Teachers

Bell Poort Bio: Bell Poort is a fashion designer and artist pur sang. With her label Blazinbell, she has been trying to make the world more beautiful, sustainable and funky since 2005. Previously, together with Rima Freeman, Bell ran the successful Studioshop, at the time a household name in Amsterdam. The combination of the studio [...]

Guido Valk Bio: Guido Valk has been practicing Tai Chi since 1985. He took lessons from Nellie Klabbers at CREA and since then did many workshops. Since 2005 he has been teaching courses at CREA, USC Body & Mind and IJburg. In addition to the Tai Chi classes, Guido works at the University of Amsterdam [...]

Reinier Noordzij Bio: Reinier Noordzij studeerde een jaar geschiedenis aan de Rijks Universiteit Groningen voor hij besloot het theatervak in te gaan, om uiteindelijk als theaterregisseur af te studeren aan de Toneelacademie Maastricht. Daarna volgde hij de masteropleiding Film aan de Amsterdamse Filmacademie en studeerde hij af in de richting scenario en regie. Hij volgde [...]

Shahin Daoud Bio: Shahin is a visual artist. He studied fine arts and carrying master degree along side long experience as university teaching master. His main work is painting with multidisciplinary involvement. Shahin is a self expressionist artist. He combines traditional techniques with collage and mixed media in order to fragmentize the surface. None of [...]

Ike Krijnen Bio: Ike Krijnen (1984) is a poet, performer, voice actor and, since 2018, lecturer spoken word. In 2015, he entered the world of spoken word. A nomination for a Van Dale Spoken Award followed in that same year. Since then, Ike has performed in theatres, at events and festivals across The Netherlands, as [...]

Aissa Kraayenbrink Bio: Aissa graduated as a performing dancer from the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (AHK), programme Urban Contemporary (2014-2018). Before that, she danced at the 5 o'clock, a dance preparatory course at the AHK and studied Law at the University of Amsterdam (2010-2014). During her dance education and internship, she worked with several [...]

Álvaro Congosto Martinez Bio: Álvaro Congosto is a Narrative & Documentary Filmmaker born in Spain. He holds an MFA in Film Production from Boston University, where he studied with a Fulbright Scholarship. He has taught Film Production courses in Wheaton College and Boston University between 2013-21 and currently teaches at CREA. Álvaro Congosto’s work as [...]

Lorentine van Tijn Bio: Lorentine van Tijn graduated as a theatre teacher from the HKU and completed a master's degree in art education at the AHK. She enjoys doing many different things: teaching, making theatre, acting, organising projects, producing performances and reflecting on the theatre profession. When she creates a performance herself, she seeks out [...]

Student Dance Association AmsterDance AmsterDance is the student dance association for students in Amsterdam. At CREA, the association offers ballroom dancing lessons, but you will also find a wide range of dance styles in the association, at different levels. Many dancers at AmsterDance discover a new style in the association, or learn to dance for [...]

Tara Margo Bio: With a background in a fashion design, make-up and as an artist with a specialization in origami, Tara Margo eventually ended up doing Argentinian tango. And for good reason: all of these areas have to do with design, attention to beauty and being in touch with others. Ever since her first trial [...]