CHOREOGRAPHER / DANCER / ANTHROPOLOGIST
Ilja Geelen
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CHOREOGRAPHER & ANTHROPOLOGIST
Ilja Geelen

current projects
currently touring

Sensing Rooftops
Sensing rooftops explores Moroccan & Dutch urban culture by dancing on rooftops. It’s an interdisciplinary collaboration…

RE:set
RE:set is a solo dance research inspired by anthropological fieldwork. It investigates what it means to reset and rewire our individual, social and cultural habits… Read more

Kifach
Theatre, dance and circus performance with artistic cooperative MomkinĀ based in Tanger, Morocco. Read more
About
My Work
As dance entrepeneur I teach, organise projects and create performances. I believe everyone is capable of experiencing dance according to their own strengths and qualities. My performances are intimate, interdisciplinary, aimed at experience and connection. Within anthropology I focus on the moving body in society. I am fascinated by the body and its senses as an instrument for knowledge about human and more-than-human sociality.
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Blog
For the time being I have published only Dutch blog posts. If you want to read some of my English writings, please contact me.