Teachers

Aukelien Weverling is schrijver, columnist en journalist. In 2002 debuteerde ze met Liever Gekust dat genomineerd werd voor de Geert Jan Lubberhuizenprijs. Haar tweede roman Politiek Gevangene werd lovend onthaald en verscheen ook in een speciale uitgave van de Volkskrant. Haar roman Het Land werd genomineerd voor zowel de E. du Perronprijs [...]

Kevin de Wit is also known as local legend performer Miss Vanity Love. A truly delightful diva, Vanity aspires to allow others to embrace their inner diva, and celebrate love for themselves and each other. Vanity has vast experience in the local scene, performing in local clubs, festivals (such as milkshake, Rotterdam pride, Amsterdam pride, [...]

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 [...]

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 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 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 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 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 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 (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 [...]