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Dutch choreographer Didy Veldman was born in ’67. She has always been passionate about movement and is interested in learning through the body. She was trained in numerous techniques at the Scapino Academy in Amsterdam. Following her training she went on to dance with Scapino Ballet, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève and Britain's Rambert Dance Company. She worked with international choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Christopher Bruce, Kim Brandstrup, Nils Christe, Glenn Tetley, Robert Cohan, Lindsay Kemp and many others. She began choreographing in 1987, creating work for the repertoires of all three companies, as well as independently.
In 1992, Didy Veldman started her own dance company ‘Alias’ with Guilherme Botelho in Geneva. Their first work ‘En Manqué’ was performed to great acclaim in London, Glasgow, Zurich and Lausanne. The production also won two major choreographic awards: the Dance Exchange International 1993 and the Prix Romand des Spectacles indépendents 1994. Didy Veldman left Alias after an invitation by Christopher Bruce to join Rambert Dance Company in 1994.
Whilst being a dancer with Rambert Dance Company, she created three works for the repertory. She received a grant from the Choo-San Goh & Robert Magee Foundation for her third production with Rambert and this production won the Linbury Prize for Stage Design created by Miriam Buether.
Didy left Rambert in 2000 to concentrate on her choreographic career. She has 22 years of freelance experience and has created over 45 new works for 27 international companies, such as Cedarlake, Goteborg Ballet, Ballet Gulbenkian, Iceland Dance Company, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, Lithuanian National Ballet, Leipzig Ballet, New Zealand Ballet, Scottish Dance Theatre, Northern Ballet, Cullberg Ballet, Komische Oper Berlin and Geneva Ballet, creating full evening story-telling works with symphony orchestra to smaller works as part of a triple bill. Before Covid she created a new work for Birmingham Royal Ballet ‘Sense of Time’ together with Composer Gabriel Prokofiev, which had its London premiere to great critical acclaim on 25 June 2019. She recently premiered a new full evening production of Carmen with Natalia Osipova and Isaac Hernandez to great critical acclaim. London performances will take place at the end of May ‘22 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
In 2016 she was selected to be part of the 8th rural retreat of future leaders in dance, at The Jerwood Dancehouse in Ipswich. She is now directing her own dance company ‘Humanoove' in London, which she founded in 2016 with support from Arts Council England, DanceEast and several trusts and private donors. She recently premiered her third production ‘@HOME’. ‘Humanoove’ performs nationally and internationally.
Didy also has a keen interest in teaching students, she is currently contemporary programme manager of the Royal Ballet School and she travels the world teaching contemporary classes and workshops. She has an affiliation with Prix de Lausanne, as a contemporary teacher and choreographer, she created a new work for the Partner School Choreographic Project in 2019 called ‘Is to B’ for 26 students. She will return to the Prix to teach during its anniversary in 2023. She has taught contemporary classes at the National Ballet School in Amsterdam, The Royal Ballet School in London, Codarts in Rotterdam, The Ballet Boyz in London, McDonald College in Sydney Australia, Rambert Dance Company and Rambert School and London School of Contemporary Dance amongst others and was invited in 2010, 2013 & 2018 as a Guest Artist Choreographer at the school of Jacob’s Pillow for their Contemporary Program. Didy was Co-Director of the Contemporary Program of the School at Jacob’s Pillow together with Milton Myers from 2019-2021. She has been part of audition, exam and assessment committees as well as a judge for choreographic competitions.
2022
Holding on to Letting Go creation for The Royal Ballet, Draft works 2022
Carmen with Natalia Osipova, London performances on 27 & 28 May 2022
Is to Be re-staging for Palucca Hochschule in Dresden
New Creation for Ballet Augsburg
Touring @ HOME with Humanoove
2021
Carmen – a new production for and with Natalia Osipova, premiere 17 Dec, EICC, Edinburgh
Creation for The Royal Ballet, Draft works (postponed due to Covid to May 2022)
Soufflé for Transitions, Laban
Is to Be re-staging for the Royal Ballet School, Royal Opera House performance
Premiere @HOME for Humanoove, Canterbury
2020
Terra for Junior Company Rosella Hightower in Cannes
A Screen Apart, first virtual work with 100+ students of 6 International Ballet Schools
Is to Be re-staging for the Royal Ballet School and the Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony in Lausanne
Teaching/Mentoring and creating new work for English National Ballet School Not So Strictly, Central School of Ballet, Palucca Hochschule Dresden and The School at Jacob’s Pillow, USA
2019
Is to Be The Partner Schools of The Prix de Lausanne
‘a.part’ for Map Dance, Chichester University
Sense of Time for Birmingham Royal Ballet, with composer Gabriel Prokofiev.
Made in Holland for National Ballet School in Amsterdam
The Happiness Project with Humanoove at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
2018
Frame of View re-staging for Danish Dance Theatre, premiere Copenhagen 20 Jan. '18
The Knot premiere for Humanoove/Didy Veldman 9 Feb '18 at DanceEast in Ipswich, UK
National and International touring of The Knot.
TooT & See Blue Through re-staging for Leipzig Ballet, premiere 29 June '18
The 3 Dancers for Introdans re-staging in Holland, premiere 14 Sept. '18
International Guest Artist at the school of Jacob's Pillow, USA
2017
Touring The Happiness project nationally with performances at The Place 2 & 3 May '17
Frame of View re-staging for Danish Dance Theatre
Creating a new work for the graduate students of the Rambert School
Teaching contemporary classes at the Royal Ballet Upper and Lower school
Teaching contemporary classes at the Prix de Lausanne
2016
The Happiness Project for Umanoove/ Didy Veldman premiere 4 Nov. Ipswich
360º for Luzerner Theater, Switzerland
Creation for graduate year of the London Contemporary Dance School
Teach at the Royal Ballet Summer School
Choreographic workshop for the Mercury Movers, Rambert's elderly group of dancers
Choreographic workshops for the Royal Ballet School
2015
The 3 Dancers for Rambert Dance Company, UK
The Little Prince re-working for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
New Creation for the graduating students at the London Contemporary Dance School
Choreography for the Opera of Tristan & Isolde, Longborough Festival, UK
TooT re-staging for the Youth Company Introdans, NL
2014
See Blue Through re-staging for Phoenix Dance Theatre, UK
Creating new work with the 2nd year students of the Modern Theatre Dance Academy in Amsterdam
2013
TooT re-staging for Les Grands Ballets, Montréal
Les Noces for Le Grand Théâtre de Genève
Carmen re-staging for the Lithuanian National Ballet
2012
The Little Prince for Les Grands Ballets, Montréal
In the Skin I'm in 1,2 & 3 for Headspace, UK
Momo re-staging created for Ballet Bern
2011
Language matters for Ballet Mainz
TooT re-staging for Introdans, NL
Kind of a Sort for Northwest Dance Project, Portland US
See Blue Through re-staging for Dutch National Ballet Academie
2010
Momo for Ballet Bern, Switzerland
Carmen re-staging for the Royal New Zealand Ballet
The Beatles, staging, a musical/play directed by Ruut Weisman
Toon, staging, a musical directed by Ruut Weisman
2009
Creation Session for Introdans, Holland
2008
frame of view for Cedarlake, New-York U.S.A
Track re-staging for Swedish Youth Company
2007
Cinderella for Goteborg Ballet Sweden
stop and go yes and no for Introdans Holland
Peter & the Wolf with In the Wings
2006
Sweet & Sour for Iceland Dance Company
See Blue Through re-staging for Introdans
Tender Hooks re-staging for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal
2005
Tender Hooks re-staging for Skanes Dansteater Sweden
TooT for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal
See Blue Through re-staging for Company Loaded Australia
2004
Outsight for Ballet Gulbenkian
See Blue Through re-staging for Phoenix Dance Theatre
Track for Scottish Dance Theatre
2003
'O' (She who was) for Komische Oper Berlin
Tender Hooks for Ballet Gulbenkian
2002
Carmen re-staging for New Zealand Ballet
I remember red for Cullberg Ballet
Documentary I remember red by ARTE
Possibly Six for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal
Filming of See Blue Through for Television at Gran Liceu Barcelona
2001
A Streetcar Named Desire for Northern Ballet Theatre
See Blue Through for Ballet Gulbenkia
Chase Case for Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year
2000
Carmen re-staging for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal
7 DS for Rambert Dance Company
Greymatter revival for Rambert Dance Company
1999 Carmen (full length) for Northern Ballet Theatre
1998 Somna for Ballet Central
1997 Greymatter for Rambert Dance Company
1996 Filming of Kol Simcha with Rambert Dance Company
1995 Kol Simcha for Rambert Dance Company
1994 En Manqué with Alias Company
1993 40 Watt for Le Grands Theatre de Geneve
1991 Close for Le Grands Theatre de Geneve
1988 Kleur bekennen for Scapino Ballet
1987 Sem Titulo for Scapino Ballet