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Klevering, Jaap
| Date of birth | 27.2.1959 |
| Profession |
Choreographer Physical performer |
| Country | Netherlands |
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| Training | Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, de teaterschool, Mime opleiding and School voor Nieuwe Dans Ontwinkkeling (former School voor Moderne Dans) 1982 - 1984. |
| Choreographed |
Night (1982) Plaza (1984) Easy Drive (1985) Skull Dances (1986) Passion (Klevering) (1987) VilliViliVulp (1988) Nucleardances (1989) Last Blast (1991) Terezine (1991) Tulvasunogu (1991) Urban Nature (1992) Through Merrow Through Bone (1993) Musta Pukuinen Mies (1993) Floor Work (19.2.1995) Rauha 95 (1995) Great Void (1996) Kota (2000) Body Culture (2001) |
| Work as a dancer |
Goler (1997) |
| Other artistic work |
Artistic directorships: Dodance - Center for New Dance 1988-1992; New dance festival, Kokkola 1985, Joensuu 1989; Oudot kuviot Festival, Outokumpu 1999-2002. Work in television: Urban Nature, dir. Jaap Kelvering, YLE TV 2, 1992-1995. Work as a teacher: Head of Dancer's Education at the Outokumpu Vocational Institution, 2001 onwards; Departments of Dance and Acting of the Theatre Academy of Finland; Theatre Academy, Arnhem. |
| Grants and awards |
Grants: EU-LEADER funding for the Kota- kiertävä luontoteatteri project 1998-2000; three-year state grant to artists 1999. Awards: 1. prize in the choreography competition, Rautavaara 1995. |
| Videography and TV recordings | Passion, video work, 1987; Tanssista voima, YLE TV 2, 1988; Alamaa - miehen tie, video work, 1991; Urban nature, YLE TV 2, 1992 - 1995; Luista ja ytimistä (Through merrow, through bone), YLE TV 2, 1995; Uurros, video work, 2000. |
| Other Information | Regional artist in theatre and dance of the Province of Lapland 1992- 1993. |