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Dancers don't have a career!

Many people believe that a career in dance is not possible. Is that really true? Well, it's true that a job in the arts doesn't...

Everyone thinks that dancers are more often injured than healthy. But the truth is a bit more complicated. You have to imagine that every...

Today, contemporary dance works a lot with improvisation and research. This often results in a mixture of different movement qualities,...

You hear that again and again: Dancers can't talk, are only focused on their bodies and sometimes seem uneducated. Is that really the...

Someone recently wrote to say that ballet is NOT a sport. Hang on, I can't let that stand! Yes, ballet is first and foremost an art form...

This prejudice really annoys me: Ballet is only for girls! Tutus, tights and classical music. White swans, ghostly willis and sylphs,...

Believe it or not! Dancers have to eat! That's just as much a myth as: Ballet is only for girls or all ballet dancers are gay. That's as...

For a good two months now, a short video of me has been appearing on social media every week. I talk about dance, about writing and about...

How much art is there in artistic gymnastics today? The Olympic Games in Paris ended a few days ago. I was fascinated by almost every...

Dance and writing. Can they go together? On the one hand, there are the dancers, a troupe working together in the rehearsal room. Social...

Over twenty years ago, I gave my work as a dance creator the title "ChoreoArt", and the reference and meaning of the term "choreo" was...

The image of the elderly in society and especially in the performing art of dance has changed considerably over the past few decades. The...

Under my skin: My flesh, my bones, the heart The pulse knocks The broad chest over Ribcage arches swing Released to a sound In between...

Do I always have to understand dance? Isn't dance just body, emotion and music? I still remember my first choreographies well, especially...

Do you feel your body so intensely when you dance? How long can you do it professionally? Isn't it over at forty? Wow, somehow these...

Dance something: do you know this? You're at a celebration, party, family reunion or event. You introduce yourself - or are introduced -...