IVKO Week 2022

"(Un)real dreams"

As part of the annual IVKO Week, Alexandra led a dance workshop at the MSA IVKO in Amsterdam. She has choreographed a piece with young people from different age groups based on the theme "unreal".

During this two-day workshop she allowed the students to embody their dreams. What happens between each day, when you sleep? What do you dream about and what do your dreams mean? Do they resemble real life, or do you experience the strangest things? We were inspired by our dreams. The things we dream at night, daydream, or wishes we have for ourselves and each other for the future.

December 23 2022. MSA IVKO.

"Bloei"

During the Summer of 2022, Alexandra collaborated with a group of students from different years of the MSA IVKO in Amsterdam. Based on the theme "nature/culture", she choreographed a piece in a two-day workshop "dance making", as part of the annual IVKO Week.

They researched how humans and nature move together. Everything always comes back to nature. Every ending is a new beginning. The sun sets every evening and rises again in the morning, fruit falls to the ground where eventually a new tree stands. It's all about taking energy and passing it on. Does this also happen to us as humans? What does nature mean to you? When do you seek it out and why? What do people do in nature that becomes part of their culture? Rest, ritual, disappearance, all alone or together as a herd.

July 6 2022. MSA IVKO.

IVKO Week 2019



"When we are together, I am me and we are one"

During a four-day dance workshop, Alexandra choreographed a piece in the winter of 2019 with a group of students from different years of the MSA IVKO in Amsterdam. They have worked around the theme of "colliding elements". This resulted in a dance performance with dynamic compositions based on games of chance.

At first glance it may seem like a mess, but it soon becomes apparent that the combination of contrasts creates a beautiful and strong whole, just like many things in life. Look at nature or art for example, such as Van Gogh's stipple technique. You contribute to the bigger picture in your personal way.

December 20 2019. CREA/MSA IVKO.