mar 2024, Vault Movement Projects, Vancouver (CA)
26 Feb 2024, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
2 – 4 Feb 2024, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
26 – 28 Jan 2024, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
4 Dec – 8 Jan 2024, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
3 – 5 Nov 2023, DISCO RIOT, San Diego (USA)
17 – 26 Aug 2023, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
20 Jun – 7 Jul 2023, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
17 Apr – 8 May 2023, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
13 – 17 Mar 2023, Vault Movement Projects, Vancouver (CA)
24 – 26 Feb 2023, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
8 Feb 2023, UC Irvine, Irvine (USA)
8 Feb 2023, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach (USA)
7 Feb 2023, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
9 Jan – 20 Feb 2023, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
19 – 21 Nov 2022, DISCO RIOT, San Diego (USA)
19 Sep – 10 Oct 2022, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
29 Aug – 2 Sep 2022, Vault Movement Projects, The Hub Studios London, London (GB)
8 – 12 Aug 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
25 – 31 Jul 2022, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
19 Jul 2022, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle (USA)
9 – 13 May 2022, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle (USA)
25 Apr – 13 Jun 2022, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
25 – 27 Feb 2022, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
20 Dec 2021, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
6 – 19 Dec 2021, ODC School, San Francisco (USA)
5 Dec 2021, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
2 – 18 Nov 2021, ODC School Youth & Teen Program, San Francisco (USA)
8 – 14 Aug 2021, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
17 – 18 Apr 2021, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
4 – 8 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, San Francisco (USA)
27 Apr – 1 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, San Francisco (USA)
21 – 23 Feb 2020, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
16 – 20 Dec 2019, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle (USA)
23 – 25 Nov 2019, Disco Riot, San Diego (USA)
11 Nov – 13 Dec 2019, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
4 – 8 Nov 2019, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (USA)
11 – 17 Aug 2019, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
5 – 9 Aug 2019, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
17 Jun – 19 Jul 2019, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
23 Apr 2019, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
18 – 22 Mar 2019, Vault Movement Projects, Vancouver (CA)
15 Mar 2019, ACDA - Northwest, Salt Lake City (USA)
12 – 14 Mar 2019, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
2 Mar 2019, ACDA - West, San Jose (USA)
8 – 10 Feb 2019, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
3 – 19 Dec 2018, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
5 – 9 Nov 2018, Zagreb Dance Center, Zagreb (HR)
30 Oct 2018, Station, Belgrade (SRB)
26 Oct 2018, Derida Dance Center, Sofia (BG)
12 – 17 Aug 2018, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
31 Jul 2018, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
31 Jul 2018, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
30 Jul 2018, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
23 – 27 Jul 2018, Northern California Dance Conservatory, Roseville (USA)
28 Jun 2018, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
23 Apr – 11 May 2018, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
6 Apr 2018, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (USA)
24 – 28 Mar 2018, VAULT movement projects, Vancouver (CA)
19 Mar 2018, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
15 Jan – 2 Feb 2018, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
19 – 21 Dec 2017, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
12 – 16 Dec 2017, Base Arts Space, Seattle (USA)
4 – 8 Dec 2017, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
5 – 27 Oct 2017, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
30 Sep 2017, LA Contemporary Dance Company, Los Angeles (USA)
18 Sep 2017, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
21 Aug – 1 Sep 2017, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
31 Jul – 5 Aug 2017, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
6 Jul – 1 Sep 2017, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
28 Jun 2017, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
13 – 17 Mar 2017, Vault Movement Projects, Vancouver (CA)
6 – 24 Feb 2017, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
18 Jan – 3 Feb 2017, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
17 – 19 Jan 2017, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
21 Dec 2016, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
20 Dec 2016, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
28 Nov – 16 Dec 2016, ODC School, San Francisco (USA)
27 Oct 2016, Station Service for Contemporary Dance, Belgrade (SRB)
3 – 21 Oct 2016, Derida Dance Center, Sofia (BG)
17 – 21 Aug 2016, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
4 Aug 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
30 Jun 2016, Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco (USA)
27 Jun – 1 Jul 2016, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)
16 Jun 2016, CounterPulse, San Francisco (USA)
5 – 19 Apr 2016, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
15 – 19 Feb 2016, L'Artère, Quebec City (CA)
8 – 12 Feb 2016, Circuit-Est, Montreal (CA)
1 – 5 Feb 2016, Love-In, Toronto (CA)
30 Sep 2015, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
9 – 23 Sep 2015, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
17 Aug – 4 Sep 2015, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
12 – 16 Aug 2015, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
17 Jul 2015, Derida Dance Center, Sofia (BG)
28 – 29 Apr 2015, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
31 Mar – 22 Apr 2015, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
3 – 25 Mar 2015, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
3 – 25 Feb 2015, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
1 – 5 Dec 2014, University of Calgary, Calgary (CA)
30 Nov 2014, W&M Dance Projects, Calgary (CA)
17 – 28 Nov 2014, University of Calgary, Calgary (CA)
6 – 9 May 2014, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
5 – 12 May 2014, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, San Francisco (USA)
7 – 28 Apr 2014, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, San Francisco (USA)
3 – 31 Mar 2014, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, San Francisco (USA)
3 – 24 Feb 2014, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, San Francisco (USA)
6 – 27 Jan 2014, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, San Francisco (USA)
2 – 6 Dec 2013, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
28 Oct – 27 Nov 2013, ODC, San Francisco (USA)
21 – 25 Oct 2013, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
16 – 20 Sep 2013, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
7 – 11 Aug 2013, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
11 Jun 2013, FACT/SF, San Francisco (USA)
4 – 25 May 2013, Shawl Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley (USA)

Melbourne, Australia

"Countertechnique gives the dancer agency to work with themselves and what they are dealing with each day. I love to create space for each individual to experience their own enjoyment and freedom."

Chimene Steele-Prior

Melbourne, Australia

Born in Australia, Chimene Steele-Prior is currently based in Melbourne. She began studying Countertechnique in 2012, has participated in two One Body, One Career Intensives, and completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training in 2016. In 2013, Chimene was the Choreographic Secondment Recipient at Chunky Move under the Direction of Anouk Van Dijk.

Chimene completed her dance studies at the New Zealand School of Dance graduating with a Diploma in Dance Performance. She later continued her contemporary training at the Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts (WAAPA) as a member of LINK Dance Company, attaining a Bachelor in Performing Arts (DANCE). Chimene has worked with Australian artists including Sheridan Lang, Shaun McLeod, Shian Law, Melissa Jones, Luke George, Bec Reid, Rob McCredie and Nat Cursio Co in collaboration with Restless Sleepers (UK). She has performed in opera Australia productions as a dancer regularly since 2011. Chimene has been the recipient of numerous choreographic residencies and her most recent work IN FORMATION II was nominated for a Green Room Award for Concept and Realisation in 2015.

"Through Countertechnique I have found a huge amount of freedom as a dancer and an artist. What I love about it, is that it gives the dancer agency to work with themselves and what they are dealing with each day. It takes the psychology of the dancer in to account and gives the dancer a way to work through their fears, insecurities and the pressure to be ‘perfect’. Dancers become involved in the process of what they are doing and through that, the enjoyment and magic returns. I have found a great deal of strength, ease, dynamism and trust in my body through Countertechnique. I know that this is not a rare occurrence and I am excited to facilitate this possibility in others. As a teacher I love to share my joy and passion for movement and create space for each individual to experience their own enjoyment and freedom."

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Chimene’s teaching history:

6 – 11 Jul 2023, Australasian Dance Collective, Brisbane (AUS)
18 May – 29 Jun 2023, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
30 Mar – 4 May 2023, Australasian Dance Collective, Brisbane (AUS)
9 Feb – 23 Mar 2023, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
12 Jan – 2 Feb 2023, Australasian Dance Collective, Brisbane (AUS)
15 – 19 Aug 2022, Australasian Dance Collective, Brisbane (AUS)
27 Jul – 2 Sep 2022, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
19 Jul – 9 Aug 2022, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
11 Apr – 26 May 2022, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
18 Mar – 8 Apr 2022, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
27 May 2021, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
13 May 2021, Lucy Guerin Inc, Melbourne (AUS)
4 Mar – 1 Apr 2021, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
2 – 30 Mar 2021, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
25 – 26 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (AUS)
17 – 18 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (AUS)
9 – 12 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (AUS)
4 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (AUS)
21 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (AUS)
14 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 8 May 2020, Countertechnique Online Classes, Melbourne (AUS)
1 – 3 Apr 2020, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney Dance Company (AUS)
30 Mar – 3 Apr 2020, Sydney Dance Company Pre Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
25 – 27 Feb 2020, Vicotian College of the Arts, Melbourne (AUS)
5 – 11 Dec 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
2 – 17 Oct 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 25 Sep 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
26 Jul 2019, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
9 – 12 Jul 2019, Australian Youth Dance Festival, Melbourne (AUS)
3 – 18 Jul 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
11 – 26 Jun 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
24 – 31 May 2019, Rain and Lucky Acedemy of Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
20 – 27 May 2019, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
9 – 21 May 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 5 May 2019, Gogi Dance collective, Gold Coast (AUS)
23 – 24 Apr 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
21 Mar 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
5 Mar 2019, Transit Dance, Melbourne (AUS)
7 – 14 Feb 2019, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
11 Dec 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
6 – 13 Sep 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
28 Aug 2018, Chunky MOve, Melbourne (AUS)
7 – 21 Aug 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
16 – 30 Jul 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
22 May 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
7 – 9 May 2018, Ev and Bow, Sydney (AUS)
3 May 2018, Brent Street Performing Arts, Sydney (AUS)
2 – 14 May 2018, Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
1 – 8 May 2018, Ready Made Works, Sydney (AUS)
5 – 19 Apr 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
16 Mar – 8 Jun 2018, Origins Youth Company, Melbourne (AUS)
22 Feb – 1 Mar 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
17 Feb 2018, Riverside Theatres, Sydney (AUS)
16 Feb 2018, Riverside Theatres, Sydney (AUS)
15 Feb 2018, Riverside Theatres, Sydney (AUS)
6 Feb 2018, Independent Dance Classes, Sydney (AUS)
15 – 19 Jan 2018, Ready Made Works, Sydney (AUS)
17 – 19 Oct 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
4 – 8 Sep 2017, Henry Jurriëns Stichting, Amsterdam (NL)
26 Jul 2017, LINK Dance Company - WAAPA, Perth (AUS)
25 Jul 2017, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
17 – 20 Jul 2017, Strut Dance, Perth (AUS)
22 Jun 2017, Sydney Dance Company , Sydney (AUS)
20 Jun 2017, Ready Made Works, Sydney (AUS)
19 Jun 2017, Sydney Dance Company Pre Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
1 Jun 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
25 May 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
3 May 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
18 Mar 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
2 – 9 Mar 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

"Countertechnique is a precious tool that helps me to look for solutions rather than to be focused on problems, and it also reminds me that I am never alone while moving, allowing me to be alert and free."

Elita Cannata

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Born in Italy, Elita Cannata is currently based in Amsterdam. She has studied Countertechnique since 2005 and performed for anoukvandijk dc in 2007 and 2008. She attended her first Countertechnique Teacher Training (CTTT) program in 2014 and, with the support of the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, returned to the CTTT in 2018 and progressed to the level Senior Teacher.

Elita Cannata graduated with a Bachelor of Dance in 2007 at Rotterdam Dance Academy / Codarts in the Netherlands and in 2011 got her MA in Theories of Performing Arts at the Università degli Studi in Bologna. During and after her graduation she danced for José Navas, Megumi Nakamura, anoukvandijk dc, Cathy Sharp Ensemble, Compagnia Tpo, Tan Temel, Samuele Cardini, Itzik Galili and Fabrizio Favale among others. Next to her dance and teaching career, she also works for several dance companies in the Netherlands as a Rehearsal Director.

"Dance allows me to explore myself while being connected with others: it is not just about moving but about people, about sharing an experience. For me dance is a perfect moment of connection with what is happening inside and outside myself. It is a joyful exploration, a discovery in time and space of a momentum impossible to grasp, therefore endlessly challenging.

Countertechnique is helping me to continue the research of that perfect moment, anyway impossible to reach, and to happily comprehend the responsibilities of my personal dance process through a practical training as such. It is a precious tool that helps me to look for solutions rather than to be focused on problems, and it also reminds me that I am never alone while moving, allowing me to be alert and free. Through Countertechnique I feel I can be present in the moment when all is perfectly connected, and this is thank to the choices I make… with fun and joy! I am so glad to continue now this process in teaching, sharing this essential encounter of my life with the dancers I will meet."

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Elita’s upcoming classes:

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Intensive Countertechnique / Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS) Amsterdam (NL)	Sat 27 Jul – Wed 31 Jul, All Day Fri 2 Aug – Tue 6 Aug, All Day	public
Teacher Training Countertechnique Amsterdam (NL)	Thu 8 Aug – Thu 22 Aug, All Day	public

Elita’s teaching history:

11 – 14 Dec 2023, de Stilte, Breda (NL)
4 – 8 Dec 2023, NOD Nuova Officina della Danza, Torino (IT)
18 – 25 Oct 2023, de Stilte, Breda (NL)
2 Oct – 20 Dec 2023, ECD Expanded Contemporary Dance ( AHK ), Amsterdam (NL)
25 Sep – 13 Oct 2023, ArtEZ University of the Arts - dance department, Arnhem (NL)
18 – 22 Sep 2023, Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
10 – 24 Aug 2023, Countertechnique, Amsterdam (NL)
29 Jul – 8 Aug 2023, HJS / Countertechnique, Amsterdam (NL)
18 – 20 Jul 2023, Staibdance, Sorrento (IT)
10 – 14 Jul 2023, Dance Italia, Lucca (IT)
8 – 19 May 2023, Sozo Visions in Movement, Kassel (DE)
24 – 28 Apr 2023, Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
21 – 23 Apr 2023, Oriente Occidente, Rovereto (IT)
22 – 31 Mar 2023, Introdans, Arnhem (NL)
21 – 30 Mar 2023, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
6 – 10 Mar 2023, Nuova Officina della Danza, Torino (IT)
4 – 5 Mar 2023, Studio del Movimento, Budrio ( Bologna ) (IT)
27 Feb – 3 Mar 2023, Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
9 Jan – 23 Feb 2023, Expanded Contemporary Dance - AHK, Amsterdam (NL)
12 – 15 Dec 2022, de Stilte, Breda (NL)
7 – 11 Nov 2022, SOZO visions in motion, Kassel (DE)
31 Oct – 11 Nov 2022, SOZO visions in motion, Kassel (DE)
31 Oct – 4 Nov 2022, Tanz*Werk Kassel - profitraining, Kassel (DE)
11 – 14 Oct 2022, Project Sally dansgezelschap, Maastricht (NL)
28 Sep – 6 Oct 2022, de Stilte, Breda (NL)
12 – 23 Sep 2022, Artez University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
13 – 24 Aug 2022, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
11 – 24 Aug 2022, Countertechnique, Amsterdam (NL)
30 Jul – 9 Aug 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
25 – 29 Jul 2022, Henny Jurriens Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
25 – 29 Jul 2022, Henny Jurriens Studio - Summer Intensive, Amsterdam (NL)
16 – 17 May 2022, Danscentrum Väst, Göteborg (SW)
10 – 20 May 2022, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Göteborg (SW)
12 Apr 2022, Introdans, Arnhem (NL)
12 Apr – 14 Jun 2022, 5 o'clock - Academie voor Theater en Dans, Amsterdam (NL)
14 – 18 Mar 2022, Henny Jurriens Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
11 Mar – 10 Jun 2022, Academie voor Theater en Dans - Docent Dans, Amsterdam (NL)
7 Mar – 4 Apr 2022, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
28 Feb – 4 Mar 2022, Skanes Dansteater, Malmo (SW)
10 Jan – 24 Feb 2022, Expanded Contemporary Dance - AHK, Amsterdam (NL)
5 Jan 2022, HJS Studio Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
15 Oct – 17 Nov 2021, Nederlands Dans Theater, Den Haag (NL)
6 Oct – 23 Nov 2021, de Stilte, Breda (NL)
6 – 23 Sep 2021, ArtEZ, Arnhem (NL)
5 – 17 Aug 2021, Countertechnique, Amsterdam (NL)
2 – 11 Aug 2021, Henny Jurriens studio, Amsterdam (NL)
24 Jul – 3 Aug 2021, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
24 – 28 May 2021, Skanes Dans Teater, Malmo (SW)
13 – 27 May 2021, Nederlands Dans Theater, Den Haag (NL)
3 – 7 May 2021, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
28 Jan – 6 Mar 2021, Nederlands Dans Theater, The Hague (NL)
18 – 22 Jan 2021, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
2 – 6 Nov 2020, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
20 Oct – 11 Dec 2020, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten - Expanded contemporary dance, Amsterdam (NL)
24 Feb – 19 Mar 2020, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Academy of Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam (NL)
12 – 14 Feb 2020, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt (DE)
4 – 8 Feb 2020, Tanz Theater Bielefeld, Bielefeld (DE)
1 – 2 Feb 2020, Etradanzae20, Montecchio Maggiore (VI) (IT)
28 Nov 2019, Artship, Rotterdam (NL)
20 Nov – 31 Jan 2020, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Academy of Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam (NL)
2 – 3 Nov 2019, Compagnie corp’S’pondanse, Nidau (Bern) (CH)
14 – 18 Oct 2019, Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
11 – 13 Oct 2019, Studio del Movimento Danza, Budrio (Bologna) (IT)
7 – 8 Oct 2019, Trininty Laban Students' Union, London (GB)
7 – 11 Oct 2019, The Place, London (GB)
16 – 27 Sep 2019, Dance Theatre Heidelberg, Heidelberg (DE)
20 – 23 Aug 2019, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
22 – 26 Jul 2019, Dance Italia , Lucca (IT)
15 – 19 Jul 2019, Staibdance, Sorrento (IT)
1 – 5 Jul 2019, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS AMSTERDAM), Amsterdam (NL)
18 – 21 Jun 2019, Companhia Instavel, Porto (PT)
13 – 25 Jun 2019, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
3 – 7 Jun 2019, Studio Harmonic, Paris (FR)
20 – 24 May 2019, Potsdamer Tanztager, Potsdam (DE)
29 Apr – 3 May 2019, Dansateliers , Rotterdam (NL)
15 – 26 Apr 2019, ArtEZ Academy for Theatre and Dance, Arnhem (NL)
2 – 10 Apr 2019, Codarts - Hogeschool voor de kunsten, Rotterdam (NL)
11 – 12 Mar 2019, Studio Architanz, Tokyo (JP)
25 Feb – 1 Mar 2019, Henny Jurriens Studio , Amsterdam (NL)
23 – 24 Feb 2019, etradanzae20, Montecchio Maggiore (VI) (IT)
31 Jan 2019, De Stilte , Breda (NL)
21 – 25 Jan 2019, PTF Profitraining Freiburg , Freiburg (DE)
15 – 16 Dec 2018, ExOrto Danza , Agropoli (SA) (IT)
26 – 29 Nov 2018, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
19 – 23 Nov 2018, Studio Harmonic, Paris (FR)
12 – 15 Nov 2018, Sally Dansgezelschap maastricht, Maastricht (NL)
24 – 26 Sep 2018, R.O.S. Research open Space, Florence (IT)
12 Sep 2018, De Stilte , Breda (NL)
6 – 17 Aug 2018, Marameo , Berlin (DE)
16 – 20 Jul 2018, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
25 – 27 Jun 2018, Studio del Movimento , Budrio (Bo) (IT)
14 – 17 May 2018, Sally Dansgezelschap Maastricht, Maastricht (NL)
7 – 8 May 2018, de Stilte, Breda (NL)
1 May 2018, Circle.dance, Tilburg (NL)
3 – 5 Apr 2018, ArtEZ School of Dance , Arnhem (NL)
18 Mar – 16 Apr 2018, Sally Dansgezelschap Maastricht, Maastricht (NL)
5 – 9 Mar 2018, Henny Jurriëns Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
13 – 14 Feb 2018, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
6 – 7 Feb 2018, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
29 Jan – 2 Feb 2018, NOD Nuova Officina della Danza, Torino (IT)
4 – 6 Jan 2018, Dance Gallery - Centro Civico Danza Perugia , Perugia (IT)
19 Dec 2017, circle.dance, Tilburg (NL)
12 – 13 Dec 2017, Studio del Movimento Danza , Budrio ( Bologna) (IT)
20 – 22 Nov 2017, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
13 – 17 Nov 2017, NOD Nuova Officina della Danza, Torino (IT)
2 – 10 Nov 2017, Sally Dansgezelschap Maastricht, Maastricht (NL)
16 – 20 Oct 2017, Dansateliers, Rotterdam (NL)
12 – 14 Sep 2017, ArtEZ School of Dance , Arnhem (NL)
21 – 24 Aug 2017, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
17 – 20 Jul 2017, Dance Italia , Lucca (IT)
6 – 7 Jul 2017, RE_Union Dance Festival, Fabriano (AN) (IT)
26 – 30 Jun 2017, Studio del Movimento Danza , Budrio ( Bologna) (IT)
7 – 8 Jun 2017, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
29 – 31 May 2017, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
15 – 26 May 2017, Marameo , Berlin (DE)
17 – 19 Mar 2017, Studio del Movimento Danza , Budrio ( Bologna) (IT)
6 – 10 Mar 2017, NOD Nuova Officina della Danza, Torino (IT)
26 – 27 Nov 2016, Centro Danza e Spettacolo OnKaos, Fabriano (AN) (IT)
12 – 13 Nov 2016, DEOS, Genova (IT)
30 Oct 2016, Dance Gallery - Centro Civico Danza Perugia , Perugia (IT)
29 Oct 2016, Fuoricentro - spazio danza e teatro, Lucca (IT)
17 – 21 Oct 2016, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
3 – 4 Oct 2016, R.O.S Research Open Space, Florence (IT)
19 – 23 Sep 2016, Fuoricentro - spazio danza e teatro, Lucca (IT)
15 – 26 Aug 2016, Marameo , Berlin (DE)
18 – 22 Jul 2016, Dance Italia , Lucca (IT)
8 – 17 Jul 2016, OpenFLR, Florence (IT)
21 Jun 2016, Circle.dance, Rotterdam (NL)
17 – 19 May 2016, Circle.dance, Rotterdam (NL)
10 – 11 May 2016, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
2 – 6 May 2016, Circle.dance, Utrecht (NL)
17 Apr 2016, Dance Gallery - Centro Civico Danza Perugia , Perugia (IT)
15 – 16 Apr 2016, Arti Sinespazio 3.0., Roma (IT)
29 – 30 Mar 2016, Attivisti della danza, Florence (IT)
21 – 23 Mar 2016, R.O.S Research Open Space, Florence (IT)
18 – 20 Mar 2016, Teatro Piccolo di Pietralata in collaboration with Compagnia No.No, Rome (IT)
12 – 13 Mar 2016, Mcf belfioredanza, Torino (IT)
1 – 2 Feb 2016, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
18 – 28 Jan 2016, Circle.dance, Rotterdam (NL)
5 – 28 Jan 2016, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
24 Nov 2015, o.M.A Officina Movimento Arte , Florence (IT)
6 – 8 Nov 2015, Piccolo Teatro di Pietralata in collaboration with Compagnia NO.NO, Roma (IT)
6 Nov 2015, Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Rome (IT)
2 – 5 Nov 2015, R.O.S Research Open Space, Florence (IT)
30 Oct – 1 Nov 2015, Centro Arti Opificio Siri, Terni (IT)
12 – 16 Oct 2015, DOCK 11 EDEN *****, Berlin (DE)
21 – 23 Jul 2015, Mcf Belfioredanza, Turin (IT)
6 – 18 Jul 2015, Open FLR - Choreographic Summer Intensive, Florence (IT)
4 – 7 May 2015, nunArt BCN creacions contemporànies, Barcelona (ES)
20 – 22 Apr 2015, R.O.S. Research Open Space - Opus Ballet, Florence (IT)
30 Mar 2015, R.O.S. Research Open Space - Opus Ballet, Florence (IT)
2 – 23 Mar 2015, R.O.S. Research Open Space - Opus Ballet, Florence (IT)
19 – 23 Jan 2015, PAC STUDIOS - Performing Art Center, International Dance Program, Rome (IT)
16 – 18 Dec 2014, oMA officina Movimento Arte, Florence (IT)
9 – 11 Dec 2014, R.O.S. Research Open Space - Opus Ballet, Florence (IT)
10 – 20 Nov 2014, Attivisti della Danza di Firenze, Florence (IT)

Seoul, South Korea

“Creatively problem solving to apply tools allowed for a profound body-mind connection and replaced my judgements and assumptions. In turn, I feel as though I am becoming wiser and stronger as a person and a dancer through Countertechnique.”

Na-ye Kim

Seoul, South Korea

Born and based in South Korea, Na-ye lives in Seoul. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2019, including two One Body, One Career intensives, and attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2021 and 2022.

Na-ye Kim is a dance artist, educator and scholar. She studied classical ballet at The Royal Ballet School and received a BA (Hons) in Dance Education at Durham University (UK). In 2006, she graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (USA) with an MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography. She has performed extensively on the global stage with Mikhail Baryshnikov's Hell's Kitchen Dance. Na-ye has also worked with renowned American choreographers including Gerald Casel, Aszure Barton, Karole Armitage, Bill Young, Kyle Abraham, Bridget L. Moore and Gabriel Forestieri in New York.

She continued her studies at Seoul National University (Korea) and received a PhD in Dance Education. She was a full-time lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts between 2016-2019 and is currently an assistant professor at the Sungkyunkwan University (Korea). She also leads her project company Na-ye Kim Movement Collective (NKMC), and her areas of research interest and specialisation include contemporary dance and choreography (creativity) pedagogy.

“Needless to say, it was love at first sight. I knew instinctively that Countertechnique was what I was in search of to give life back to my dancing. I was tired and unmotivated in sustaining the daily practice as a dancer. The philosophy and the methodologies of Countertechnique resonated with me deeply both intellectually and physically. I was inspired anew, and the joy of making discoveries each day through the task-oriented approach was incredibly satisfying. Creative problem-solving to apply tools allowed for a profound body-mind connection and replaced the negative judgements and assumptions. In turn, I feel as though I am becoming wiser and stronger as a person and also as a dancer through each experience of Countertechnique.

Dance can be very subjective, and Countertechnique provides an objective language for communication. This resolves any ambiguities of dancing, and I am excited to share my love for dance as much as a dancer as well as an educator through Countertechnique.”

E-mail Na-ye

Na-ye’s upcoming classes:

Open event Closed event

Class Sungkyunkwan University Seoul (KR)	Wed 6 Mar – Wed 6 Mar, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 13 Mar – Wed 13 Mar, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 20 Mar – Wed 20 Mar, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 27 Mar – Wed 27 Mar, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 3 Apr – Wed 3 Apr, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 10 Apr – Wed 10 Apr, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 17 Apr – Wed 17 Apr, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 24 Apr – Wed 24 Apr, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 1 May – Wed 1 May, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 8 May – Wed 8 May, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 15 May – Wed 15 May, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 22 May – Wed 22 May, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 29 May – Wed 29 May, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 5 Jun – Wed 5 Jun, 17:00 – 19:00 Wed 12 Jun – Wed 12 Jun, 17:00 – 19:00	private
Curriculum Sungkyunkwan Univsersity Seoul (KR)	Thu 7 Mar – Thu 7 Mar, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 14 Mar – Thu 14 Mar, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 21 Mar – Thu 21 Mar, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 28 Mar – Thu 28 Mar, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 4 Apr – Thu 4 Apr, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 11 Apr – Thu 11 Apr, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 18 Apr – Thu 18 Apr, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 25 Apr – Thu 25 Apr, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 2 May – Thu 2 May, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 9 May – Thu 9 May, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 16 May – Thu 16 May, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 23 May – Thu 23 May, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 30 May – Thu 30 May, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 6 Jun – Thu 6 Jun, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 13 Jun – Thu 13 Jun, 11:00 – 13:00 Thu 20 Jun – Thu 20 Jun, 11:00 – 13:00	private

Na-ye’s teaching history:

7 Mar – 20 Jun 2024, Sungkyunkwan Univsersity, Seoul (KR)
6 Mar – 12 Jun 2024, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
13 – 22 Feb 2024, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
3 – 4 Feb 2024, Contemporary Dance Association of Korea, Seoul (KR)
16 – 17 Dec 2023, Studio Architanz, Tokyo (JP)
30 Aug – 14 Dec 2023, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
17 – 18 Jun 2023, Contemporary Dance Association of Korea, Seoul (KR)
2 Mar – 11 May 2023, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
2 Mar – 11 May 2023, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
6 – 16 Feb 2023, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
9 – 19 Jan 2023, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
31 Aug – 8 Dec 2022, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
8 – 12 Aug 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
23 Jul 2022, The Korean Society of Dance, Seoul (KR)
4 – 8 Jul 2022, Na-ye Kim Movement Collective, Sungkyunkwan University and Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, Seoul (KR)
27 Jun – 1 Jul 2022, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
24 Feb – 2 Jun 2022, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)
21 Dec – 13 Jan 2022, Sungkyukwan University, Seoul (KR)
1 Sep – 9 Dec 2021, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (KR)

Edwardsville (IL), USA

“Countertechnique has as a unique way of challenging body and mind within a nurturing environment encouraging self-discovery. Dancers go beyond the given steps to deepen their understanding of what is going on in the present moment."

Omar Olivas

Edwardsville (IL), USA

Born and raised in Santa Ana California, Omar Olivas currently resides in Edwardsville, Illinois (USA). He has studied Countertechnique since 2005, participating in the One Body One Career in 2007, 2019 and 2022. Omar attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2022.

Omar has a Masters in Kinesiology from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts in Dance Performance at the University of California, Irvine. As a professional, Omar has performed nationally and Internationally with such distinguished groups as Diavolo Dance Theater, BackhausDance, Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, and Neglia Ballet. Omar has been a guest artist at several institutions including La Salle College of the Arts in Singapore, Ballet Centrum in Fürth Germany, Brigham Young University (BYU), University of California Irvine, Chapman University, Webster University, and Jon Lehrer Dance Company Summer Intensive. Omar continues to perform self-produced works and is a guest performer for Diavolo Dance Theater and Neglia Ballet. The majority of Omar’s time is spent educating aspiring dancers for the department of Theater and Dance at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he is a full-time professor.

“Countertechnique has as a unique way of simultaneously challenging the body and mind within a nurturing environment that encourages self-discovery. The dancer goes beyond the given steps by utilizing tools to deepen their own understanding of what is going on in the present moment within their bodies and the space around them - complete awareness.

Countertechnique has rekindled my joy in dancing and creation. I no longer get caught up with end goals, but stay open throughout the process of finding new possibilities. In a Countertechnique class I learn more about myself, the people around me, the space around and within me, all while having fun dancing. It’s truly an awesome experience and I’m excited to share that awesomeness with others.”

E-mail Omar

Omar’s upcoming classes:

Open event Closed event

Curriculum SIUe Theater and Dance Department Edwardsville (USA)	Tue 9 Jan, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 11 Jan, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 16 Jan, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 18 Jan, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 23 Jan, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 25 Jan, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 30 Jan, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 1 Feb, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 6 Feb, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 8 Feb, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 13 Feb, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 15 Feb, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 20 Feb, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 22 Feb, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 27 Feb, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 29 Feb, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 5 Mar, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 7 Mar, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 12 Mar, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 14 Mar, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 19 Mar, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 21 Mar, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 26 Mar, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 28 Mar, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 2 Apr, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 4 Apr, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 9 Apr, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 11 Apr, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 16 Apr, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 18 Apr, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 23 Apr, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 25 Apr, 09:30 – 11:50 Tue 30 Apr, 09:30 – 11:50 Thu 2 May, 09:30 – 11:50	private
Class Resilience Dance Company Saint Louis (USA)	Thu 2 May, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 9 May, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 16 May, 09:00 – 10:30 Thu 23 May, 09:00 – 10:30	public

Omar’s teaching history:

9 Jan – 2 May 2024, SIUe Theater and Dance Department, Edwardsville (USA)
7 – 14 Sep 2023, Resilience Dance Company, Saint Louis (USA)
21 Aug – 22 Nov 2023, SIUe Theater and Dance Department, Edwardsville (USA)
24 – 27 Jul 2023, Backhausdance, Orange, California (USA)
8 – 15 May 2023, Resilience Dance Company, Saint Louis (USA)
27 Jan 2023, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA)
29 Nov – 13 Dec 2022, Resilience Dance Company, Webster Groves (USA)
17 Sep 2022, Big Muddy Dance Fest 2022, Saint Louis (USA)
29 Aug – 7 Dec 2022, SIUe Theater and Dance Department, Edwardsville (USA)
11 Jan – 30 Mar 2023, SIUe Theater and Dance Department, Edwardsville (USA)

Malmö, Sweden

"I like to create a comfortable and easy-going atmosphere where people feel free and safe to try new things and make mistakes in order to move forward and grow as a professional dancer."

Jenia Kasatkina

Malmö, Sweden

Originally from Russia, Jenia Kasatkina is now based in Malrnö, Sweden. She has been teaching Countertechnique since 2012, after studying it since 2004. She attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training in 2012, 2014 and finally in 2020, after which she became Senior Teacher.

Jenia studied modern and contemporary dance at the Rotterdam Dance Academy / Codarts in the Netherlands. During her education and after her graduation in 2009 she has worked as a dancer with several companies and choreographers, such as Jack Gallagher, Nanine Linning, Leine&Roebana, Norrdans, De Stilte, and United-C. She performed with dance company anoukvandijk dc already in 2004. In 2012 Jenia became a certified Countertechnique teacher and at the moment she is teaching in different places and companies in Holland and abroad.

"While teaching, I enjoy the process - the development of a person, mind, and body. I want to be a part of that process: observe it, guide it, and help it. I enjoy to discover new things together with the dancers, to make them think positively and objectively about themselves, their bodies and technique, and to be able to have fun and enjoy dancing. I like to create a comfortable and easy-going atmosphere where people feel free and safe to try new things and make mistakes in order to move forward and grow as a professional dancer. For me, it is important that class is not only a tool for dancers to get warm for rehearsals and shows, but also to make class an enjoyable and challenging process.

Countertechnique is a thinking-process orientated system, which helps you to connect with the space around and inside of you, as well as with people around you. It focuses you on a very gradual warm up of the whole body and it helps you to stay present in that exact moment and space while dancing. Countertechnique teaches you to be gentle and smart with your own body and at the same time encourages you to take a risk and dance with your full, maximum range."

E-mail Jenia

Jenia’s teaching history:

14 – 24 Jun 2022, Gibney, New York City (USA)
16 – 20 May 2022, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
27 Sep – 8 Oct 2021, Norrdans, Harnosand (SW)
23 – 27 Aug 2021, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
24 Jul – 3 Aug 2021, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
5 – 9 Jul 2021, HENNY JURRIËNS STUDIO, Amsterdam (NL)
5 – 9 Jul 2021, HENNY JURRIËNS STUDIO, Amsterdam (NL)
17 – 18 Nov 2020, HENNY JURRIËNS STUDIO, Amsterdam (NL)
9 – 13 Nov 2020, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
2 – 6 Nov 2020, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), amsterdam (NL)
13 – 17 Oct 2020, Skanes Dans Teater, Malmo (SW)
3 – 7 Aug 2020, HJS Studio, amsterdam (NL)
20 – 24 Jul 2020, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
20 – 24 Jul 2020, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
18 – 22 Nov 2019, Henny Jurriëns Studio, Amsterdam (NL)
30 Sep – 11 Oct 2019, Skånes Dansteater, Malmo (SW)
23 – 27 Sep 2019, HJS Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
3 – 19 Sep 2019, Artez, Arnhem (NL)
2 – 4 Sep 2019, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
26 – 29 Aug 2019, Danscentrum Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)
22 – 23 Aug 2019, Balettakademien Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)
19 – 29 Aug 2019, Balettakademien Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)
22 – 27 Jul 2019, TSEKH contemporary dance center, Moscow (RU)
15 – 19 Jul 2019, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
15 – 19 Jul 2019, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
17 – 21 Dec 2018, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
23 – 27 Jul 2018, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
23 – 27 Jul 2018, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
28 May – 1 Jun 2018, Munich DancePAT, Munich (DE)
18 May 2018, Circle Dance , Rotterdam (NL)
14 – 18 May 2018, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
23 Apr – 9 May 2018, SOZO visions in motion, Kassel (DE)
9 – 14 Apr 2018, Dance Company Nanine Linning / Theater Heidelberg, Heidelberg (DE)
26 – 29 Mar 2018, De Stilte , Breda (NL)
20 – 24 Mar 2018, Staatstheater Kassel, Kassel (DE)
19 – 23 Mar 2018, SOZO visions in motion, Kassel (DE)
13 Mar – 4 Apr 2018, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
13 Mar – 3 Apr 2018, Circle Dance , Rotterdam (NL)
26 Feb – 9 Mar 2018, Skånes Dansteater, Malmö (SW)
19 – 23 Feb 2018, Norrdans , Harnosand (NL)
12 – 16 Feb 2018, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
8 – 9 Feb 2018, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
5 Feb 2018, De Stilte , Breda (NL)
29 Jan 2018, de Stilte , breda (NL)
8 – 22 Jan 2018, De Stilte , Breda (NL)
2 – 5 Jan 2018, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
7 – 11 Aug 2017, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
23 – 29 Jul 2017, DK-more, Crimea
11 – 22 Jul 2017, OpenFLR, Florence (IT)
4 Jul 2017, Circle Dance , Tilburg (NL)
12 – 16 Jun 2017, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
29 May – 6 Jun 2017, Norrdans , Harnosand (SW)
19 May 2017, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
6 – 12 Apr 2017, Royal Conservatoire, The Hague (NL)
2 – 11 Mar 2017, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Braunschweig (DE)
6 – 10 Feb 2017, Circle Dance , Rotterdam (NL)
2 Feb – 8 May 2017, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
23 – 27 Jan 2017, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
17 – 20 Jan 2017, SOZO visions in motion, Kassel (DE)
17 – 21 Jan 2017, Staatstheater Kassel, Kassel (DE)
3 – 5 Jan 2017, De Stilte , Breda (NL)
28 Nov – 1 Dec 2016, Kannon Dance, St. Petersburg (RU)
1 – 6 Nov 2016, Norrdans , Harnosand (SW)
18 – 26 Oct 2016, Skånes Dansteater, Malmö (SW)
10 – 14 Oct 2016, Dansehallerne , Copenhagen (DK)
10 – 14 Oct 2016, Copenhagen Contemporary Dance School, Copenhagen (DK)
11 – 15 Jul 2016, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
4 – 8 Jul 2016, Circle Dance , Rotterdam (NL)
9 – 20 May 2016, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
11 – 22 Apr 2016, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
4 – 5 Apr 2016, De Stilte , Breda (NL)
21 – 23 Mar 2016, LES RENDEZ VOUS PARISIENS, Paris (FR)
1 – 16 Mar 2016, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
22 – 26 Feb 2016, Circle Dance , utrecht (NL)
8 – 10 Feb 2016, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
2 – 16 Feb 2016, Circle Dance , Rotterdam (NL)
25 – 29 Jan 2016, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
7 – 19 Jan 2016, Norrdans, Härnösand (SW)
10 – 11 Dec 2015, Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen, Antwerp (BE)
1 – 5 Dec 2015, STAATSTHEATER KASSEL, Kassel (DE)
25 – 27 Nov 2015, Landestheater Linz, Linz (AU)
16 – 19 Nov 2015, DANSATELIERS Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
2 – 6 Nov 2015, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
26 Oct – 5 Nov 2015, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
6 – 15 Oct 2015, Internationaal Danstheater, Amsterdam (NL)
5 – 19 Oct 2015, In Motie , Utrecht (NL)
29 Sep – 1 Oct 2015, Landestheater Linz, Linz (AU)
21 – 24 Sep 2015, Danscentrum Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)
14 – 16 Sep 2015, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
7 – 10 Sep 2015, Copenhagen Contemporary Dance School, Copenhagen (DK)
7 – 11 Sep 2015, Dansehallerne, Copenhagen (DK)
31 Aug – 4 Sep 2015, Dansk Danseteater, Copenhagen (DK)
24 – 28 Aug 2015, The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Copenhagen (DK)
17 – 21 Aug 2015, Skånes Dansteater, Malmo (SW)
10 – 14 Aug 2015, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
20 Jul – 1 Aug 2015, TSEKH International Centre for Dance and Performance, Moscow (RU)
2 – 24 Jun 2015, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
1 – 12 Jun 2015, Internationaal Danstheater, Amsterdam (NL)
18 – 28 May 2015, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
11 – 15 May 2015, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
1 – 29 May 2015, DANSTRAINING IN MOTIE, Utrecht (NL)
17 – 20 Apr 2015, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
13 – 17 Apr 2015, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
12 Apr 2015, Danscentrum Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
7 Apr 2015, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
16 – 24 Mar 2015, SEAD, Salzburg (AU)
14 Mar 2015, Kumulus IDA Intensieve Dans Academie, Maastricht (NL)
10 – 12 Mar 2015, Landestheater Linz, Linz (AU)
17 Feb 2015, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
30 Jan – 13 Feb 2015, Danstraining In Motie, Utrecht (NL)
19 – 23 Jan 2015, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
6 – 29 Jan 2015, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
5 – 9 Jan 2015, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
8 – 12 Dec 2014, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
24 – 25 Nov 2014, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
19 – 26 Nov 2014, De Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (AHK) , Amsterdam (NL)
3 – 15 Nov 2014, Tanzquartier Wien (TQW), Vienna (AU)
10 Oct 2014, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
30 Sep – 2 Oct 2014, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
22 Sep – 3 Oct 2014, De Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (AHK) , Amsterdam (NL)
1 – 8 Sep 2014, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
25 – 29 Aug 2014, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
21 Jul – 2 Aug 2014, TSEKH International Centre for Dance and Performance, Moscow (RU)
14 – 18 Jul 2014, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
22 Jun 2014, MASEAN DANCE ARTS, Kuala Lumpur
21 – 22 Jun 2014, VICTORIA DANCE ARTS, Kajang
10 – 13 Jun 2014, Danse Hallerne, Copenhagen
2 – 5 Jun 2014, Danscentrum SYD, Malmö (SW)
2 – 6 Jun 2014, Dansk Danseteater, Copenhagen
24 – 25 Apr 2014, DOCH University of Dance and Circus, Stockholm (SW)
22 – 30 Apr 2014, Cullberg Ballet, Stockholm (SW)
7 Apr 2014, De Stilte Jeugddansgezelschap, Breda (NL)
24 – 28 Mar 2014, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
18 Mar 2014, De Stilte Jeugddansgezelschap, Breda (NL)
3 – 14 Mar 2014, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
12 – 14 Feb 2014, IDA-Institute for Dance Arts /Anton Bruckner University Linz, Linz (AU)
12 – 14 Feb 2014, Ballett Landestheater Linz, Linz (AU)
10 – 11 Feb 2014, De Stilte Jeugddansgezelschap, Breda (NL)
10 – 22 Jan 2014, Theatre Balet Moskva, Moscow (RU)
27 – 29 Dec 2013, International Center for Dance and Performance TSEKH, Moscow (RU)
16 – 20 Dec 2013, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
2 – 14 Dec 2013, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna (AU)
25 – 29 Nov 2013, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
7 – 26 Nov 2013, de Stilte Jeugddansgezelschap, Breda (NL)
29 Oct 2013, De Stilte Jeugddansgezelschap, Breda (NL)
14 – 15 Oct 2013, Profitraining Basel, Basel (CH)
10 Oct 2013, De Stilte Jeugddansgezelschap, Breda (NL)
2 – 6 Sep 2013, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
15 – 20 Jul 2013, TSEH Summer School, Moscow (RU)
26 Apr 2013, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
8 Apr 2013, De Stilte Jeugddansgezelschap, Breda (NL)

Brussels, Belgium

"Seeing people explore and overcome challenges inspires and enriches me as a teacher. Creating a playful yet demanding environment in which the journey of discoveries can take place is my goal in every class."

Borna Babic

Brussels, Belgium

Born in Croatia, Borna Babic is currently based in Brussels (Belgium). He has been studying Countertechnique since 2016, both at university and as an attendant of several workshops. He attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2022.

After finishing his studies in 2018 at Codarts University in Rotterdam, Borna has worked as a professional dancer with Marina Mascarell, Club Guy & Roni and Olivier de Sagazan; he has also been part of Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus since 2019. In 2021, he was commissioned to create his first full-evening performance for Zagreb Dance Company and to choreograph a dance movie for Scapino Ballet. Together with Eliana Stragapede, he won the 1st place for their choreography AMAE at The Copenhagen International Choreography Competition and Production Awards, hosted by the Nederlands Dans Theater and Holstebro Dansekompagni. Nurturing his passion for teaching, Borna teaches various workshops contemporary, partnering and improvisation across Europe, as well Ultima Vez repertory.

"Countertechnique promotes and stimulates a healthier dancing environment. It offers tools which enable the dancers to reach their full potential by understanding, accepting and working in an efficient way with their own mind and bodies. Countertechnique has helped me to stay in a moment of process, allowing me to free my mind and move in a larger range of motion. Sharing my personal experiences and knowledge gathered from Countertechnique excites me. Seeing people explore and overcome challenges inspires and enriches me as a teacher. Creating a playful yet demanding environment in which the journey of discoveries can take place is my goal in every class."

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Borna’s teaching history:

22 Jan – 1 Feb 2024, P.A.R.T.S., Brussels (BE)
6 – 17 Nov 2023, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Antwerpen (BE)
11 Sep – 30 Nov 2023, Kunsthumaniora Brussel, Brusses (BE)
25 Apr – 2 May 2023, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Antwerpen (BE)
21 Mar – 5 Apr 2023, Codarts Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
9 Jan – 6 Feb 2023, Kunsthumaniora Brussel, Brussels (BE)
7 – 28 Nov 2022, Kunsthumaniora Brussel, Brussels (BE)
19 – 23 Sep 2022, Iwanson International, Munich (DE)
12 – 16 Sep 2022, Kunsthumaniora Brussel, Kortrijk (BE)
26 Aug 2022, Umjetnička organizacija Kabinet, Rijeka (HR)

New York City, USA

“Countertechnique keeps the mind active while the body is in motion allowing the dancer to stay present throughout the entire process of movement.”

Madison Elliott

New York City, USA

Madison Elliott grew up in Sioux Falls, SD and is currently based in New York. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2016, both at university and as an attendant of several workshops. She attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2023.

Madison attended high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and then went onto getting her BFA and in Dance and a Minor in Arts Management from SUNY Purchase College. After finishing her studies in 2020 she has worked as a professional dancer with MJ Willis Project, DanceLabNYC, TU Dance, HIVEWILD, MeenMoves Dance Company and several more. She has also performed works by Doug Varone, Trisha Brown, Roderick George, Akira Uchida and more. She also creates and directs Dance Films. One film in particular, Empty Vessel, was featured in Dance Magazine, presented at 8 film festivals and has received 3 awards. In addition, Madison is the Executive and Artistic Director of an award winning nonprofit, Headlights Theater, which she founded in 2020.

“Countertechnique reminds me of my love for dance even on the most challenging days. One of the things I connect to most with Countertechnique is that it’s not just something dancers can access within a Countertechnique class. These tools that Countertechnique offers allows dancers to tap into their full potential while giving dancers independent agency of their own dancing body in any class, throughout exhausting rehearsal days and on stage during rigerous performances. It keeps the mind active while the body is in motion allowing the dancer to stay present throughout the entire process of movement. Countertechnique creates a safe space allowing dancers to observing their moving body without judgement. It is my true honor to be able to share this technique that I hold so close to my heart with dancers all around the world.”

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Madison’s upcoming classes:

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Curriculum Adelphi University New York (USA)	Tue 23 Jan, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 30 Jan, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 6 Feb, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 13 Feb, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 20 Feb, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 27 Feb, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 5 Mar, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 12 Mar, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 26 Mar, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 2 Apr, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 9 Apr, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 16 Apr, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 23 Apr, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 30 Apr, 10:50 – 12:15 Tue 7 May, 10:50 – 12:15	private
Class Peridance New York (USA)	Fri 5 Apr, 14:30 – 16:00 Fri 12 Apr, 14:30 – 16:00 Fri 19 Apr, 14:30 – 16:00 Fri 26 Apr, 14:30 – 16:00 Fri 3 May, 14:30 – 16:00	public
Class Gibney New York (USA)	Sat 6 Apr, 12:00 – 13:45 Sat 13 Apr, 12:00 – 13:45 Sat 20 Apr, 12:00 – 13:45	public

Madison’s teaching history:

6 – 20 Apr 2024, Gibney, New York (USA)
5 Apr – 3 May 2024, Peridance, New York (USA)
18 Mar 2024, Gibney, New York (USA)
20 – 27 Feb 2024, Kaatsbaan, New York (USA)
27 Jan 2024, The Tank, New York (USA)
24 Jan – 14 Feb 2024, The Floor, New York (USA)
23 Jan – 7 May 2024, Adelphi University, New York (USA)
6 Dec 2023, Steps Conservatory, New York (USA)
11 Nov 2023, Center for Performing Research, New York (USA)
27 Sep – 19 Oct 2023, Adelphi University, New York (USA)
19 – 23 Sep 2023, Headlights Theater, Sioux Falls, SD (USA)

Santa Barbara (CA), USA

“With Countertechnique, the process of finding solutions is so much more interesting than trying to find problems. Teaching and helping others to do the same fills my heart with joy."

Arianna Hartanov

Santa Barbara (CA), USA

Born in Denver, CO (USA), Arianna Hartanov is currently based in Santa Barbara, CA. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2019 as an attendant of several workshops, and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2023.

Originally trained by Jocelyn Labsan, she has been working as a professional dancer with State Street Ballet since 2016, where she has performed principal and soloist roles in The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, and Giselle, among others. She has also had the pleasure of working with Edgar Zendejas, Meredith Ventura, and Nicole Powell in their creative processes during her career. Arianna has also been Associate Director and dancer with SELAH Dance Collective since 2020, and most recently produced her first show with them in 2022.

“Countertechnique has considerably changed my perspective on myself and my own dancing. With it, I now have the agency and freedom to explore movement to its fullest everyday. In my professional career as a dancer, it is thrilling to be able to experience dancing fully. I can continue to stay inspired, engaged, and free from my own judgment. With Countertechnique, the process of finding solutions is so much more interesting than trying to find problems. Teaching and helping others to do the same fills my heart with joy.“

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Arianna’s upcoming classes:

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Class State Street Ballet Santa Barbara (USA)	Sun 15 Oct, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 29 Oct, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 5 Nov, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 12 Nov, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 19 Nov, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 26 Nov, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 7 Jan, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 14 Jan, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 21 Jan, 15:30 – 17:00 Sat 3 Feb, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 11 Feb, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 18 Feb, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 25 Feb, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 3 Mar, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 10 Mar, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 31 Mar, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 7 Apr, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 14 Apr, 15:30 – 17:00 Sun 21 Apr, 15:30 – 17:00	public
Class The Space LA Los Angeles	Mon 29 Apr, 11:00 – 13:00	public

Arianna’s teaching history:

18 – 19 Dec 2023, Stomping Ground LA, Los Angeles (USA)
27 Oct 2023, State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara (USA)
25 Oct 2023, State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara (USA)
23 – 25 Oct 2023, State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara (USA)
15 Oct – 21 Apr 2024, State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara (USA)
12 Sep 2023, State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara (USA)
7 Sep 2023, State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara (USA)

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

"Countertechnique is a liberating method to explore and extend the possibilities of my own bodily existence, without needing to submit to imagery or esthetic ideals of any particular dance style."

Jussi Nousiainen

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Originally from Finland, Jussi is now based in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). He has been studying Countertechnique since 2008 and performed in Anouk van Dijk's work in 2011. He has attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2012 and 2016.

After graduating from the Theater Academy of Helsinki (TEAK), Jussi Nousiainen joined Charleroi Dance in Belgium in 1997, then two years later, Galili Dance in the Netherlands. In 2006 he became a freelancer, while continuing working with Itzik Galili as a choreographic assistant, setting several of his creations for different companies worldwide. Within his freelance career he has worked with many choreographers, such as Anouk van Dijk, Stephen Shropshire, Paul Selwyn Norton and Vaclav Kunes. He has also danced as a guest dancer at Frankfurt Ballet and Batsheva Dance Company. Since 1994, he has also been creating his own work. As a teacher, Nousiainen has an ongoing relation with the Palucca Schule in Dresden and with TEAK.

“For me, dance is a union between the physical, intellectual and spiritual, allowing a deep connection to oneself in the present, both in and out of the dance studio. Countertechnique is a liberating method to explore and extend the possibilities of my own bodily existence, without needing to submit to imagery or esthetic ideals of any particular dance style. Taking into consideration helpful physiological facts to work healthier and perform with less effort, it also provides plenty of food for thought and inspiration, regardless of ones personal artistic aspirations. Moreover, it is very satisfying to teach, especially when I see students letting go and diving into a free flow of movement and dance. The Countertechnique principles are something I carry with me, no matter where I go or with whom I work. If it's warming up my body for performance, or tackling a difficult move or just walking up the stairs, I often find myself 'doing it'. Either by choice - because it just works every time-, or catching myself applying them unconsciously, to feel more comfortable and in ease.”

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Jussi’s teaching history:

12 Nov 2022, Kinesteetikot R.Y., Helsinki (FIN)
23 – 26 Aug 2021, Huis Voor De Kunsten Limburg, Roermond (NL)
2 – 6 Aug 2021, TREenit! Ry, Tampere (FIN)
2 – 6 Aug 2021, TREenit! Ry, Tampere (FIN)
1 – 4 Feb 2021, Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, DAC, Tilburg (NL)
21 Jan – 15 Apr 2021, Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, ACAPA, Tilburg (NL)
31 Aug – 9 Oct 2020, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten - Expanded contemporary dance, Amsterdam (NL)
10 Feb – 2 Apr 2020, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Academy of Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam (NL)
17 Jan 2020, Fontys, Tilburg (NL)
31 Jul – 3 Aug 2019, Koskelan Opisto, Äänekoski (FIN)
7 – 9 Jun 2019, Zodiak, Helsinki (FIN)
4 Feb – 24 Apr 2019, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
27 Sep – 2 Oct 2018, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
14 – 21 Sep 2018, ArtEZ, Arnhem (NL)
6 – 7 Mar 2018, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
15 – 19 May 2017, Codarts, University of the Arts, Rotterdam (NL)
21 Apr 2017, Kunsthumaniora, Antwerpen (BE)
24 Oct – 12 Dec 2016, Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
3 – 7 Oct 2016, University of Arts Helsinki, Helsinki (FIN)
22 – 26 Aug 2016, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
5 Aug 2016, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
22 – 23 Jun 2015, studio ARCHITANZ, Tokyo (JP)
1 – 5 Jun 2015, Dansk Danseteater, Copenhagen (DK)
16 – 17 May 2015, Zodiak, Helsinki (FIN)
28 Apr – 1 May 2015, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
24 – 25 Mar 2015, Project Sally, Lelystad (NL)
22 Feb 2015, Project Sally, Amsterdam (NL)
19 Feb 2015, Project Sally, Den Haag (NL)
2 Feb 2015, Project Sally, Heerhugowaard (NL)
19 – 22 Jan 2015, Project Sally, Maastricht (LT)
2 – 3 Dec 2014, Project Sally, Maastricht
25 Nov 2014, Project Sally, Herentals
22 Nov 2014, Project Sally, Zwolle (NL)
12 Nov 2014, Project Sally, Arnhem (NL)
30 Oct 2014, Project Sally, Amersfoort (NL)
28 Oct 2014, Project Sally, Lelystad (NL)
22 – 25 Sep 2014, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
25 – 28 Aug 2014, Skåne Dansteater, Malmö (SW)
25 – 29 Aug 2014, Danscentrum syd, Malmö (SW)
11 – 13 Apr 2014, Tanssivintti, Helsinki (FIN)
7 – 18 Apr 2014, TEAK, Helsinki (FIN)
17 – 28 Mar 2014, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
21 – 30 Jan 2014, Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
6 – 8 Dec 2013, Zodiak, Helsinki (FIN)
15 – 22 Nov 2013, Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag (NL)
10 – 15 Sep 2013, Danscollectief Project Sally, Maastricht (NL)
24 – 25 Aug 2013, Nová scéna Studio, Prague (CZ)
10 – 17 Jun 2013, NOVÁ SCÉNA Národního divadla, Prague (CZ)
1 – 2 Jun 2013, Pap-rna / Pilsen Dance Festival, Pilsen (CZ)
15 – 26 Apr 2013, Palucca Hochschule für Tanz, Dresden (DE)

Brussels, Belgium

"To me dancing is the confrontation with the here and now. Being able to be free of judgments and open to movement is a fantastic thing Countertechnique offers me."

Yi-chun Liu

Brussels, Belgium

Originally from Taiwan, Yi-chun Liu is now based in Münster (Germany). She has been studying Countertechnique since 2005, attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training in 2012 and has been teaching Countertechnique since then. She first danced in Anouk van Dijk's work in 2005 and again from 2009-2012.

Yi-chun Liu finished her BFA in Dance from Taipei National University of the Arts and danced with Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan internationally. In 2009, she moved to Europe to work with Balletto Teatro di Torino, anoukvandijk dc, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, and Ann Van den Broek WArd/waRD. Currently she is a member of dance company Peeping Tom in Brussels, Belgium, and working as a teacher internationally.

During the time of working with Anouk van Dijk, from 2009 to 2012, Countertechnique has become a very important method for Yi-chun’s dancer’s career. “Applying Countertechnique, I experience many stages of surprise while dancing, simply because I allow it to happen. I learned to stay in the moment by connecting with my colleagues, the audience and the space. To me dancing is the confrontation with the here and now. Being able to be free of judgments and open to movement is a fantastic thing Countertechnique offers me. It gives you the chance to discover yourself in new ways. To me it is a personal research. Teaching Countertechnique makes the possibility broader, along with the smile spreading. : ) It is a wonderful process that continues. Sharing this with people makes teaching a journey of learning, and makes learning more valuable.”

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Yi-chun’s teaching history:

11 – 15 Jul 2022, BODY DETOUR Summer Workshop at National Theater Concert Hall, Taipei (TW)
20 – 21 Nov 2021, Garage 29, Brussels (BE)
11 – 12 Sep 2021, Garage 29, Brussels (BE)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Melbourne (ZM)
20 Nov – 11 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, New York (ZM)
16 Nov – 10 Dec 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (ZM)
20 – 24 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Brussels (BE)
10 – 17 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Brussels (BE)
15 Jul – 2 Aug 2019, Body Detour, Taipei (TW)
4 – 8 Feb 2019, Mimbre, London (GB)
3 – 7 Sep 2018, Centre for Contemporary Dance, University for Music and Dance Cologne, Cologne (DE)
27 Aug – 1 Sep 2018, Krakow Choreographic Centre, Krakow, Poland
30 Jul – 2 Aug 2018, National Taichung Theater, Taichung (TW)
18 – 28 Jul 2018, Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taipei (TW)
18 – 22 Jul 2017, Art B&B 身體微旅行 Body Detour, Taipei (TW)
8 – 9 Jul 2017, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
12 – 16 Jun 2017, Theater Bremen, Bremen (DE)
22 – 26 May 2017, ZAIK, Cologne (DE)
14 – 16 Apr 2017, ZAIK, Cologne (DE)
10 – 12 Jan 2017, Codarts University, Rotterdam (NL)
13 Dec 2016, Ballet de Montecarlo, Monaco (FR)
25 – 27 Mar 2016, ZAIK/MD Kollektiv, Cologne (DE)
17 – 18 Oct 2015, Dansateilers, Rotterdam (NL)
12 – 16 Oct 2015, Dansateilers, Rotterdam (NL)
16 – 17 Jun 2015, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
13 – 17 Apr 2015, Dans Centrum Jette, Brussels (BE)
7 – 10 Apr 2015, MD Kollektiv/ ZAIK Köln, Cologne (DE)
19 – 20 Mar 2015, Le Merlan Scène Nationale à Marseille, Marseille
9 – 11 Mar 2015, Project Sally, Bergen op Zoom (NL)
3 – 12 Feb 2015, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
1 – 5 Dec 2014, Institut für Zeitgenössischen Tanz, Essen (DE)
13 – 15 Aug 2014, Twilight Dance, Tainan, Tainan (TW)
28 Jul – 1 Aug 2014, Cloud Gate Dance Theater, Taipei (TW)
5 – 28 May 2014, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
2 – 4 Dec 2013, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
25 – 27 Nov 2013, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
21 – 28 Nov 2013, De Stilte Jeugddansgezelschap, Breda (NL)
5 – 8 Nov 2013, Project Sally , Maastricht (NL)
14 – 15 Oct 2013, Project-Sally , Maastricht (NL)
30 Sep – 9 Oct 2013, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
8 – 13 Jul 2013, BODYTRAFFIC, Los Angeles (USA)
5 Jun 2013, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
3 Jun 2013, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
29 May 2013, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
27 May 2013, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
22 May 2013, Circle Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)

Sydney, Australia

"I dance to connect my body and mind, and myself to others and the space around me. Countertechnique gives me a language to help myself and others on the path we’re exploring together, to stay in the moment and to overcome obstacles."

Richard Cilli

Sydney, Australia

Perth born Richard Cilli first crossed paths with Countertechnique through seconding at Chunky Move in 2017, where he was moved by the way the dancers were able to move. He attended One Body, One Career in 2017, and then joined the company in 2018 to perform Anouk van Dijk’s Accumulation, Common Ground, and ANTI-GRAVITY. He undertook the Countertechnique Teacher Training in July 2018 and is excited to be able to help share this system which has helped him so much.

Cilli has performed the work of renowned Australian and international choreographers, including Gideon Obarzanek, William Forsythe, Lucy Guerin, Rafael Bonachela, Alexander Ekman, Jacopo Godani, Emanuel Gat, Kenneth Kvarnström, Alexander Whitley, Gabrielle Nankivell and Kristina Chan. He trained at STEPS Youth Dance Company, and then the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, graduating as Most Outstanding Student. Cilli joined Sydney Dance Company in 2009. He won the Helpmann award for Best Male Dancer in 2010 for his performance in Rafael Bonachela’s we unfold. As a choreographer Cilli has created work for Sydney Dance Company, The Australian Ballet, WAAPA and LINK dance company. Richard is a certified Countertechnique teacher, and continues to perform, teach and make work around Australia.

“I dance to connect my body and mind, and myself to others and the space around me. Sometimes dancing is about sharing the secrets of the universe, sometimes it can be 5,6,7,8. Countertechnique gives me a language to help myself and others on the path we’re exploring together, to stay in the moment and to overcome obstacles.

I'm am drawn to the versatility of the philosophy and methodologies that Countertechnique brings. You can apply it as much and/or as little as you want to whatever movement you are executing, be it technical or non-technical."

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Richard’s teaching history:

21 – 29 Apr 2021, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
30 Mar – 1 Apr 2021, Sydney Dance Company Pre-professional year, Sydney (AUS)
8 Mar 2021, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
3 – 19 Mar 2021, NAISDA Dance College, Kariong (AUS)
25 – 28 Jan 2021, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
5 – 26 Nov 2020, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney (AUS)
14 – 28 Oct 2020, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
9 – 16 Oct 2020, Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
21 Aug – 11 Sep 2020, Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
28 Nov – 5 Dec 2019, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
1 – 12 Jul 2019, Springboard Montréal, Montréal (CA)
29 – 31 May 2019, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
27 May – 3 Jun 2019, The McDonald College, Sydney (AUS)
27 May – 25 Jun 2019, Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
26 May – 2 Jun 2019, Sydney Dance Company Youth Ensemble, Sydney (AUS)
13 – 18 Apr 2019, The Mill, Adelaide (AUS)
11 – 16 Apr 2019, Australian Dance Theatre, Adelaide (AUS)
12 – 22 Feb 2019, Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year, Sydney (AUS)
30 – 31 Jan 2019, New Zealand Dance Company, Auckland (NZ)
24 Jan 2019, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
10 Jan 2019, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
20 – 26 Nov 2018, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney (AUS)
15 Nov – 7 Dec 2018, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney (AUS)
30 – 31 Oct 2018, Oz Asia Dance Lab, Adelaide (AUS)
2 – 6 Oct 2018, Strut Dance, Perth (AUS)
26 Sep 2018, QUT, Brisbane (AUS)
24 – 26 Sep 2018, Brisbane International Contemporary Dance Prix, Brisbane (AUS)
16 Aug – 6 Sep 2018, LINK Dance Company, Perth (AUS)
13 – 14 Aug 2018, WAAPA, Perth (AUS)

Stockholm, Sweden

"I strive to facilitate an allowing and positive atmosphere in the dance studio, so that dancers can feel comfortable to explore, take risks, fail, evolve and enjoy - or rediscover - the joy of dancing."

Anette Jellne

Stockholm, Sweden

Born and raised in Sweden, Anette is now based in Malmö and Stockholm. She started taking Countertechnique classes in 2016 and worked in a creation with Anouk van Dijk during the autumn of 2021. Anette took part in the One Body One Career and the Teacher Training in 2022, where she acquired her certification as a teacher.

Anette trained as a dancer at The Royal Ballet School in Stockholm and received acting and pedagogical training at The Stockholm University of the Arts. She started her career as a freelancer before becoming a company member of Skånes Dansteater between 2006-2022, where she has worked with numerous choreographers; Alexander Ekman, Marina Mascarell, Alan Lucien Øyen, Örjan Andersson, Angelin Preljocaj, Jo Strømgren, Ben Wright and Susanna Leinonen to name a few.
Since 2018 Anette has been the Artistic Director of SpaceTimeLab and today she divides her time between creating work for the stage, teaching and working as a dancer and actor.

“I love that double presence; being aware of what’s happening in my own body while being fully present in the room dancing together with the other bodies in the space. After a long dance career, the encounter with Countertechnique has given me a new spark and a strong desire to keep dancing professionally. As a dancer I feel freer in my body and stronger than ever, provided with tools to assist me in all kinds of situations - physical as well as mental.

The Countertechnique system is sensible and well conceived. It sums up a lot of valuable knowledge for the body and mind as well as offering a well thought through and up to date approach to teaching dance. It is a faithful everyday companion, providing each individual with the possibility of making their own choices in their aim to develop and find more freedom and control.

I strive to facilitate an allowing and positive atmosphere in the dance studio, so that dancers can feel comfortable to explore, take risks, fail, evolve and enjoy - or rediscover - the joy of dancing.”

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Anette’s upcoming classes:

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Curriculum Balettakademin Stockholm Stockholm (SW)	Mon 8 Apr – Mon 8 Apr, 10:45 – 12:15 Tue 9 Apr – Tue 9 Apr, 10:45 – 12:15 Wed 10 Apr – Wed 10 Apr, 10:45 – 12:15 Fri 12 Apr – Fri 12 Apr, 10:45 – 12:15 Mon 15 Apr – Mon 15 Apr, 10:45 – 12:15 Tue 16 Apr – Tue 16 Apr, 10:45 – 12:15 Wed 17 Apr – Wed 17 Apr, 10:45 – 12:15 Fri 19 Apr – Fri 19 Apr, 10:45 – 12:15	private
Class Danscentrum Väst Gothenburg (SW)	Mon 22 Apr – Fri 26 Apr	public
Curriculum Codarts Rotterdam (NL)	Mon 6 May – Sun 26 May, 09:30 – 16:00	private

Anette’s teaching history:

8 – 19 Apr 2024, Balettakademin Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)
19 Feb – 27 Mar 2024, Balettakademien Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)
13 – 15 Feb 2024, Danscentrum Syd, Malmö (SW)
29 Jan – 10 Feb 2024, Skånes Dansteater, Malmö (SW)
8 – 25 Jan 2024, Balettakademien Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)
5 – 14 Dec 2023, Danscentrum Syd, Malmö (SW)
27 – 30 Nov 2023, Dansalliansen, Stockholm (SW)
3 – 12 Oct 2023, Danscentrum Syd, Malmö (SW)
14 – 18 Aug 2023, Dansalliansen, Stockholm (SW)
12 – 16 Jun 2023, Balettakademien, Stockholm (SW)
10 Jun 2023, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
7 – 9 Jun 2023, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
6 Jun 2023, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
5 – 6 Jun 2023, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
3 Jun 2023, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
31 May – 2 Jun 2023, Codarts, Rotterdam (NL)
15 – 17 May 2023, Danscentrum Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)
17 – 20 Apr 2023, Danscentrum Väst, Gothenburg (SW)
2 – 6 Apr 2023, Skånes Dansteater, Malmö (SW)
7 – 23 Mar 2023, Danscentrum Syd, Malmö (SW)
6 – 23 Feb 2023, Balettakademien Stockholm, Stockholm (SW)

Adelaide, Australia

"I’m fascinated by the process of interacting with the present moment, where observation and decision making flow freely. Countertechnique offers a variety of tools to surf the present moment and find greater freedom in my whole self.”

Sam Hall

Adelaide, Australia

Born in New Zealand, Sam is currently based on Kaurna Country in Adelaide, Australia. He was first introduced to Countertechnique in 2014 as a student and has continued to train in the technique throughout his career. He attended the One Body One Career intensives in 2015, 2016, and 2022, before becoming a certified Countertechnique teacher in 2022.

Sam trained at the New Zealand School of Dance, graduating in 2016. He then went on to work for Norrdans in Sweden, UK’s Punchdrunk on ‘Sleep No More Shanghai,’ and Australian Dance Theatre. He also performed in ‘One Flat Thing, Reproduced’ by William Forsythe for Perth’s Strut Dance. Alongside his performance career, Sam continues to develop his choreographic practice which has led him to create for various opportunities from site specific works to online performances.

“Through studying Countertechnique, I have found immeasurable joy in the endless discoveries. It has expanded my perceptions of movement and created greater availability in both my mind and body. I’m fascinated by the process of actively interacting with the present moment, where observation and decision making flow freely. Countertechnique offers me a variety of tools I can play with in order to surf the present moment to find greater freedom in my whole self. It has fueled me to continuously research and discover, and empowered me to grow as a dancer, artist, and human. As a teacher, I am excited to explore with fellow dancers how to use practical information to find ease and enjoyment, blissfully soaring in the present moment and continuously expanding and evolving.”

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Sam’s upcoming classes:

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Class TripSpace London (GB)	Sat 20 Apr, 15:00 – 19:00	public
Class Pro Dance Oxford Oxford (GB)	Sun 28 Apr, 10:00 – 16:00	public
Class TripSpace London (GB)	Mon 10 Jun – Thu 13 Jun, 10:30 – 12:00	public

Sam’s teaching history:

15 – 25 Feb 2024, Skanes Dansteater, Malmo (SW)
6 – 8 Nov 2023, TripSpace, London (GB)
19 – 22 Sep 2023, London Contemporary Dance School, London (GB)
24 – 31 Jul 2023, The Hub Studios, London (GB)
7 – 17 Nov 2022, The Shed Rehearsal Theatre, Adelaide (AUS)
19 – 21 Sep 2022, The Odeon, Adelaide (AUS)

Bremen, Germany

"Exploring Countertechnique helps develop a healthier relationship with our body and mind. I look forward to share a sunny side of dance in my classes, where we are who we are, dance full of joy and without judgement."

Mariko Koh

Bremen, Germany

Originally from Kyoto (Japan), Mariko Koh is currently based in Bremen (Germany). She first encountered Countertechnique in 2013 and has since then participated in several classes of various teachers, as well as the One Body One Career in 2021 & 2022. In 2022 she attended and successfully completed the Countertechnique Teacher Training program.

Mariko Koh received a BA from Kobe College in 2012 and after graduation joined the Ballet Junior de Genève in Switzerland, workingwith Alexander Ekman, Ken Ossola, Barack Marshall, Cindy Van Acker and many other choreographers. Since 2013, she has worked as a freelance dancer for amongst others Grand Théâtre de la Ville (Luxembourg), Steptext Dance Project (Germany), Maqoma Gregory / Vuyani Dance Company (South-Africa), Opera La Monnaie (Belgium), National Opera Comédie (France) and many other companies across Europe. Since the beginning of the 2023/24 season, Mariko is choreographic assistant and training director of dance company, Of Curious Nature in Bremen (Germany).

„Applying Countertechnique helped me acknowledge and accept myself for who I am. It helped me discover many more movement possibilities around and inside of me. With Countertechnique, I became more open minded and was able to build a healthier relationship with my body and mind. I can apply the different tools during dancing, when working on dance projects and even outside of dance in everyday life.

Exploring Countertechnique also allowed me to think differently about my body and better understand the sensations I have in my body. Realising they are different every day, and that it’s okay for them to be different, was beautiful for me. It is wonderful to understand that I can choose different tools every day that resonate with my sensations of the day. This brings more joy into my dancing and also my classes.“

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Mariko’s upcoming classes:

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Class of curious nature Bremen (DE)	Mon 8 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15 Wed 10 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15 Thu 18 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 19 Apr, 10:00 – 11:15	private
Class DART Berlin (DE)	Mon 29 Apr, 11:30 – 13:00 Mon 29 Apr, 15:30 – 17:00 Tue 30 Apr, 11:30 – 13:00 Tue 30 Apr, 15:30 – 17:00 Thu 2 May, 11:30 – 13:00 Thu 2 May, 15:30 – 17:00 Fri 3 May, 15:30 – 17:00	private
Class Theater Regensburg Regensburg (DE)	Tue 4 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Wed 5 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Thu 6 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 7 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Sat 8 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15	private
Class Dance Theatere Heidelberg Heidelberg (DE)	Mon 10 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Tue 11 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Wed 12 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Thu 13 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15 Fri 14 Jun, 10:00 – 11:15	private
Class EIN TANZ HAUS Mannheim (DE)	Mon 10 Jun, 19:00 – 20:30 Wed 12 Jun, 19:00 – 20:30 Thu 13 Jun, 19:00 – 20:30	public

Mariko’s teaching history:

8 – 19 Apr 2024, of curious nature, Bremen (DE)
5 – 6 Apr 2024, Teo Otto Theater, Remschheid (DE)
21 Feb – 22 Mar 2024, of curious nature, Bremen (DE)
15 Feb – 1 Mar 2024, of curious nature, Bremen (DE)
10 Jan – 9 Feb 2024, Of Curious Nature, Bremen (DE)
4 – 5 Jan 2024, None, Osaka (JP)
18 – 22 Dec 2023, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
13 Dec – 5 Jan 2024, None, Osaka (JP)
4 – 5 Dec 2023, of curious natuer, Bremen (DE)
20 – 23 Nov 2023, K3, Hamburg (DE)
13 – 26 Nov 2023, of curious nature, Bremen (DE)
11 – 12 Nov 2023, tanzXchange, Münster (DE)
12 – 22 Oct 2023, Of curious nature, Bremen (DE)
16 – 17 Sep 2023, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
12 – 14 Sep 2023, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
1 Aug – 2 Oct 2023, Of Curious Nature, Bremen (DE)
24 – 28 Jul 2023, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
17 – 21 Jul 2023, Studio29, Berlin (DE)
28 – 29 Jun 2023, Of Curious Nature, Bremen (DE)
19 – 20 Jun 2023, TANZ NETWERK BREMEN, Bremen (DE)
13 – 17 Jun 2023, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Braunschweig (DE)
7 – 10 Jun 2023, Dance Company Theater Osnabrück, Osnabrück (DE)
24 – 25 May 2023, Mukogawa Women’s University, Kobe
19 – 21 May 2023, Eyes dance, Kyoto (JP)
11 – 17 May 2023, 斉藤Dance工房, Osaka
6 – 7 May 2023, Studio Architanz, Tokyo (JP)
5 May 2023, G-Screw Dance Labo, Tokyo (JP)
29 – 30 Apr 2023, Kyoto Contemporary Ballet Open Class, Kyoto (JP)
26 – 28 Apr 2023, Mukogawa Women‘s University, Kobe (JP)
11 – 14 Apr 2023, of curious nature, Bremen (DE)
4 – 6 Apr 2023, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Berlin (DE)
4 Apr – 4 Jun 2023, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
27 – 31 Mar 2023, TROIS C-L, Luxemburg (LU)
20 – 24 Mar 2023, CDSH, Hamburg (DE)
10 – 17 Mar 2023, Tanzxchange Münster, Münster (DE)
20 – 24 Feb 2023, TanzNetDresden, Dresden (DE)
30 Jan – 3 Feb 2023, Tanzfabrik, Berlin (DE)
24 Jan – 2 Feb 2023, Marameo, Berlin (DE)
18 – 19 Jan 2023, Kobe college, Kobe (JP)
16 Jan 2023, Mayura Ballet Studio, Osaka (JP)
9 Jan 2023, a-core-dance arts studio, Osaka (JP)
14 – 18 Nov 2022, TanzNetzDresden ProfiTraining, Dresden (DE)
7 – 9 Nov 2022, Of Curious Nature, Bremen (DE)
1 – 2 Nov 2022, TANZPUNKT HANNOVER, Hannover (DE)
24 Oct 2022, TANZ_NETZWERK_BREMEN PROFESSIONAL, Bremen (DE)
11 – 14 Oct 2022, Of Curious Nature, Bremen (DE)
8 – 12 Sep 2022, tanz_netzwerk_bremen PROFESSIONAL LAFDK, Bremen (DE)

Baltimore (MD), USA

“Countertechnique is not only an extremely technical dance practice but makes learning and dancing magnificently fun. It encourages you to get on the floor, listen, try, test, fail, soar, play and enjoy.”

Kelly Hirina

Baltimore (MD), USA

As a citizen of both the U.S.A. and the Netherlands, Kelly currently resides in Baltimore (MD). She was introduced to Countertechnique in the early 2000s and became certified as part of the Countertechnique Teacher Training program (CTTT) in 2020; she attended her second CTTT in 2022. It excites her that her research and the practice of Countertechnique align in various ways and she enjoys the resurgence of the technique in her professional life.

During her extensive career as a freelance dancer, she worked with a wide range of choreographers and directors, including Jakop Ahlbom, Krisztina de Châtel as part of Dansgroep Amsterdam, and most recently ICKamsterdam (Emio Greco / Pieter Scholten). As of 2017, she has been a certified teacher of Double Skin/Double Mind, the dance method of EG|PC, pilates and yoga.

She acquired her M.F.A. in Dance from the University of Michigan with research based upon the link between mind and body in dance training, rehearsal and performance. Her specific interest is in pedagogical methods that enhance intrinsic motivation, appreciation for learning (a process-oriented approach) and goal setting. Kelly is eager to further develop these interests on the dance floor with Countertechnique.

“Countertechnique is not only an extremely technical dance practice but makes learning and dancing magnificently fun. It encourages you to get on the floor, listen, try, test, fail, soar, play and enjoy.”

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Kelly’s upcoming classes:

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Curriculum Peabody Conservatory Baltimore (USA)	Tue 23 Jan – Tue 23 Jan, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 23 Jan – Tue 23 Jan, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 25 Jan – Thu 25 Jan, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 25 Jan – Thu 25 Jan, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 30 Jan – Tue 30 Jan, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 30 Jan – Tue 30 Jan, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 1 Feb – Thu 1 Feb, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 1 Feb – Thu 1 Feb, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 6 Feb – Tue 6 Feb, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 6 Feb – Tue 6 Feb, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 8 Feb – Thu 8 Feb, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 8 Feb – Thu 8 Feb, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 13 Feb – Tue 13 Feb, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 13 Feb – Tue 13 Feb, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 15 Feb – Thu 15 Feb, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 15 Feb – Thu 15 Feb, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 27 Feb – Tue 27 Feb, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 27 Feb – Tue 27 Feb, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 29 Feb – Thu 29 Feb, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 29 Feb – Thu 29 Feb, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 5 Mar – Tue 5 Mar, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 5 Mar – Tue 5 Mar, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 7 Mar – Thu 7 Mar, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 7 Mar – Thu 7 Mar, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 12 Mar – Mon 11 Mar, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 12 Mar – Mon 11 Mar, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 14 Mar – Wed 13 Mar, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 14 Mar – Wed 13 Mar, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 26 Mar – Mon 25 Mar, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 26 Mar – Mon 25 Mar, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 28 Mar – Wed 27 Mar, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 28 Mar – Wed 27 Mar, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 2 Apr – Mon 1 Apr, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 2 Apr – Mon 1 Apr, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 4 Apr – Wed 3 Apr, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 4 Apr – Wed 3 Apr, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 9 Apr – Mon 8 Apr, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 9 Apr – Mon 8 Apr, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 11 Apr – Wed 10 Apr, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 11 Apr – Wed 10 Apr, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 16 Apr – Mon 15 Apr, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 16 Apr – Mon 15 Apr, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 18 Apr – Wed 17 Apr, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 18 Apr – Wed 17 Apr, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 23 Apr – Mon 22 Apr, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 23 Apr – Mon 22 Apr, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 25 Apr – Wed 24 Apr, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 25 Apr – Wed 24 Apr, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 30 Apr – Mon 29 Apr, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 30 Apr – Mon 29 Apr, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 2 May – Wed 1 May, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 2 May – Wed 1 May, 09:30 – 10:50 Tue 7 May – Mon 6 May, 11:00 – 12:20 Tue 7 May – Mon 6 May, 09:30 – 10:50 Thu 9 May – Wed 8 May, 11:00 – 12:20 Thu 9 May – Wed 8 May, 09:30 – 10:50	private
Curriculum George Washington University Washington DC (USA)	Wed 17 Jan – Wed 17 Jan, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 22 Jan – Mon 22 Jan, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 24 Jan – Wed 24 Jan, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 29 Jan – Mon 29 Jan, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 31 Jan – Wed 31 Jan, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 5 Feb – Mon 5 Feb, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 7 Feb – Wed 7 Feb, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 12 Feb – Mon 12 Feb, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 14 Feb – Wed 14 Feb, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 21 Feb – Wed 21 Feb, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 26 Feb – Mon 26 Feb, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 28 Feb – Wed 28 Feb, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 4 Mar – Mon 4 Mar, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 13 Mar – Tue 12 Mar, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 18 Mar – Sat 16 Mar, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 20 Mar – Tue 19 Mar, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 25 Mar – Sat 23 Mar, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 27 Mar – Tue 26 Mar, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 1 Apr – Sat 30 Mar, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 3 Apr – Tue 2 Apr, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 8 Apr – Sat 6 Apr, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 10 Apr – Tue 9 Apr, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 15 Apr – Sat 13 Apr, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 17 Apr – Tue 16 Apr, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 22 Apr – Sat 20 Apr, 12:45 – 14:15 Wed 24 Apr – Tue 23 Apr, 12:45 – 14:15 Mon 29 Apr – Sat 27 Apr, 12:45 – 14:15	private

Kelly’s teaching history:

23 Jan – 8 May 2024, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore (USA)
17 Jan – 27 Apr 2024, George Washington University, Washington DC (USA)
31 Aug – 7 Dec 2023, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD (USA)
29 Aug – 5 Dec 2023, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD (USA)
17 – 21 Jul 2023, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, Detroit (MI) (USA)
16 Jul 2023, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, Detroit (MI) (USA)
20 – 24 Jun 2023, Peabody Preparatory, Baltimore (USA)
12 – 16 Jun 2023, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
10 Jun 2023, American Dance Festival, Durham (USA)
15 May 2023, Le Mondo, Baltimore (USA)
28 Jan – 20 May 2023, Peabody Preparatory, Baltimore MD (USA)
24 Jan – 12 May 2023, Peabody Conservatory/ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD (USA)
14 Nov – 12 Dec 2022, Le Mondo, Baltimore MD (USA)
10 Oct 2022, Le Mondo, Baltimore MD (USA)
16 – 30 Sep 2022, University of Maryland Department of Dance, College Park (MD) (USA)
29 Aug – 12 Dec 2022, Peabody Institute, Baltimore (MD) (USA)
25 Jul 2022, Le Mondo, Baltimore (MD) (USA)
18 – 20 Jul 2022, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, Birmingham, MI (USA)
17 Jul 2022, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, Birmingham, MI (USA)
21 – 24 Jun 2022, Peabody Preparatory, Baltimore (MD) (USA)
23 Mar 2022, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
22 – 24 Mar 2022, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, Birmingham (MI) (USA)
7 – 11 Mar 2022, George Mason University, Fairfax (VA) (USA)
28 Jan – 13 May 2022, Peabody Institute/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA)
27 Jan – 12 May 2022, Peabody Institute/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA)
25 Jan – 11 May 2022, Peabody Institute/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA)
24 Jan – 9 May 2022, Peabody Institute/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA)
30 Aug – 13 Dec 2021, Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, Baltimore (USA)
28 Apr 2021, Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
7 – 21 Apr 2021, Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
3 – 31 Mar 2021, Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
6 Jan – 17 Feb 2021, Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
16 – 19 Nov 2020, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
21 Oct – 16 Dec 2020, Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
5 – 8 Oct 2020, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)

Perth, Australia

"Within Countertechnique, I am able to move with my mind and think with my body. I am continuously curious in the investigation of my possibilities, choices and abilities that continue to grow in virtuosity, sensitivity and potential."

Linton Elethios

Perth, Australia

Born in Australia, Linton is a Perth based independent contemporary dance artist. He has followed Countertechnique rigorously having participated in three One Body One Career Intensives (2013, 2015, 2016) and attained his Teacher Countertechnique certification in 2016.

His training stems from a background in Tae Kwon Do, Ballroom/Latin American and Vinyasa Yoga. Linton graduated from WAAPA in 2012, receiving the award for ‘Most outstanding graduating student’. During his studies he danced in the choreographies of Tanja Liedtke, Michael Whaites, Gabrielle Nankivell, Melanie Lane, Justin Rutzou and Jeff Hsieh amongst others. Since graduating he has performed with Ochre Contemporary Dance Company, Mirramu Dance Company, Kuerazo Latin Dance Productions, Chrissie Parrott Arts, Perth International Arts Festival (2012, 2013, 2015), Perth Fringe Festival (2014) and Melbourne Fringe Festival (2016). Linton has also created short works in creative collaboration with Brooke Leeder, Louise Honeybul and Sarah Chaffey.

He was the recipient of a 2015 Australia Council Artstart grant for emerging artists and spent several months training and performing at festivals, workshops and intensives across Europe. He has also invested heavily in the movement languages of Forsythe and GaGa through STRUT Dance, performing Decadance (2016) and One Flat Thing Reproduced (2017).

Linton has a passion for teaching that has grown over the last decade from leading ballroom lessons, contemporary classes, vinyasa yoga and now Countertechnique. This has developed a keen curiosity as to what knowledge we choose to share and how we do so to best support others.

"As a student I have always believed the best teachers are the ones who show you where to look but not what to see. They act to support an environment in which you can play, discover research and realise things for yourself. This kind of learning is extremely empowering for both the student and teacher as the focus is on the information between people, the conversation, the sharing. My first experience with Countertechnique was confronting because I could not work out what was right or wrong or how to ‘do it’. That was until I realised that the roots of this work are based in engaging with how I am thinking about my body, moving and being.

Countertechnique has become the platform upon which I consider and interact with all movement. It is the self-cultivated nervous system that consciously connects all of my intellectual understanding of the body with my physical, instinctual experience. Within this system I am able to move with my mind and think with my body. I am continuously curious in the investigation of my possibilities, choices and abilities that continue to grow in virtuosity, sensitivity and potential.

Dancing with this awareness consistently helps me navigate moving both as a dancer and a pedestrian. The result is that for the first time in my career I have trusted that I have everything I need to handle any situation. This gives me the freedom to dance with more relentless abandon in the face of fear or doubt and empowers me to play, improvise and respond to every moment openly."

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Linton’s teaching history:

10 Jan – 30 Mar 2023, STRUT Dance Inc., Perth (AUS)
11 – 25 Aug 2022, HotHouse Company, Perth (AUS)
19 Jul – 2 Aug 2022, HotHouse Company, Perth (AUS)
2 – 28 Jun 2022, STRUT Dance Inc., Perth (AUS)
17 – 24 Mar 2022, STRUT Dance Inc., Perth (AUS)
11 – 13 Nov 2021, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
2 – 4 Nov 2021, STRUT Dance Inc., Perth (AUS)
17 Sep – 18 Oct 2021, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
4 – 19 Aug 2021, STRUT Dance Inc., Perth (AUS)
20 Jul 2021, LINK Dance Company, Perth (AUS)
7 – 30 Nov 2020, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
3 – 17 Nov 2020, STRUT Dance Inc., Perth (AUS)
2 Oct – 9 Nov 2020, LINK Dance Company, Perth (AUS)
18 Aug 2020, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
11 – 25 Aug 2020, HotHouse Company, Perth (AUS)
23 – 30 Jul 2020, STRUT Dance Inc., Perth (AUS)
23 Mar – 28 May 2020, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
5 – 26 Mar 2020, STRUT Dance, Perth (AUS)
3 – 10 Mar 2020, STRUT Dance Inc., Perth (AUS)
3 Mar 2020, Perth Independent Pro Classes, Perth (AUS)
10 Feb – 16 Mar 2020, Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy, Perth (AUS)
20 Aug 2019, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
15 Aug – 26 Sep 2019, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
8 Aug 2019, STRUT Dance, Perth (AUS)
30 Jul – 13 Aug 2019, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
22 Jul – 14 Aug 2019, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
1 Jul 2019, Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy, Perth (AUS)
27 Jun – 27 Aug 2019, Perth Independent Pro Classes, Perth (AUS)
19 – 20 Jun 2019, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
17 – 20 Jun 2019, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
4 Jun 2019, The HotHouse Company, Perth (AUS)
16 May – 6 Jun 2019, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
13 May 2019, Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy, Perth (AUS)
8 – 11 Apr 2019, Cie Thor, Brussels (BE)
15 – 22 Nov 2018, Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy, Perth (AUS)
1 Oct – 21 Nov 2018, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
13 Sep 2018, Katharine Mantle Performing Arts Academy, Perth
15 Aug – 28 Sep 2018, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
16 – 31 Jul 2018, Staibdance, Sorrento (IT)
31 Mar 2017, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth (AUS)
15 – 22 Feb 2017, Chunky Move, Melbourne (AUS)
11 Jan – 4 Feb 2017, Perth Fringe - Independent Project Class, Perth (AUS)
16 – 30 Aug 2016, The HotHouse Company, Perth (AUS)
16 – 18 Aug 2016, STRUT Dance, Perth (AUS)

Carmel Valley (CA), USA

“Countertechnique has taught me how to dance my brains out and be safe, at the same time. It has literally changed my life and I love sharing all that I’ve learned. Once you go Counter, you never go back!”

Lillian Barbeito

Carmel Valley (CA), USA

Born in the States, Lillian is based in Los Angeles. She has been studying Countertechnique since 2006, attended the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2008 and has been teaching Countertechnique in North-America since then. She attended a second Countertechnique Teacher Training in 2012.

Lillian studied classical ballet with renowned schools such as Aspen / Santa Fe Ballet, Boston Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. While earning a BFA from The Juilliard School in New York, she studied with principal dancers from the original Martha Graham, Jose Limon and Paul Taylor companies, as well as Alexander Technique and Anatomy for Dancers with Irene Dowd. As a dancer, Lillian had an extensive career that took her to Europe, New York, and then finally Los Angeles. She is a sought-after choreographer and is Co-Artistic Director of BODYTRAFFIC, a repertory dance company based in Los Angeles. Lillian has taught for institutions such as CalArts, Idyllwild Arts Academy, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures and many more; she’s currently a professor at Loyola Marymount University.

“In 2005, I saw the dancers of Anouk van Dijk perform in New York and I had never seen movement, use of space, vulnerability and virtuosity quite like that before. The first One Body, One Career Intensive in 2006 turned my dance life upside down and rattled around! I realized that Countertechnique was not just an innovative style, but rather an entire, thoroughly developed, unprecedented approach to dancing. I left Amsterdam feeling like I’d only skimmed the surface of an ocean of possibility. I returned in 2008 to do the Countertechnique Teachers Training. I had contemplated going back to school to earn an MFA, but I did not want to learn teaching “old fashioned,” modern dance techniques or post modern dance. I wanted to teach contemporary dance that would give my students tools for a long and successful career, and that would learn them how to dance with virtuosity while simultaneously dancing healthfully."

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Lillian’s upcoming classes:

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Class

DANCE at Hidden Valley

Carmel Valley Village (USA)

Fri 12 Jan, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 19 Jan, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 26 Jan, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 2 Feb, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 9 Feb, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 16 Feb, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 23 Feb, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 1 Mar, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 8 Mar, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 15 Mar, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 22 Mar, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 29 Mar, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 5 Apr, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 12 Apr, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 19 Apr, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 26 Apr, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 3 May, 10:30 – 12:00
Fri 10 May, 10:30 – 12:00

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Lillian’s teaching history:

12 Jan – 10 May 2024, DANCE at Hidden Valley, Carmel Valley Village (USA)
28 Dec – 6 Jan 2024, Carmel Dance Festival, Carmel Valley Village (USA)
8 Sep – 8 Dec 2023, DANCE at Hidden Valley, Carmel Valley Village (USA)
1 – 7 Jan 2023, Carmel Dance Festival, Carmel Valley Village (USA)
16 – 17 Jun 2022, Studio West Dance Center, Fort Collins (USA)
10 Jan 2022, Young Arts, online (USA)
23 Sep – 20 Jan 2022, Pacific Arts Complex, Monterey (USA)
5 – 10 Sep 2021, Carmel Dance Festival, Carmel Valley Village (USA)
13 – 14 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
13 – 14 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
13 – 14 Mar 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
16 Jan – 13 May 2020, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
14 Jan – 11 May 2020, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
30 Dec – 3 Jan 2020, BODYTRAFFIC, Los Angeles (USA)
27 Aug – 10 Dec 2019, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
8 – 26 Jul 2019, BODYTRAFFIC, Santa Monica (USA)
1 – 5 Jul 2019, Mira Costa College, Mira Costa (USA)
10 – 14 Jun 2019, Studio West, Fort Collins (USA)
6 Apr 2019, Los Angeles Dance Festival, Los Angeles (USA)
31 Dec – 5 Jan 2019, BODYTRAFFIC, Los Angeles (USA)
3 Nov 2018, BODYTRAFFIC, Los Angeles (USA)
23 – 28 Jul 2018, The School at Jacob's Pillow, Beckett, Massachusetts (USA)
11 – 14 Jun 2018, Studio West Dance Center, Fort Collins
12 May 2018, UCLA, Los Angeles (USA)
11 May 2018, AMDA, Los Angeles (USA)
11 Jan – 2 May 2018, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
11 Jan 2018, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia (USA)
9 Jan – 7 May 2018, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
2 – 6 Jan 2018, BODYTRAFFIC, Los Angeles (USA)
5 Oct 2017, University of California, Irvine (USA)
29 Aug – 12 Dec 2017, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
7 – 11 Aug 2017, Peridance, New York (USA)
10 – 14 Jul 2017, Dance & Movement for Educators, Orange, CA (USA)
3 – 7 Jul 2017, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA (USA)
12 – 16 Jun 2017, Studio West, Fort Collins, CO (USA)
29 Apr 2017, Algerian National Ballet, Algiers
17 Mar 2017, Dance Studio of Maine, Portland, Maine (USA)
22 Jan 2017, Gibney Dance, New York City (USA)
28 – 31 Dec 2015, BODYTRAFFIC, Los Angeles (USA)
11 – 12 Nov 2014, Keshet Center for the Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)
8 Nov 2014, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)
1 – 5 May 2014, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
4 – 27 Mar 2014, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
4 – 27 Feb 2014, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
14 – 30 Jan 2014, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
1 Jan – 5 May 2014, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
17 Jan – 8 May 2013, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
15 Jan – 6 May 2013, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (USA)
17 – 17 Feb 2019, Colburn School, Los Angeles (USA)
8 – 9 Aug 2011, BODYTRAFFIC, Los Angeles

Wellington, New Zealand

"Countertechnique keeps me curious, inspired and excited in my dancing. I am able to experience freedom with clarity, choice with perspective and openness with focus."

Eliza Sanders

Wellington, New Zealand

Originally from Canberra, Australia Eliza is now based predominantly in Wellington, New Zealand. She began studying Countertechniqe in 2013, has taken part in four One Body One Career Intensives since, as well as studying Countertechnique while on secondment with Chunky Move in 2015. Eliza became a certified Countertechnique teacher in July 2018.

Eliza trained in contemporary dance at The New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington. Since graduating Eliza has worked predominantly as a choreographer making works on Footnote Dance Company, QL2 dance, The New Zealand School of Dance and her own Company House of Sand which she launched in 2015 with her brother (director/ dramaturg Charles Sanders). As a dancer Eliza has worked for Body Cartography, The Australian Dance Party, The World of Wearable Art, Battleground productions and Java Dance Theatre.

She is a key artist on the Make a Move program, working to improve dance education in schools for the Australian National Curriculum.

“Countertechnique keeps me curious, inspired and excited in my dancing. I am able to experience freedom with clarity, choice with perspective and openness with focus. It has changed completely how I approach my mind and my movement and I’m excited to share the possibilities with other dancers.”

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Eliza’s teaching history:

27 Nov – 1 Dec 2023, House of Sand, Canberra (NZ)
6 – 10 Nov 2023, Atamira Dance Co., Auckland
24 Sep 2023, Movement Arts Practice, Christchurch (NZ)
30 Jul 2023, IndepenDance, Auckland (NZ)
23 – 27 Jan 2023, House of Sand & Wellesley Studios, Auckland (NZ)
11 – 29 Oct 2021, The New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington (NZ)
6 – 17 Sep 2021, The New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington (NZ)
9 – 13 Jul 2021, New Zealand Dance Company, Auckland (NZ)
17 Feb 2020, Footnote Dance, Wellington (NZ)
23 – 24 Oct 2019, Footnote Dance, Wellington (NZ)
2 May 2019, AusDance , Canberra (AUS)
14 Mar 2019, AusDance , Canberra (AUS)
16 Feb 2019, Muscle Mouth , Auckland (NZ)
24 – 25 Jan 2019, Foster Group Dance , Auckland (NZ)
12 Dec 2018, AusDance , Canberra (AUS)
6 Dec 2018, AusDance , Canberra (AUS)
12 – 16 Nov 2018, South Australian Independent Dance , Adelaide (AUS)
13 Oct 2018, The New Zealand School of Dance , Wellington (NZ)
26 Sep – 5 Oct 2018, House of Sand @ Tarrant Dance Studio 125 Cuba St , Wellington (NZ)
10 – 11 Sep 2018, South Australian Independent Dance , Adelaide (AUS)
6 Sep 2018, South Australian Independent Dance , Adelaide (AUS)
25 Aug 2018, Footnote Dance , Wellington (NZ)
20 – 31 Aug 2018, House of Sand @ Tarrant Dance Studio 125 Cuba St , Wellington (NZ)
6 – 17 Aug 2018, Footnote Dance , Wellington (NZ)

Chicago, USA

"I love to create a playful and energizing environment that brings joy to the surface and encourages all to continually explore and expand their own curiosities and capabilities both on and off the dance floor."

Sophie Allen

Chicago, USA

Born in the U.S., Sophie is currently based in Chicago, Illinois. She first experienced Countertechnique in 2019 and has since participated in three One Body One Career intensives before successfully completing the Countertechnique Teacher Training program in 2023.

Prior to earning both a BFA in Dance and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from The University of Michigan, Sophie was a Jazz and Contemporary Trainee at The Joffrey Ballet School in New York. Both as a student and professionally, Sophie has danced works by choreographers including Meredith Monk, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Shannon Gillen/Laja Field, Ayako Kato, Katlin Michael Bourgeois, Rigo Saura, and many others. As a choreographer, Sophie uses humor, tenderness, grief and playfulness to blur the line between live performance and lived reality, resulting in visceral connections with audiences. Sophie continues to nurture her passion for teaching by offering professional classes throughout the Midwest as well as closed-curriculum classes within the The Joffrey Academy of Dance in Chicago.

"On any given day, even minute-by-minute, my body has different needs, strengths and limitations. Countertechnique helps me connect to the “now” and meet both the challenges and pleasures of each moment with ease and courage. It reminds me that I can change what I’m doing at any time and empowers me to work with rather than against my body’s dynamic idiosyncrasies. Countertechnique has made me more resilient and afforded me greater agency to nourish a healthy, sustainable relationship with my dancing. Countertechnique requires dancers to train their mind and body simultaneously. This has brought an elevated level of consciousness, fearlessness and independence to my dancing that I'm excited to explore further and share with others. In my classes, I love to create a playful and energizing environment that brings joy to the surface and encourages all to continually explore and expand their own curiosities and capabilities both on and off the dance floor."

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Sophie’s upcoming classes:

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Curriculum The Joffrey Academy of Dance Chicago (USA)	Wed 20 Sep, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 4 Oct, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 11 Oct, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 18 Oct, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 25 Oct, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 1 Nov, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 29 Nov, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 6 Dec, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 13 Dec, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 20 Dec, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 10 Jan, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 24 Jan, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 31 Jan, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 7 Feb, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 14 Feb, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 21 Feb, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 28 Feb, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 6 Mar, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 13 Mar, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 20 Mar, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 3 Apr, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 10 Apr, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 17 Apr, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 24 Apr, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 1 May, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 8 May, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 15 May, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 22 May, 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 29 May, 11:00 – 12:30	private
Class Extensions Dance Center Chicago (USA)	Sat 23 Dec, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 30 Dec, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 3 Feb, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 10 Feb, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 16 Mar, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 20 Apr, 03:00 – 04:45 Sun 28 Apr, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 8 Jun, 02:00 – 03:45	public
Class Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Chicago (USA)	Tue 27 Feb, 09:30 – 11:00 Thu 25 Apr, 09:30 – 11:00	public
Class Links Hall Chicago (USA)	Sat 30 Mar, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 4 May, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 25 May, 02:00 – 03:45 Sat 1 Jun, 02:00 – 03:45	public
Class The Rooted Space Chicago (USA)	Thu 5 Oct, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 12 Oct, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 19 Oct, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 16 Nov, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 30 Nov, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 7 Dec, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 18 Jan, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 25 Jan, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 1 Feb, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 7 Mar, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 14 Mar, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 21 Mar, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 28 Mar, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 4 Apr, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 9 May, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 16 May, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 23 May, 11:00 – 12:30 Thu 30 May, 11:00 – 12:30	public
Workshop FACT/SF San Francisco (USA)	Wed 14 Aug – Sat 24 Aug, 10:00 – 16:00	public

Sophie’s teaching history:

30 Mar – 1 Jun 2024, Links Hall, Chicago (USA)
29 Feb 2024, 2024 American College Dance Association East-Central Conference at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
27 Feb – 25 Apr 2024, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, Chicago (USA)
20 Feb 2024, DanceWorks Chicago, Chicago (USA)
23 Dec – 8 Jun 2024, Extensions Dance Center, Chicago (USA)
5 Oct – 30 May 2024, The Rooted Space, Chicago (USA)
20 Sep – 29 May 2024, The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Chicago (USA)

Arnhem, the Netherlands

"I love to share my experience with others through teaching and in my classes will invite everyone in an open and energetic way to find ease, freedom, efficiency and control in movement.”

Nina Funk

Arnhem, the Netherlands

Originally from Germany, Nina Funk is currently based in Arnhem. She has been studying Countertechnique intensively since 2013, including three One Body One Career Intensives. She was certified as a Teacher Countertechnique in 2016 and successfully attended a second Countertechnique Teacher Training program (CTTT) in 2020. In 2023, Nina also completed the CTTT modules “Practical Tools Workshop” and “Curriculum”.

After graduating in 2008 from the BA Dance Teacher department at the ArtEZ School of Dance in Arnhem (The Netherlands), Nina continued her studies at Trinity Laban in London. She also took workshops with Batsheva Dance Company and Hofesh Shechter Company.

Dancing, choreographing, and teaching are three elements of equal importance for Nina. In each element she finds inspiration to develop herself further and to share her passion with others. As a dancer, Nina has performed in the work of choreographers such as Wies Bloemen, Fleur Darkin, Adriaan Luteijn, Lorenzo Borella, and Marc Brew.
Currently, she holds a teaching position at the ArtEZ School of Dance where she is a mentor for the second-year students and rehearsal director next to teaching Countertechnique classes. In 2023 Nina was assisting Anouk van Dijk in rehearsing "Surge" with the first-year students of ArtEZ Dance Academy.

Nina also works as a freelance teacher and choreographer in various other places in The Netherlands and abroad. She has for several years been part of the education department of the contemporary ballet company Introdans and has continued to work for them as a freelance teacher and dancer, where she performed in the work of Adriaan Luteijn for the first time together with dancers with different abilities. Nina worked for him as an assistant choreographer with Flatfoot Dance Company in Durban (SA). Since then Nina’s interest in working, creating, and dancing with different groups and dancers with all kinds of abilities has grown and is still a big interest in her work.

“ My first Countertechnique class was an incredible experience: I felt so ready, free and warmed up, I didn’t want to stop dancing. After that initial class, I just wanted to repeat the experience over and over, to reproduce this same feeling. The class is so cleverly structured, step by step it builds the awareness of your body and the space around you, and the possibilities to use them - and then finally you find yourself flying through the room! What stuck with me the most in all the last years practicing Countertechnique as a dancer, was that I should always stay in the process, make a clear choice which of the tools available I wanted to use and then go for it full out. Dancing is this unique moment, never the same. But the more you understand your body and the possibilities it has, the more you can explore it, get the most out of every moment and have fun playing around and dancing."

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Nina’s upcoming classes:

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Curriculum

ArtEZ Artisteducator in Dance

Arnhem (NL)

Tue 20 Feb, 10:45 – 12:45
Fri 23 Feb, 09:00 – 10:30
Tue 27 Feb, 10:45 – 12:45
Fri 1 Mar, 09:00 – 10:30
Tue 5 Mar, 10:45 – 12:45
Fri 8 Mar, 09:00 – 10:30
Tue 12 Mar, 10:45 – 12:45
Fri 15 Mar, 09:00 – 10:30
Tue 19 Mar, 10:45 – 12:45
Fri 22 Mar, 09:00 – 10:30
Tue 9 Apr, 10:45 – 12:45
Fri 12 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30
Tue 16 Apr, 10:45 – 12:45
Fri 19 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30
Tue 23 Apr, 10:45 – 12:45
Fri 26 Apr, 09:00 – 10:30

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Nina’s teaching history:

20 Feb – 26 Apr 2024, ArtEZ Artisteducator in Dance, Arnhem (NL)
8 – 29 Jan 2024, MBO RijnIJssel Danser Show Allround, Arnhem (NL)
8 – 29 Jan 2024, MBO RijnIJssel Danser Show Allround, Arnhem (NL)
11 – 28 Sep 2023, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
8 Sep – 11 Nov 2023, ArtEZ School of Dance/ dance in education, Arnhem (NL)
21 – 24 Aug 2023, Vilnius Summer Dance Intensive, Vilnius (LT)
23 Jun – 14 Jul 2023, Arnhemse Meisjes, Arnhem (NL)
10 May – 2 Jun 2023, RijnIJssel MBO Dancer/ Creative Contemporary, Arnhem (NL)
11 Apr – 2 Jun 2023, ArtEZ School of Dance/ BADD, Arnhem (NL)
26 Mar 2023, Jeugd Dans Opleiding Fryslan, Leeuwarden (NL)
11 Feb – 31 Mar 2023, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
4 Feb 2023, Black Birds Winter Intensive, Rotterdam (NL)
10 Jan – 17 Feb 2023, ArtEZ School of Dance/ BADD, Arnhem (NL)
20 – 22 Dec 2022, Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
9 Dec – 11 Sep 2022, HAMU Music and Dance Faculty, Prague (CZ)
8 Dec – 9 Sep 2022, Konzervatory Duncan Center, Prague (CZ)
15 Oct 2022, De VAK, Centrum voor de Kunsten, Delft (NL)
6 Sep – 14 Oct 2022, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
5 Sep – 25 Nov 2022, ArtEZ School of Dance/ BADD, Arnhem (NL)
30 Aug 2022, De Vloer, Arnhem (NL)
5 – 8 Jul 2022, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
15 May 2022, Jeugd Dans Opleiding Fryslan, Leeuwarden (NL)
28 Mar – 15 Apr 2022, AHK Docent Dans, Amsterdam (NL)
19 Mar 2022, De VAK, Centrum voor de Kunsten, Delft (NL)
12 – 13 Mar 2022, Ballettschule Heidi Sievert, Münster (DE)
11 Mar – 24 May 2022, ArtEZ School of Dance/ BADD, Arnhem (NL)
11 Mar – 8 Apr 2022, Werktitel Belcampo Loft, Amsterdam (NL)
11 Jan – 4 Feb 2022, ArtEZ School of Dance/ BADD, Arnhem (NL)
27 Nov 2021, De VAK, Centrum voor de Kunsten, Delft (NL)
3 Nov – 11 Feb 2022, Dancer Creative Contemporary MBO Arnhem, Arnhem (NL)
2 – 26 Nov 2021, ArtEZ School of Dance/ BADD, Arnhem (NL)
20 – 27 Feb 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
20 – 27 Feb 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
20 – 27 Feb 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (USA)
16 – 23 Feb 2021, Countertechnique Online, New York City (USA)
16 – 23 Feb 2021, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
16 – 23 Feb 2021, Countertechnique Online, Los Angeles (USA)
4 Feb 2021, Fontys Dance Academy/ Contemporary Urban, Tilburg (NL)
2 – 12 Feb 2021, ArtEZ School of Dance/ BADD, Arnhem (NL)
14 – 18 Dec 2020, HENNY JURRIËNS Stichting, Amsterdam (NL)
3 Nov – 20 Jan 2021, RijnIJssel Creative Contemporary, Arnhem (NL)
3 – 4 Oct 2020, MBO RijnIJssel Danser/Urban, Arnhem (NL)
15 Sep – 14 Oct 2020, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
1 Sep – 16 Oct 2020, ArtEZ Bachelor Docent Dans, Arnhem (NL)
26 Aug 2020, De Vloer, School voor Podiumkunsten, Arnhem (NL)
4 Aug 2020, Henny Jurriens Stichting ( HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
3 – 7 Aug 2020, HJS Studio, amsterdam (NL)
16 – 26 Jun 2020, Henny Jurriëns Stichting ( HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
16 Jun 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
29 May – 12 Jun 2020, ArtEZ Bachelor Docent Dans, Arnhem (NL)
26 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam
7 – 15 May 2020, ArtEZ Bachelor Docent Dans, Arnhem (NL)
29 Apr – 19 May 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
21 Apr 2020, Countertechnique Online, Amsterdam (NL)
16 – 23 Apr 2020, ArtEZ Bachelor Docent Dans, Arnhem (NL)
15 – 24 Jan 2020, RijnIJssel Creative Contemporary, Arnhem (NL)
23 Oct – 20 Dec 2019, RijnIJssel Creative Contemporary/ ArtEZ, Arnhem (NL)
10 – 20 Sep 2019, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
3 Sep – 11 Oct 2019, ArtEZ Dance in Education, Arnhem (NL)
21 Aug 2019, De Vloer, School voor Podiumkunsten, Arnhem (NL)
2 Jul 2019, De Stilte, Breda (NL)
17 Jun – 1 Jul 2019, Balletstudio Marieke van der Heijden, Amsterdam (NL)
29 Mar 2019, Fontys Dance Academy, Tilburg (NL)
26 Feb – 19 Mar 2019, ArtEZ Dance in Education, Arnhem (NL)
16 – 17 Feb 2019, Skandalisi Dance, Yekaterinburg (RU)
12 Feb – 21 Mar 2019, MBO Aventus Moderne Dans, Zutphen (NL)
22 Jan 2019, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
22 Jan 2019, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
8 – 15 Jan 2019, De Stilte , Breda (NL)
21 Nov – 19 Dec 2018, RijnIJssel FastTrack/ ArtEZ, Arnhem (NL)
27 Sep 2018, Urban Contemporary AHK Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
25 Sep – 12 Oct 2018, ArtEZ Academie voor Theater en Dans, Arnhem (NL)
11 – 21 Sep 2018, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
22 Aug 2018, De Vloer, School voor Podiumkunsten, Arnhem (NL)
4 Jul 2018, Flex Dansstudio , Nijmegen (NL)
1 Oct 2017, De DansPunt, Tilburg (NL)
27 Sep – 5 Oct 2017, ArtEZ School of dance, Arnhem, Arnhem (NL)
13 – 14 Sep 2017, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
13 – 21 Sep 2017, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
12 Sep – 6 Oct 2017, ArtEZ school of dance, Arnhem , Arnhem (NL)
22 – 29 Aug 2017, Flatfoot Dance Company, Durban (SA)
17 – 19 Jul 2017, Henny Jurriëns Stichting (HJS), Amsterdam (NL)
7 Jul 2017, Het Danslokaal, Nijmegen (NL)
3 – 20 Apr 2017, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
1 Apr 2017, Studio26, Velp (NL)
26 Mar 2017, Deutscher Berufsverband für Tanzpädagogik, Dortmund (DE)
14 Feb – 16 Mar 2017, Aventus School voor Moderne Dans, Zutphen (NL)
23 Jan 2017, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
9 – 17 Jan 2017, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)
12 – 20 Dec 2016, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
23 Nov – 22 Dec 2016, FastTrack Dansopleiding ArtEZ/ RijnIJssel, Arnhem (NL)
24 Oct – 12 Dec 2016, Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam (NL)
14 Oct – 4 Nov 2016, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
20 – 23 Sep 2016, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
6 – 16 Sep 2016, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)
5 – 8 Sep 2016, ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem (NL)

Class HJS Studio Amsterdam (NL)	Mon 6 May, 11:15 – 12:45 Tue 7 May, 11:15 – 12:45 Wed 8 May, 11:15 – 12:45 Thu 9 May, 11:15 – 12:45 Fri 10 May, 11:15 – 12:45	public
Intensive Countertechnique Los Angeles (USA)	Mon 3 Jun – Fri 7 Jun, All Day Mon 10 Jun – Fri 14 Jun	public
Intensive Countertechnique / Henny Jurriëns Studio (HJS) Amsterdam (NL)	Sat 27 Jul – Wed 31 Jul, All Day Fri 2 Aug – Tue 6 Aug, All Day	public
Teacher Training Countertechnique Amsterdam (NL)	Thu 8 Aug – Thu 22 Aug, All Day	public
Teacher Training Countertechnique Amsterdam (NL)	Mon 19 Aug – Wed 21 Aug, All Day	private
Teacher Training Countertechnique Amsterdam (NL)	Sat 24 Aug – Sun 25 Aug, All Day	private
Class HJS Studio Amsterdam (NL)	Mon 30 Sep, 11:15 – 12:45 Tue 1 Oct, 11:15 – 12:45 Wed 2 Oct, 11:15 – 12:45 Thu 3 Oct, 11:15 – 12:45 Fri 4 Oct, 11:15 – 12:45	public
Workshop TicTac Art Centre Brussels (BE)	Mon 4 Nov – Fri 8 Nov, All Day	public
Workshop Acosta Dance Foundation London (GB)	Thu 5 Dec – Sun 8 Dec, All Day	public

Marina Bilterijst

Marina Bilterijst

Madeline Harms

Madeline Harms

Maggie Costales

Maggie Costales

Nina Wollny

MASTER TEACHER

Nina Wollny

Tim Volleman

Tim Volleman

Verena Pircher

Verena Pircher

Ema Yuasa

Ema Yuasa

Catheryn Clifford

Catheryn Clifford

Maya LaLiberté

Maya LaLiberté

Francesca Dominguez

Francesca Dominguez

Kara Burdack

Kara Burdack

Eva Schaller

Eva Schaller

Jennifer McQuiston Lott

Jennifer McQuiston Lott

Samuel Melecio-Zambrano

Samuel Melecio-Zambrano

Lauren Langlois

Lauren Langlois

Angie Lau

SENIOR TEACHER

Angie Lau

Isabelle Nelson

Isabelle Nelson

James Vu Anh Pham

James Vu Anh Pham

Joy Davis

Senior Teacher

Joy Davis

M. Eugenia Demeglio

M. Eugenia Demeglio

Rosanna Tavarez

Senior Teacher

Rosanna Tavarez

Anouk van Dijk

founder

Anouk van Dijk

Melissa Brading

Melissa Brading

Kira Blazek Ziaii

Kira Blazek Ziaii

Nimrod Poles

Nimrod Poles

Julie Magneville

Julie Magneville

Niharika Senapati

SENIOR TEACHER

Niharika Senapati

Shannon Stewart

Shannon Stewart

Eilit Marom

Eilit Marom

Kelsey Paschich

Kelsey Paschich

Jorijn Vriesendorp

Jorijn Vriesendorp

Charles Slender-White

Charles Slender-White

Chimene Steele-Prior

Chimene Steele-Prior

Elita Cannata

SENIOR TEACHER

Elita Cannata

Na-ye Kim

Na-ye Kim

Omar Olivas

Omar Olivas

Jenia Kasatkina