Katja Heitmann

Makers

Our goal is to guide the choreographers we work with and our future members through a personal process that will strengthen their independent position in the field of professional (inter)national dance by focusing on their unique skills, specific interests and cooperative project structures.

Aleysa Dobysh

2024-nu

If you ask Alesya why do you create, why do you dance, the answer is, “Because that’s who I am. Alesya is dance, breathes dance, thinks dance. From 2024, Alesya is connected to DansBrabant as PLANmaker. For the next three years she will be working on the further development of her experimental project Motus Sonus […]

Simon Bus

2023 – now

Simon Bus (Hoensbroek 1989) was already heavily impressed by the power moves of Kujo the Crazy Water Buffalo when he was 12 years old. He was a member of the Limburg fusion crew Trashcan Heroes and was part of the (inter)national battle scene. In 2013 he graduated from the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts & […]

Charlotte Goesaert

2023 – now

Charlotte Goesaert (born Antwerp, 1987) is a dancer, choreographer and performer. She graduated from the Fontys dance school in 2009. She worked with SKaGeN, Tuning People, Romeo Castelucci, RO Theatre, among others. From 2016, Charlotte developed as a maker. Together with voice artist Joost Maaskant, she made ‘EPIC FAIL’ and ‘Loophole’, with Karolien Verlinden […]

Anthony van Gog

2023- now

In the coming years, Anthony will investigate the ‘selfless body’ – the idea that we humans do not have a solid core, but that identity is formed by mirroring what is happening outside of us.

Piet Van Dycke

From 2021

Piets aim is never directly the fusion of disciplines, but rather the narrative power that arises from this interaction.

Karel Tuytschaever

2019 – present

Karel is so generous in sharing his interest in observing and making others observe, that we actually see more with him.

Kristel van Issum

2019 – present

A constant driving force in Kristel’s work is her desire to show the imperfection of the ‘stumbling body’ and the struggling human spirit by bringing together beauty and ugliness.

Eleni Ploumi

2020 – present

The different layers that Eleni suggests and continues to pursue make working with her exciting and never non-committal.

Jija Sohn

2018 – present

In a hard world of shells and exteriors, Jija steers us unfalteringly towards a radical intimacy that is relevant to everything that is a source of curiosity to DansBrabant.

Elisabeth Borgermans

2023 – now

The body is a vehicle: all available tools of the body are deployed in search of a reformulation – of the world around us, of the medium of dance itself perhaps.

The100Hands

2017 – 2022

The100Hands embody fresh enthusiasm and inspiration for contemporary dance. In their work they draw parallels to areas including sociology, psychology, philosophy, economics and the environment.

Sabine Molenaar

2014 – 2022

The associative imagery conjured up in Sabine Molenaar’s imaginative world elicits an immediate response from her viewers, who readily submit to her bizarre sequences of movements and transformations. Her physical and emotional concentration transports you in a vortex of visual scenes that leave a lasting impression. Sabine’s performances transcend the limits of dance and […]

2014 – 2020

Katja Heitmann (Hamburg, 1987) graduated BA choreography at Fontys Dance Academy (NL) in 2012. She is fascinated by mankind’s struggle to get grip on existence. By creating systems to control our lives, we end up restricting ourselves. Questioning the definition of reality is the red line in her work. From there Katja is continuously exploring […]

Hilde Elbers

2014 – 2019

Hilde Elbers is known for her exciting performances in pieces by T.r.a.s.h., Conny Janssen, Itzak Galili and Constanza Macras. In between her busy schedule a dancer she’s been experimenting in choreography with pieces such as ‘Playstation’ (2008) with Jasper Dzuki Jelen and ‘Touch Down’ (2010) at Dansateliers. Not so long ago she decided to devote […]

Guilherme Miotto

2014 – 2018

The Brazilian choreographer Guilherme Miotto recently won two important talent prizes: the André Gingras Award 2015 and the Stimuleringsprijs Breda 2016. His innovative work is much noticed; as are the dancers he works with. Using his own Instinctive Performance method, he brings the deep subconscious of movement to the surface. Miotto works from the conviction […]

Arno Schuitemaker

2013 – 2016

After studying Aerospace and Aviation technology at the Technical University of Delft, Arno Schuitemaker radically turned his career around and set out on a study of contemporary dance at the Fontys Academy in Tilburg. Since his graduation as a choreographer Schuitemaker composed several pieces for (site-specific) theatres such as Proxemics (2007), ZONE (2008), ANOMIA (2008), […]

Jelena Kostic

2013 – 2016

Jelena Kostić came to the Netherlands to continue her studies after doing classical dance in Belgrade in Serbia. In 2002 she graduated from the Fontys Dance Academy in Tilburg. A few years later a scholarship for Dance Web, UmpulsTanz Vienne led her to the production of performances. Her attention was drawn to choreographical frameworks and […]

Jan Martens

2013 – 2014

Jan Martens has made an impressive transition in the last four years, from performer to choreographer. After his study at the Fontys Dance Academy in Tilburg, he graduated in 2006 at Artesis Academy in Antwerp and performed in shows by Koen De Preter, United-C, Mor Shani and Ann Van den Broek. In 2009 Jan shifted […]

Pia Meuthen

2013 – 2014

Pia Meuthen has been working as a freelance choreographer since 1998 and established her own production company ‘Panama Pictures’ in 2002 to (co)produce her own projects. During the past few years she has worked with several companies including Productiehuis Brabant and Dansateliers. Pia is one of the local producers who has managed to stay in […]

Katja Heitmann

2014 – 2020

Katja is inspired by the influence of everydays’ digital technologies on society and with that the arising questions about the identity of our human body. She fuses everydays’ technology, the dancers’ body and the presence of the audience into unconventional performances. Who moves who? Go to katjaheitmann.com.