SNDO in Senegal

Third years students of the SNDO are visiting L´Ecole de Sables in Senegal from the 7 of May until the 20 of May to develop their thematic block inside the  environment of the school in the town of Toubab Dialaw. Hosted by Germaine Acogny and together with some guest from the teachers department (DD)  and 6 African students; they are following a residence of two weeks under the guidance of faculty teacher Igor Dobricic (SNDO)  and Germaine Acogny, founder and director of the L' Ecole de Sables since 1998.

SNDO @ SPRINGDANCE Festival 2012

Dear friends...
SNDO is taking part in several performances and events during the SPRINGDANCE festival in Utrecht.. join the festival and join us!

Voguing Party – Strike A Pose - TOMORROW from 22.00!

Saturday April 21 / from 22.00 hrs / Theater Kikker UtrechtVoguing is hot, even at a contemporary dancefestival like SPRINGDANCE. Contemporary choreographers like Trajal Harrell are inspired by this famous dace style. Curious? Read more about the inspiration sources of this New York based choreographer in the Springdance magazine.

Following his performance (M)IMOSA SPRINGDANCE organises a Voguing Party with several late night performances and a catwalk battle between dancers of SNDO in Amsterdam and Got Skills, dancers form Rotterdam.

NIGHTWALKERS # SD

Thursday 26 and Friday 27 at 22.15. Starting point Akademietheater, Janskerkhof, Utrecth.

NIGHTWALKERS is a project initiated by Utrecht based Expodium that wants to acquire knowledge on urban transition areas through night strolls in the city. Semi-performative and highly observative, NIGHTWALKERS is a system of accessing and understanding the specificities of a given social context by exploring its urban landscape and enhancing social imaginary.

Choreography by Benoit Lachambre

Solos by: Jija Sohn, Paula Chaves, Clara Burdet, Marzena Krezminska, Riccardo Guratti en Nicolas Roses.

Young Makers Marathon - for your eyes only! -

Fri 27 & Sat 28 april / Huis a/d Werf / 14:00-18:00 AND 20:00-24:00

With P.A.R.T.S from Brussels and the SNDO Amsterdam ( School for New Dance Development), Springdance is offering twelve young choreographers an opportunity to present their work to a large audience. Have a look around each of the performance spaces, go on a speeddate with a choreographer, and limber up for our very special marathon programme!

For more information

http://www.springdance.nl

Performances April SNDO 2 - Festival 2

The SNDO presents

SNDO 2 festival II

A program with work by

Matias Daporta Gonzalez
Adriano Wilfret Jensen
Yui Nakagami
Nico Rosés Ponce
Ana Romih

13 & 14 April 2012 19.00
The Theaterschool
Jodenbreestraat 3
Amsterdam

Reservation necessary
theaterschool.nl/agenda
Audience meets in the downstairs hall

Performances March - SNDO 2 festival 1

The SNDO presents

SNDO 2 festival I
A program with work by

Simon Asencio
Maria Alejandra Peralta
Clara Saito
Louis Vanhaverbeke
Stephen West

29, 30, 31 march 2012 19.00 Studio 602
The Theaterschool
Jodenbreestraat 3
Amsterdam

Reservation necessary
theaterschool.nl/agenda
Audience meets in the downstairs hall

Please join us...

Snake Charmers' Ball - Benoit Lachambre

SNDO 2012 Auditions...

On March 15,16,17 the SNDO will have the yearly auditions.
Out of an amount of 137 applications from all over the world the board has invited 75 candidates to the auditions.
From this group the new generation of SNDO students will be selected. Members of the audition board this year are VERA MANTERO (choreographer), BOJANA MLADENOVIC (director HET VEEM theater), GIULIO D ' ANNA (SNDO alumnus, choreographer & performer), GONNIE HEGGEN (SNDO teacher), RIA HIGLER (SNDO teacher), GABRIEL SMEETS (SNDO artistic director).
The teachers in the audition will be FREDERIC GIES, MATEJ KEJZAR, AYAOVI KOKOUSSE and SNDO-alumni NOHA RAMADAN & FERNANDO BELFIORE.

We wish a lot of success to all our candidates! Go for it...