I’m Anneke – a dance educator, choreographer, and performer
Movement is my medium and my joy is making things move well: human bodies mostly, but also ideas that cross the divides of discipline, perspective, and experience.
As an educator, my dance classes fuse technique with anatomical science, building balanced, functional strength and mobility while giving dancers insight into their unique bodies and needs. I’m proud of being part of a lineage that traces back to the founders of the American Modern Dance tradition as the pioneers of somatic education.
I served for many years as assistant to master anatomist and neuromuscular educator Irene Dowd and I am regular guest faculty at some of North America’s top studios and programs. I take pride in helping pre-professional and professional dancers meet the challenges of their art with strength, joy, and humor.
As a choreographer, my work has been presented at numerous venues in New York City, such as The Chocolate Factory Theater, University Settlement, Irondale Theater, and Draftworks @ Danspace Project, as well as nationally and internationally. I have been international guest artist-in-residence at Dance House in Dublin, Ireland, and Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico. My choreography has received critical praise in the press and funding from LMCC’s Manhattan Community Arts Fund, NYFA’s BUILD grant, and the Puffin Foundation, among others.
As a performer, I have had the pleasure of working with New York choreographers Sara Rudner and Susan Rethorst, and for the Australia-based Russell Dumas, among others.
Since 2017, I have developed an events based salon project, First Person Plural, which brings thinkers of diverse backgrounds together to move beyond disciplinary boundaries and create conversations about topics that move our lives, including AI, Embodiment, and Intelligence; Borders, Belonging, and Citizenship; and Conceptualizing Pleasure.
I hold a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, and an MA in Critical Journalism and Creative Publishing from The New School, where I also studied transdisciplinary design. In addition to teaching dance and anatomy for dancers, I designed and led a series of dance composition workshops for young women at Rikers Island Jail in New York City in 2018.
