choreographers

Jochem Stavenuiter is the artistic director of the Dutch physical theatre company Bambie, which he founded with Paul van der Laan in 1995. From 2014 until 2016 Jochem was an actor with the Noord Nederlands Toneel. For Oorkaan, Jochem previously made the successful productions The Suleikas and the Mystery of the Sensitive Chord with Trio Suleika and The Square of Mr. Sax with the Ebonit Saxophone Quartet.

Choreographer and former dancer Pim Veulings graduated at the Amsterdam University of the Arts as a dancer. He started his carreer at the Dutch National Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam, working together with directors such as Pierre Audi, David Alden and Peter Sellers. As a choreographer he worked amongst others for Orkater, the Dutch Nationale Reisopera and DeLaMar Theater. Pim was involved in the world premiere of Philip Glass’s The Lost for Landestheater Linz, and The Exterminating Angel by Thomas Ades for Salzburger Festspiele.

Josephine van Rheenen studied contemporary dance at Theaterschool Amsterdam and started as a dancer with De Dansers, a Dutch Dance company for young audiences. In 2014, she and Guy Corneille succeeded Wies Merkx as artistic directors of De Dansers. Since then, Josephine has been creating work for young audiences and grownups, presented at Dutch festivals such as Oerol, CaDance festival and elsewhere.