Didy Veldman

Didy Veldman (born 1967, in Groningen) is a Dutch choreographer. She trained at the Scapino Academy in Amsterdam. She has danced with Scapino Ballet, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève and Rambert Dance Company, working with international choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin and Christopher Bruce, among others.

In 1993, Veldman founded Alias Company with Guilherme Botelho. Their creation En Manqué won two major choreographic awards, the Dance Exchange International and the Prix Romand des Spectacle Independent. The following year, she was invited to join Rambert Dance Company and created three works for their repertoire. She has created and re-staged works for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, Ballet Gulbenkian, Cullberg Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, the Komische Oper Berlin, Scottish Dance Theatre, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, amongst others.

Creations 1987 - Sem Titulo - Scapino Ballet 1988 - Kleur Bekennen - Scapino Ballet 1991 - Close - Le Grands Theatre de Geneve 1993 - 40 Watt - Le Grands Theatre de Geneve 1994 - En Manqué - Alias Company 1995 - Kol Simcha - Rambert Dance Company 1997 - Greymatter - Rambert Dance Company 1998 - Somna - Ballet Central 1999 - Carmen - Northern Ballet Theatre 2000 - 7 DS - Rambert Dance Company 2001 - A Streetcar Named Desire - Northern Ballet Theatre 2001 - See Blue Through - Ballet Gulbenkian 2001 - Chase Case - Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year 2002 - I Remember Red - Cullberg Ballet 2002 - Possibly Six - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal 2003 - '0' (She Who Was) - Komische Oper Berlin 2003 - Tender Hooks - Ballet Gulbenkian 2004 - Outsight - Ballet Gulbenkian 2004 - Track - Scottish Dance Theatre 2005 - TooT - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal 2006 - Sweet & Sour - Iceland Dance Company 2007 - Cinderella - Goteborg Ballet Sweden 2007 - Stop and Go and Yes and No - Introdans, Holland 2007 - Peter & the Wolf - In the Wings 2008 - Frame of View - Cederlake, New York, USA 2009 - Session - Introdans, Holland 2010 - Momo - Ballet Bern, Switzerland 2011 - Language Matters - Ballet Mainz 2011 - Kind of a Sort - Northwest Dance Project, Portland, USA 2012 - new work - students of the Modern Theatre Dance Academy in Amsterdam, Holland 2012 - Les Noces - Le Grand Théâtre de Genève 2012 - The Little Prince - Les Grands Ballets, Montréal 2012 - In the Skin I'm in 1, 2 & 3 - Headspace, UK 2013 - Tristan & Isolde - Longborough Festival, UK 2014 - The 3 Dancers - Rambert Dance Company, UK 2014 - new work - students of the London Contemporary Dance School, UK 2016 - The Happiness Project - Umanoove/Didy Veldman 2016 - 360° - Luzerner Theater, Switzerland 2016 - new work - graduate students London Contemporary Dance School 2017 - new work - graduate students Rambert School 2018 - The Knot - Umanoove/Didy Veldman 2019 - new work - Transitions Dance Company 2019 - Is to Be - The Partner Schools of the Prix de Lausanne 2019 - a.part - Map Dance, Chichester University 2019 - Sense of Time - Birmingham Royal Ballet 2019 - Made in Holland - National Ballet School, Amsterdam 2020 - Carmen - Natalia Osipova 2020 - @HOME - Humanoove

Awards 1987 - Encouragement Perspective Prize for Sem Titulo