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Compagnie Chorégraphique - Marie Desoubeaux


écritures, dramaturgies et composition du corps dansé


















Miquel de Jong (Netherlands, 1971) was trained at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague from the age of 10 and graduated in 1989 with a diploma of higher professional education of dance. His dance career started at the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam (led by Nils Christe and later by Ed Wubbe) where he danced for six years. In 1995 he moved to France where he worked as first soloist at France's most renowned modern dance company L'Opera de Lyon directed by Yougos Loukos, where he worked with great choreographers such as William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek and Ohad Naharin.

Just when he decided to focus more on one choreographer, Angelin Preljocaj, he met Russell Maliphant who inspired him so much that after one year being at Ballet Preljocaj, he decided to go to London where he learned a variety of movement styles and techniques like: Improvisation, Contact improvisation, Capoeira, Acrobatics but also body-mind techniques such as Yoga, Thai Chi, Rolfing and meditation. Russel's work changed his whole view on dance and movement. In London he discovered a passion for teaching improvisation and he developed his own method for his classes, which consist of two parts: pre-reflective movement and consensus composition. This later grew into making of improXchange performances. Miquel is currently a free lance movement coach for choreographers and theatre directors and is teaching not only the dance academies but also the musical and circus departments. He gives workshops in many countries




Dance Education
Royal Conservatory The Hague (1981-1989).
Lessons in: Classical ballet Modern Dance Caractere
Pas de Deux N.D.T. Repertory

Teachers:
Francis Sinceretti Marian Sarstad, Jan Nuyts Benjamin Harkarvy Christine Anthony Kathy Bennett James Vincent Tom Bosma

Graduated Bachelor Dance in 1989

Professional International Companies

  • Ballet de l'Opéra National de Lyon (1996 -2002)
Director: Yourgos Loukos
  • Ballet Preljocaj (2002-2003) Director: Angelin Preljocaj
  • Russell Maliphant Company (2003-2005) Director: Russell Maliphant
  • Professional National Companies Scapino Ballet Rotterdam (1989-1996)
Directors: Nils Christe / Ed Wubbe
  • Panama Pictures (2006-present)
Director: Pia Meuthen

Freelance Dancer (2005 - present)

Worked with:
Pia Meuthen,
Piet Rogie, Estefania Miranda, Jens Van Daele Jan Martens, Klaus Jürgens

danced in works by:

William Forsythe (Step Text; Second Detail; Quartette)
Ohad Naharin (Black Milk; Tabula Rasa)
Jiri Kylian (Petite Mort; Stamping Ground; Un Ballo; Sechs Danze)
Mats Eck (Carmen, rôle de Don Jose)
Angelin Prejlocaj (Roméo et Juliette, rôle de Roméo; le Sacre du Printemps; Helicopter)
Russel Maliphant (Critical Mass; Choice; One Part II; Barbican Project)
Maguy Marin (Cendrillon; Grosse land; Contrast)
Itzik Galili (Peruriem; Ma’s Bandage)
Tero Saarinnen (Sini)
Ed Wubbe (Romeo & Julia; Parts; Rameau; Edges)
Pia Meuthen (Odd; Go tell the woman (we’re leaving); Strangely familiar; Egens dichtbij; Man and knifes; Familiar Strangers; Off track; Road to Panama; Pop up)

Artistic Director of improXchange Workshops and Performances (2003- present)
Artistic Director of de Movers (2011 - present) Artistic Director of 2movedc (2move Dance Company) (2005-2011)
Artistic Coach in Dance, Modern Circus and Theatre

  • Pia Meuthen / Panama Pictures (Nude 2010 - Skin 2011-Ergens Dichtbij 2013- Alpha 2015)
  • Alize Zandwijk / RO theatre Hondsdagen 2010/2011 Vreugdetranen 2012/2013
  • Gaunerstuk 2014/2015
  • Pieter Kramer / RO theatre
  • Woef Side Story 2012/2013

Teacher improvisation / Instant Composition

  • Codarts Institute of the Arts
  • Fontys Institute of the Arts
  • Artez Institute of the Arts
  • Amsterdam Institute of the Arts
  • Dansateliers Rotterdam
  • Production House Brabant
  • DANSHUIS Stationzuid
  • Dance Company De Stilte

ImproXchange

Workshops and Performances

Off Pre-reflective movement and Consensus Composition in:

  • The Place London UK
  • Middlesex University London UK Dance East Ipswich UK
  • London (England)
  • Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hunan, Zhuhai
  • Chengdu, Nanning (China)
  • Damascus (Syria)
  • Tirana (Albania)
  • St Petersburg, (Russia)
  • Astana, Almaty (Kazakhstan)
  • Yerevan (Armenia)
  • Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)
  • Lodz (Poland)
  • Murcia, Vigo (spain)

PERFORMANCES

  • Impro Exchange, Holland Cultural House World Expo 2010 Shanghai
  • A Chronicle by mister X, 2011
  • Guangdong Modern Dance Company, Guangzhou, China

Attended improvisation workshops from :

Michael Schumacher, Julyen Hamilton, Kirstie Simson, Hildegard Draaijer

OBTAINED CERTIFICATION

  • Rolfing Structural Integration Advanced Rolfing SI
  • Rolfing Movement
  • Reiki
  • Cranial Sacral Therapy Source Point Therapy

INTERESTS

Improvisation
Contact Improvisation
Yoga, Martial Arts, Capoeira Coaching dancers and modern circus disciplines
Photography and Video