Inge is an extremely diverse freelance dancer, teacher, choreographer and an all-round artist. She loves working in a team with professional musicians.

Inge specialized in contemporary dance and jazz dance at Dance Academy Codarts, University of the Arts in Rotterdam. She then received a prestigious scholarship to specialize in African dance in West-Africa. This allowed her to train with National Dance Companies in Ghana and Guinea and at the University of Arts in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as well as with local dance groups.
 
After study in Africa she became a freelance performer in various companies and in many projects. Before she even graduated at Codarts she was teaching there, which she continued to do until recently. 

Inge uses her extensive knowledge of both Western and non-Western dance forms to educate, encourage and inspire her students.

Because she has specialised in various dance disciplines, she is capable of teaching purely African, contemporary, modern, jazz or salsa dance, but her talent lies in blending these disciplines to create exciting choreography fusions.

Want to read more about Inge's education and activities in dance? Here is a short overview:

Education

Sept. '04                       Study "Method Acogny" by Germaine Acogny, Das Arts Amsterdam (Contemporary African Dance)

July '02 - Sept. '02          Study in Guinea with Ballet Basikolo (Conakry), West-Africa: African dance

Sept. '01                        Study in New York: Dunham, Afro Jazz, African-, and contemporary dance

                                    (The Ailey School, Djoniba Dance and Drum Center, Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, Peridance Center and YMCA Harlem)

Aug. '99                         Study in Ghana at "the National Dance Company" leaded by Francis Nii Yartey

Jan. '98 - Aug. '98           Scholarship: Study in West-Africa for further specialization in:

Ø      Ghana: "The National Dance Company of Ghana".

Ø      Ivory Coast: "Institut National Supérieur des Arts et des Actions Culturelle" and dance troupe "Yelemba d'Abidjan"

Ø      Guinea: "Ballet National Djoliba"

Sept. '93 - June '97         Dance Academy Codarts, University for the Arts; diploma June 1997, Rotterdam (NL)

Specialisation: Teacher contemporary dance, jazz dance en African dance, www.codarts.nl

Until June '93                  Athenaeum diploma

                                     Preparatory Class, Dance Academy Codarts

Work Experience 

Dancer

Jan. '07- Sept. '07          Dancer in “Los Intocables”; Representing The Netherlands at The Puerto Rico International Salsa Festival

Sept.'03 - July' 04           Dancer in “Footworks”; shows combining African dance with Mambo at international salsa congresses  throughout Europe

April '03 - Jan. '06           Dancer in Youth Theatre Company "Theatergroep Stout" in Utrecht,

 (3-year company tour in theaters through the Netherlands)

Sept. '96 - Dec. '06         - Freelance dancer in projects (African, contemporary, Latin) throughout Europe

- Dancer in various Malinke style African Music Groups at Dutch festivals and many other international

  multicultural happenings and celebrations.

Teacher and Choreographer

Sept.'99- Jan. '08           (Advanced) courses African dance in Rotterdam with Souleymane “Cobra” Camara, member of Sewa Kan

Sept. '99 - June '06        diverse projects primary and secondary education Rotterdam, Dordrecht, The Hague and Utrecht

Sept. '98 - March '08       African dance, Improvisation/composition and Contemporary dance at Company “To Be” in Dordrecht

Sept.'96 - Jan. '08          African dance at the Dance Academy Codarts, University for the Arts in Rotterdam