Joeri Dubbe
Joeri Alexander Dubbe cites both the commedia dell'arte and colorful superheroes the Power Rangers as sources of inspiration for his choreographies.
He does not mean this jokingly, as he creates dance based on the belief that this art form can inspire people to reflect on their lives. He often chooses a futuristic or non-human perspective in his dance idiom, to reflect on human existence from a distance.
Dubbe studied from the age of nine at the National Ballet Academy where he was honored as "most talented student" in 1999. After completing his training, he danced first with the Dutch National Ballet for four years and then with Nederlands Dans Theater 2. He has appeared in works by Ohad Naharin, Lightfoot & Leon, Jiří Kylián and others, and as a freelance dancer with Kenzo Kusuda, at Sensation White, Hart improvisation in Club Panama and Electronation
Curriculum Vitae
Born
1984, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Education
Nationale Ballet Academie
Danced with
Het Nationale Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 2
Scholarships, nominations and awards
- ‘Most talented student’ - Nationale Ballet Academy - 1999
- BNG Prijs 'Neuwe Theatermakers' - Chrono - 2011
- Prize of the Nederlandse Dansdagen festival - Point Cloud - 2011
- Scapino Production award, Choreographers concourse Hannover - Trigger Happy - 2014
- 1st prize Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival Stuttgart - Infant - 2016
In 2009, Joeri Dubbe started as a choreographer with Korzo productions. His first full-length performance Chrono premiered at CaDance 2011 and toured the Dutch theaters with great success. A second successful full-length performance at Korzo was Solaris (2013) and for Dansclick 16 (2014) he returned as a dancer himself in Kitsune. In 2016, he created Infant in collaboration with Israeli choreographer Idan Sharabi.
With Chrono, Dubbe won the BNG Prize for New Theater Makers in 2011. In the same season, he also won the Prize of the Dutch Dance Days with a pitch for the dance installation Point Cloud, a work that became a much sought-after program component at festivals. In 2014, he won the Scapino Production Prize for the choreography Trigger-Happy at the International Choreographer Competition in Hannover, Germany. This award led to a first work for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam: Raven's Home for TWOOLS 17 in 2015. For TWOOLS 18, he created Ladder 84 in 2018.