MEDIATHEK

Der Tänzer Jefta van Dinther (NL) absolvierte 2003 die School of Arts (MTD) in Amsterdam. Seitdem arbeitet er u. a. mit Keren Levi, Sanna Myllylahti, Leine&Roebana, Martin Butler, Inari Salmivaara, Pere Faura und Ivana Müller zusammen. Er performte in den letzten beiden Stücken von Mette Ingvartsen ›to come‹ und ›Why We Love Action‹, die 2005 und 2007 bei PACT Zollverein zu sehen waren. Zurzeit arbeitet er an dem eigenen Stück ›The power of movement‹. 2008 nimmt er an dem von Xavier Le Roy und Bojana Cvejic initierten Projekt ›6M1L – SIX MONTHS ONE LOCATION‹ teil. (Quelle: pact Zollverein) Jefta van Dinther (SE/NL) is a choreographer and dancer working between Amsterdam, Stockholm and Berlin. He grew up in Sweden, whereafter he moved to the Netherlands and graduated from the Amsterdam School of the Arts (MTD) in 2003. Jefta makes dance performances, both alone and in collaboration with other artists. His own works include The Blanket Dance (2011), which was made in collaboration with Frederic Gies and DD Dorvillier. His previous performance Kneeding – a choreography for three men – premiered in Amsterdam in 2010. In 2009 he made the quintet The Way Things Go – a slowly moving sculpture of cause and effect. Together with Mette Ingvartsen he created the performance ITʼS IN THE AIR. In collaboration with Bojana Cvejic, Mette Ingvartsen, Sandra Iche and Jan Ritsema(COCOs) he made the performance Breeding, Brains and Beauty. Apart from dancing in his own performances Jefta also performs in the works of others. He is currently still working and touring with performances by Mette Ingvartsen, Xavier Le Roy and Ivana Muller. He has been engaged as a performer with various other choreographers including Frederic Gies, Keren Levi, Leine/Roebana, Pere Faura, Carolien Hermans, Martin Butler and Inari Salmivaara. He recently started teaching in choreography, sharing his methods of work and practices. During 2008/2009 he was one of the participants in the project 6 Months 1 Location(6M1L), an experiment in education, production and research at the choreographic centre of Montpellier. Together with the other participants of 6M1L he cocurated In-Presentable Festival 2009 in Madrid. He is currently working on a new project together with lighting designer Minna Tiikkainen that will premiere in the spring of 2012. (Quelle: HAU Abendzettel)