Jeroen Janssen

STATEMENT

Jeroen Janssen (he/him) is an interdisciplinary dance artist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is currently apprentice at ICK-Amsterdam led by Emio Greco and Pieter c. Scholten. After graduating in summer 2021 at the Codarts Bachelor of Dance Program, Jeroen is pursuing a Freelance dance career in which dance and music are the prospective point of departure. He is an autodidactic music producers and strives to bring his practice into play when collaborating with other artists. ''I Wish to Share my deeply rooted passion for music into my work as a dancer. I believe that by bringing my fullest interest and curiosity to a creative process, without compromising the potential of the self expression, I am able to transcend my given limitations.''

Over the past years Jeroen has been working with Dalton Jansen. Taking part in the Talent Program and later as creative associate and assistant. This artistic affair sparked interested in the creation of dance works. Jeroen proceeds to build on his own choreographic practice as he aspires to produce his own works as individual, and with the cross-disciplinary collective 'Octagon Blues' he co-founded.

JERRY (he/him) is music producer based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. As a music enthusiast he seeks to bring his early developed love and interest for music to a wider audience. ''As I was getting more into music and the science of composing the music myself, I could not do other then sharing my founding and experiences with the people that surround me'' Jeroen strives to let musical worlds collide, disconcerted to genre, time and geographical location, presenting new textures and sounds to those seeking to explore the rich culture of sound.

Work Experience

‍Dance Productions:

2020 We Want It All by Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten

2020 Rattled Heart by Andreas Hannes

2020 Talent On The Move with Codarts Dance Company

Boys by Roy Assaf
Third Person by Felix Landerer
Non Solo Medea By Emio Greco and Pieter Scholten
Lamento Della Ninfa Stephen Shropshire
Gnawa by Nacho Duato

2019 BIG IDEA #1 - Drift Multiply by Lucinda Childs

2018-2014 - Russian Guy by Tadas Almantas and Jeroen Janssen at New Baltic Dance‍

- Dream Dances by Jiri Kylian

- Minus 16 (excerpt) by Ohad Naharin

- Me, Myself and I by Katja Heitmann

Apprenticeships:

2020-2021 ICK Amsterdam

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Researches:

2018 Preparatory research for 'Funny soft Happy & The Opposite' with Connor Schumacher

2020 Do We Feel? by Dalton Jansen

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Career Path

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2017-2021

Codarts University of Arts - Bachelor in Dance

‍Artistic education: Ballet; Modern (Graham, Cunningham, Laban);Jazz; Improvisation; Partnering; Drama; Artistic Research; Repertoire

Guest Teachers: Xanthe Van Opstal (NL); Marina Mascarell (ES);Yael Cibulski (IL); Niv Marinberg (IL); Tom Weksler (IL);
Chiara Mezzadri (IT); Michael Langeneckert (DE);
Merel Lammers (NL); Amy Raymond (US); Ralf Jarochinski (DE); Min Li (CN); Curtis Foley (CA); Brigitte Martin(CA); Anne van Tol (NL); Simon de Mombray (EN); Jeanne Solan (USA); Kevin Cregan (EN); Ainara Garcia (ESP); Mario Camacho (USA); Yael Cibulski(IL); Merel Lammers (NL); Patricia van Deutekom (NL); Christophe Dozzi (FR)

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2019-now Associate collaborator with Dalton Jansen Choreography

2019-2020 Codarts Dance Company - Talent on The Move

2016- 2017 Havo voor Muziek en Dans, Codarts Rotterdam

2011- 2016 Bonnefante college Maastricht