"En art comme en amour l’instinct suffit"

Summary

Belgian based performance artist.
Exploring boundaries within a multidisciplinary performance practice.
Experienced professional dancer with a broad range of choreographic, organizational, styling and (creative) directing skills.
Fashion Illustrator.
Performance at School of Arts / KASK

Experience

Choreographer / Creative Director:

• Compact Disk Dummies
• Crimi Clowns
• De Bende van Jan De Lichte, & many more
• Maison Mademoiselle (dance agency led by Naomi that provided custom-made performances/see ‘dancer’)

Dancer:

Commercial dancer between 2007-2019

• worked closely with choreographers and directors
• launched & started her own business: a dance agency between 2011-2019, that provided custommade dance performances commissioned by high end (corporate) events (national & international) being continuously confronted with the challenge of striking the right balance between the commercial needs of her customers and maintaining a preferred and personal artistic style

Dancer/Performer 2019-2021

• Locus Solus, Erich Weiss – KIOSK Ghent
• Figures for dashing, Astrid Seme – Boeks Ghent

Dance teacher:

Teaching kids, young adults, and adults since 2008. As a dance teacher, not only providing techniques but providing dancers with a commercial training learning to perform on stage and be confident within their own bodies.

• Ballet (pré primary – primary – level 1, 2 and 3)
• Jazz (primary – beginners)
• Dance expression (all ages – beginners)
• Heels / female energy class (young adults and adults – beginners – intermediate – advanced)

Other:

• Fashion Illustrator: Commissioned work for Zalando, Kipling Belgium, CHANEL, Neuville & more
• Styling & Make-up: Worked closely with photographers, editors and directors for fashion, film & editorial shoots (2011-2014)
• Beehives (band): Lyrics & vocals (with Sam Gysel, Eva Tshiela Gysel, Mirko Banovic)

Education

• Fashion & Photography (high school/Rodelijvekens/SKI Ghent)
• Make-up artistry (basics, fashion & theatre) & Styling
• Private Classical Ballet & Jazz Ballet training (12 year) as well as classes and workshops (between 2011-2016)
• Dance workshops & classes (national & international/Debbie Reynolds LA