About Hilde

My name is Hilde Elbers and I was born on 14-09-1979 in Venray the Netherlands.

Currently I reside in Amsterdam. I am a dancer, teacher and choreographer. I speak fluent English and Dutch.

At this moment I am curious about how many different kinds of  ‘identity’s’ we carry within our physical body. How many roles we have in this one life and how they interact. Depending on the context we are in, one side or the other (‘identity’) will emerge more profoundly. How are we able to deal with them? How do we react towards ourselves? and how do we grow and learn from that?

In dance very often you’ll find yourself working for different choreographers/directors, working with different college’s, taking different classes, even changing the country/city you live in to work. All of these factors give a constantly changing context to you and your work, it will bring out different aspects of yourself that are related but sometimes totally different and contradicting the other.

And not only in dance.

Just ‘simply’ look at everyday life and all the roles we have, the everlasting shifting of focus,things drawn out of us, simply because the context we are in demands this. Naturally this means that interaction with others are a major influence to us.We are multitasking individuals trying to cope in a society that changes so fast and drives on a make ability of life. So where is our own source? our authentic way of being, and can we tap into that, in interaction with others? How do you navigate trough all this complexity of roles?

In my work this curiosity is of a big influence. As a dancer and teacher i take this matter into account. Whenever i create or teach i always depart from basic human life issues, rather than diving deep into dance related language. i will use every day examples to make different technical aspects of dance clear. Like this you generate an instant deep understanding of the matter at hand and you will be able to use this into the work your practicing at that moment.

I believe that our everyday life and behavior is our biggest inspiration!

Next to those fascinations I am busy practicing Reiki. Reiki is a healing technique based on the principle that the therapist can channel energy into the patient by means of touch, to activate the natural healing processes of the patient’s body and restore physical and emotional well-being. The origin of the word is Japanese:  literally ‘universal life energy.’

I also studied the art of Capoeira: a system of physical discipline and movement originating among Brazilian slaves, treated as a martial art and dance form. My teacher Mestre Samara resides in Amsterdam.

My big  desire at the moment is to be much more in the nature.

And last but not least I love photography and capture bits and pieces of this  life.

Greetings!

Hilde

Elbershilde@gmail.com

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