Didy Veldman

Didy Veldman (born 1967, in Groningen)^[1] is a Dutch choreographer.^[2] She trained at the Scapino Academy in Amsterdam. She has danced with Scapino Ballet, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève and Rambert Dance Company,^[3]^[1] working with international choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin and Christopher Bruce, among others.

In 1993, Veldman founded Alias Company with Guilherme Botelho. Their creation En Manqué won two major choreographic awards, the Dance Exchange International and the Prix Romand des Spectacle Independent. The following year, she was invited to join Rambert Dance Company and created three works for their repertoire. She has created and re-staged works for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, Ballet Gulbenkian, Cullberg Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, the Komische Oper Berlin, Scottish Dance Theatre, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, amongst others.

Creations

1987 - Sem Titulo - Scapino Ballet
1988 - Kleur Bekennen - Scapino Ballet
1991 - Close - Le Grands Theatre de Geneve
1993 - 40 Watt - Le Grands Theatre de Geneve
1994 - En Manqué - Alias Company
1995 - Kol Simcha - Rambert Dance Company
1997 - Greymatter - Rambert Dance Company
1998 - Somna - Ballet Central
1999 - Carmen - Northern Ballet Theatre
2000 - 7 DS - Rambert Dance Company
2001 - A Streetcar Named Desire - Northern Ballet Theatre
2001 - See Blue Through - Ballet Gulbenkian
2001 - Chase Case - Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year
2002 - I Remember Red - Cullberg Ballet
2002 - Possibly Six - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal
2003 - '0' (She Who Was) - Komische Oper Berlin
2003 - Tender Hooks - Ballet Gulbenkian
2004 - Outsight - Ballet Gulbenkian
2004 - Track - Scottish Dance Theatre
2005 - TooT - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal
2006 - Sweet & Sour - Iceland Dance Company
2007 - Cinderella - Goteborg Ballet Sweden
2007 - Stop and Go and Yes and No - Introdans, Holland
2007 - Peter & the Wolf - In the Wings
2008 - Frame of View - Cederlake, New York, USA
2009 - Session - Introdans, Holland
2010 - Momo - Ballet Bern, Switzerland
2011 - Language Matters - Ballet Mainz
2011 - Kind of a Sort - Northwest Dance Project, Portland, USA
2012 - new work - students of the Modern Theatre Dance Academy in Amsterdam, Holland
2012 - Les Noces - Le Grand Théâtre de Genève
2012 - The Little Prince - Les Grands Ballets, Montréal
2012 - In the Skin I'm in 1, 2 & 3 - Headspace, UK
2013 - Tristan & Isolde - Longborough Festival, UK
2014 - The 3 Dancers - Rambert Dance Company, UK
2014 - new work - students of the London Contemporary Dance School, UK
2016 - The Happiness Project - Umanoove/Didy Veldman
2016 - 360° - Luzerner Theater, Switzerland
2016 - new work - graduate students London Contemporary Dance School
2017 - new work - graduate students Rambert School
2018 - The Knot - Umanoove/Didy Veldman
2019 - new work - Transitions Dance Company
2019 - Is to Be - The Partner Schools of the Prix de Lausanne
2019 - a.part - Map Dance, Chichester University
2019 - Sense of Time - Birmingham Royal Ballet
2019 - Made in Holland - National Ballet School, Amsterdam
2020 - Carmen - Natalia Osipova
2020 - @HOME - Humanoove

Awards

1987 - Encouragement Perspective Prize for Sem Titulo

References

^ ^a ^b Didy Veldman at introdans.nl
^ Murphy, Tom (2010-07-15). The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant. A&C Black. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-1-4081-9994-7. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
^ Didy Veldman's oral history interview in the Rambert Archive https://vimeo.com/236579566

[intro-1] Didy Veldman at introdans.nl

[Murphy2010-2] Murphy, Tom (2010-07-15). The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant. A&C Black. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-1-4081-9994-7. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

[3] Didy Veldman's oral history interview in the Rambert Archive https://vimeo.com/236579566

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