Meet Our Board
Nienke Rooijakkers
Nienke is a dramaturge and education manager at Cinedans festival for dance on film. She coaches and supports makers and students in their concept development and creation of performances, installations and films. She has a preference for interdisciplinary projects, in which the challenge is how to cleverly interweave different media. Nienke is quite new in getting to know the group but we are already thrilled by her engagement and enthusiasm!
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Gary Feingold
Gary is a very active member in the dance community. He is involved in various dance organizations (such as HJS, Arts & Dialogue and AmsterDans competition) and he supports every dance project. Without him, the dance community in Amsterdam wouldn't be the same. Gary has also been supporting our group from day one and we are very happy and grateful for this!
Diana Baaleman
Diana has a very special bond to the bruises, as she is one of our moms! She brings in her financial and organizational skills to the board as she’s a financial controller by profession. When Diana was young, she achieved level gold in ballroom dancing, she’s very fond of her two dogs and is dedicated not to miss any of our performances!
Ka-Tjun Hau
Ka-tjun Hau, is a program curator and culture scout. He is or has been involved in organisations like AFK, We Are Public, CinemAsia and Foam. Currently, Ka-Tjun is part of the curatorial program De Appel. He has helped us a lot with our first funding application in 2019 and since then he has been a great supporter of the group in various ways!