Teachers
Sam Newbould
Sam Newbould Bio: Award winning alto saxophonist Sam Newbould moved to Amsterdam in 2016 in order to complete his bachelors and masters studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Sam composes and performs his own music with the Sam Newbould Quintet. He has played international stages including the BIMHUIS, Tivoli Vredenburg, Lantaren Venster and Amsterdam Jazz [...]
Kevin de Wit
Kevin de Wit Bio: Kevin de Wit is a Brazilian-Dutch dancer who fell in love with the Jazz Dances. He has been teaching different jazz dances, including Lindy Hop, Charleston, and Vernacular Solo Jazz, for the past 5 years, for different schools in the Netherlands. Fascinated with dance in general, Kevin supplements his knowledge of [...]
Guido Valk
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 [...]
Jennifer van der Kwast
Jennifer van der Kwast Bio: Jennifer van der Kwast is an American writer currently based in Amsterdam. Her debut novel, Pounding the Pavement, was published by Doubleday in 2005. Prior to moving to the Netherlands in 2011, Jennifer lived in New York City where she worked for Harold Ober & Associates, a literary agency representing [...]
Reinier Noordzij
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
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
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
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 [...]
Alvaro Congosto Martinez
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 [...]
Jordy Sanger
Jordy Sanger Bio: Jordy Sanger was born in 1990 in Heemskerk (NH), and raised in Lochem (GLD) - Achterhoek. His musical career as a singer/guitarist/songwriter began in 2007, from the local Achterhoek pub to clubs and festivals at home and abroad, live or on radio/television. Album releases with Orange Maplewood [2014], The Mysterons [2017] & [...]