Dan is a dancer, maker and organizer based in Antwerp. He graduated with a BA in Dance from the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp in 2017 having previously studied at the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Reina Sofía in Granada. He also holds a BA in English literature from the University of Edinburgh. He currently works as a performer with, among others, Jan Martens / GRIP and Ayelen Parolin. In 2018, he received a research grant from the Flemish government to research new techniques and methodologies to stimulate collaborations in an artistic context, with dancer Laurent Delom, one of the results of which was the performance dddddddddduettttttttttttttttttttttt, which premiered at C-TAKT # 3 Festival 2019. In line with this, he set up MURMUR in April 2018, a reading and discussion group for people active in the Antwerp performing arts sector, with the aim to share knowledge within the artistic community, to talk and to listen to each other. In 2019, he started working on THE DATING PROJECT (datingproject.net), the first results of which were shown at the KRANK Festival (organized by Tuning People) in June 2019. He was awarded a one year research project grant from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts/Conservatory of Antwerp to develop THE DATING PROJECT in 2020/2021.
Function: Artistic practice - coaching student work