Dance is for everybody
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During 'Scalabor Bruist', students from Dance Artist danced with staff from Scalabor, an organisation of people working together with distance to the labour market. Led by Adriaan Luteijn, artistic manager and choreographer of Introdans, the students and Scalabor staff worked together on a choreography and dance performance. A valuable project. Read all about it in this story and watch the mini docu!
Dance connects
"Dance has a connecting power," says Noortje Bijvoets, Head of Dance Artist. "Through dance, you can connect with people in a different way than verbally. We all have insecurities and we live in our own bubble. It's good to connect people. If you work with someone physically, you can strengthen each other. That works both ways."
"It is important for dance to gain a firmer foothold in society."
Valuable for all
Dancing brings joy to the people of Scalabor. They also get something substantive out of it by experiencing strength and freedom while dancing with young people who are searching for exactly what they want in their lives. For students, it is incredibly inspiring to be in a different situation or work culture for a change. They start moving differently and thinking differently about concepts of dance. "It's one big adventure and I don't know how it ends, except that it's fun," says Adriaan Luteijn of Introdans.
In short, this project is valuable for both groups, as you can see in the mini docu:
"I am very happy about this opportunity and the cooperation with Scalabor and Introdans. Gaining life experience is important. We can easily say that our school makes an impact outside the walls of the theatre, but how do we do that? With this project, we can visualise it."
A student’s perspective
During the project, students from ArtEZ gain all kinds of experiences, including Gregor: "For me it's important because I like dancing with people that don't normally get in touch with dance that much. It's nice for building a community, which I enjoy and which is one of the reasons I dance."
Dance Artist
Dance Artist, the ArtEZ modern and contemporary dance course, trains you to become a dance artist with your own position in the work field.
