Teachers

Abel Tuinstra Bio: Abel Tuinstra is multi-instrumentalist, componist en muziekdocent. Hij heeft een klassieke achtergrond maar studeerde in 2018 af als poptoetsenist aan het Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Naast het spelen in allerlei luidruchtige bands en theatervoorstellingen, brengt hij zijn eigen muziek uit onder de naam Abel Natürlich. Voor Abel betekent solfège (toch een wat vaag [...]

Ellis van der Does Bio: Ellis D (Ellis van der Does) works as an illustrator + animator. When you take a trip into 'illustration wonderland' with her, you enter a 2D universe full of bright colours and different textures. Ellis' style is clear and she often combines different existing shapes to create a new story. [...]

Casper Thiel Bio: Casper was trained as a fiction director at the Netherlands Film Academy and has worked as a director for various drama and documentary productions for television. In addition, he has often been on the set of fiction films as FirstAD. Since 2005 he has been working part-time as a film teacher for [...]

Vainergill Thurnim Bio: Vainergill Thurnim is a 25-year-old Amsterdam-based dance artist. In 2020, she graduated from the dance teacher training programme, Academy for Theatre and Dance. Prior to that, she did the preliminary training and MBO at the Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts. She connects her training in commercial and contemporary dance using West [...]

Boudewijn Jansen Bio: Met zijn tomeloze energie en kunde wist Boudewijn Jansen in de zomer van 2022 alle SKA-harten te veroveren. Van opera tot orkest, van koor tot componist—deze man is van alle markten thuis! Al bijna dertig jaar is hij verbonden aan de muzikale staf van De Nationale Opera en sinds 2003 is hij [...]

Lukas Schmidt Bio: Lukas Schmidt is a director, artist and teacher. He teaches acting, performance and writing. In his classes, uniqueness and its creation are important. The performances he creates are about how we personally relate to big social themes and issues. Authenticity, autonomy and empathy play an important role in this. His performances and [...]

Barbara Scholten Bio: Barbara Scholten volgde de opleiding Docent Creatief schrijven bij Dactylus, academie voor schrijfdocenten, studeerde Technische Bedrijfswetenschappen aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en was enkele jaren werkzaam in het bedrijfsleven. In 2009 won ze de hockey-schrijfwedstrijd van uitgeverij Ploegsma. Een jaar later verscheen Hockeyhobbels en kunstgrasknieën, het eerste deel in de populaire I love hockey-serie. [...]

Rienke Enghardt Bio: Rienke Enghardt is a visual artist specialising in collective art and community art. In her individual work, she is a social soloist with robust imagery. In her art projects, Rienke is a realist idealist with a network of like-minded people. Since 1991, Rienke has travelled the world with her collective artist project [...]

Wennah Wilkers Bio: Wennah Wilkers (born 1992 in Tarlac) is a Filipino dancer, choreographer and teacher who breaks down the barriers between contemporary and urban dance. Since graduating from the Amsterdam School of the Arts, she has been spreading her authentic dance language in theatres, cyphers and workshops/lessons. She is part of the house dance [...]

Marco Meurs Bio: Marco Meurs is an excited improvisor and passionate teacher from Amsterdam. He plays, teaches and organises improv through a mixture of organisations. He loves to sing, play, teach and make people feel comfortable and confident. His teaching is full of energy and laughter. Little talk and lots of action. Courses by this [...]