Dancing is a universal form of culture that can be used to bring people together by eliminating social barriers
Projects
NO MATTER WHAT
In August 2019 Faizah created a new choreography for the Mexican dance company “Taller…
CORNERED
“CORNERED” is a physical experience of two bodies encountering each other within a space and within…
Short films
Here some videos of 2 shorts in collaboration with Laleget Danza, Diego Vázquez, David van Delden…
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…
News and Updates
NO MATTER WHAT
In August 2019 Faizah created a new choreography for the Mexican dance company “Taller…
Short films
Here some videos of 2 shorts in collaboration with Laleget Danza, Diego Vázquez, David van Delden…
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…
About Faizah
Faizah Grootens
Faizah’s professional experience includes working with several companies as a dancer such as Laleget Danza, Maurice Causey, Nationale Opera en Ballet/ Itzik Galili, GrossDanceCompany, Another Kind of Blue, Generale Oost/ Introdans, Harlekijn Danstheater, Stichting Julius Leeft, Miguel Rubio and Sine Forma presenting in theaters in the Netherlands and abroad.
Faizah is a young freelance choreographer collaborating with Laleget Danza, Taller Coreográfico Unam, Harlekijn danstheater, Lindenberg Dance Company, Herman van Veen Arts Center and The Peer Performance group of the University of The Arts in Amsterdam amongst others. Faizah also sets up her own creations/ projects. Her work has been presented in several festivals and theaters in Netherlands, Mexico, Bratislava, Curaçao and Aruba.
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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