Dancing is a universal form of culture that can be used to bring people together by eliminating social barriers
Projects
CORNERED
“CORNERED” is a physical experience of two bodies encountering each other within a space and within…
Laleget Danza
Since 2013 Faizah is a part of the Mexican Dance Company "Laleget Danza" under artistic direction…
Maurice Causey
Faizah has been working as a dancer with Maurice Causey since 2014 The first piece she danced by…
GrossDanceCompany
In April 2016 Faizah started dancing with GrossDanceCompany. She danced and toured Netherlands and…
Herman van Veen
Faizah played in 2011 in the show Alfred J Kwak - Vader. So she began her collaboration with Herman…
Symphonic Cinema
Symphonic Cinema produces drama films with live classical music. The films are edited live in…
Nationale Opera – Itzik Galili
In the beginning of 2017 Faizah was part of the Opera "Prins Igor" by director Dmitri Tcherniakov.…
News and Updates
CORNERED
“CORNERED” is a physical experience of two bodies encountering each other within a space and within…
Laleget Danza
Since 2013 Faizah is a part of the Mexican Dance Company "Laleget Danza" under artistic direction…
Maurice Causey
Faizah has been working as a dancer with Maurice Causey since 2014 The first piece she danced by…
Nationale Opera – Itzik Galili
In the beginning of 2017 Faizah was part of the Opera "Prins Igor" by director Dmitri Tcherniakov.…
GrossDanceCompany
In April 2016 Faizah started dancing with GrossDanceCompany. She danced and toured Netherlands and…
About Faizah
Faizah Grootens
Faizah’s professional experience includes working with several companies such as Laleget Danza, Nationale Opera en Ballet, Maurice Causey, Another Kind of Blue, GrossDanceCompany, Generale Oost, Harlekijn Danstheater by Herman van Veen, Jorge Pérez Martínez, Stichting Julius Leeft, Miguel Rubio and Anna Maria Suijkerbuijk.
She has created for Laleget Danza, Harlekijn Danstheater, Lindenberg Dance Company, Stichting Julius Leeft and her own theatre productions.
Faizah has worked as a dance teacher at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten teaching Contemporary Dance, Ballet and as a coach for Artictic Practices. She has also taught the Arts and Entertainment College Amsterdam, various schools in the Netherlands and at the University of the Arts in Havana, Cuba and Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Next to dancing, choreographing and teaching and dancing in films from Symphonic Cinema, which are touring concert halls around the world; Faizah has also served as a repetitor for GrossDanceCompany and Laleget Danza .
Faizah is a graduate from Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten and Instituto Superior de Arte, Cuba.
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