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In her third year she was one of the 9 selected dancers to be part of the unique project called βRUISβ, choreographed by Conny Janssen in context of the Rotterdam European Youth Capitol. After which she joined the company βConny Janssen Danstβ, to be part of a location project called βCommon Groundβ. It was an atmospheric open air event, performed every night during 3 weeks on a rooftop in the centre of Rotterdam. That same year she was selected by Itzik Galili and Krisztina de Chatel to join βDansgroep Amsterdamβ as an intern.
After completing Codarts University of the ArtsΒ and receiving her Bachelor Degree in 2011, Imre went on to join Carte Blanche, the Norwegian national company of contemporary dance based in Bergen, Norway. The following year in 2012 she returned to the Netherlands and joinedΒ the worldΒ renowned Nederlands Dans Theater 2, after which she continued in Nederlands Dans Theater 1 in 2015.
During her time in Nederlands Dans Theater Imre created with and performed in works by renowned choreographers, including; Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Hofesh Shechter, Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar, Paul Lightfoot & Sol Leon, Johan Inger, Alexander Ekman, Franck Chartier, Marco Goecke, Andrea Miller among others. During her time as a professional dancer, theΒ respective companies she danced for toured worldwide to famous and renowned theatres, for example The Joyce Theatre, New York City Centre, Sadlerβs Wells, The Bolshoi Theatre.Β
Imre was nominated for best Dancer Audience Award in 2013. She was nominated for the Piket Kunst Prijzen in 2014 and the Encouragement price from Dansersfondsβ79. In 2017 she was nominated by the VSCD (Dutch Theatre Association) for the Silver Swan Award: the βmost impressive dance achievementβ for her role in βSalt Wombβ by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar and ultimately won the award.
Imre, moved to Israel in 2017 and joined the prestigious Batsheva Dance Company under the direction of Ohad Naharin. Whilst dancing for the company until 2020 she also became a certified gaga teacher. An innovative and constantly evolving movement language developed by Naharin.Β
In tandem with her career as a professional dancer Imre started developing her choreographic skills. Starting with her participation in the annual benefit event βSwitchβ by Nederlands Dans Theater. Imre and Marne created their first work βArmβs Lengthβ for Switch after which they created βLiNKβ (2014) and βJohn Doeβ (2015) for their talent development program called βUp & Coming Choreographersβ. In 2017 they debuted with βThe Greyβ for NDT2βs regular programming and continued to create βTake Rootβ (2019) for NDT1. Take Root was nominated by the VSCD for the Swan Award: βmost impressive dance production 2019β.
Since 2020 Imre and Marne are fully focused on their choreographic career and have created works for various international dance companies. Creating βBaby dont hurt meβ (2021) for NDT1, βEye Candyβ (2021) for Rambert Dance Company, βThe little manβ (2022) for National Theater Mannheim and βIβm afraid to forget your smileβ for the Hessian State Ballet, βHeart Driveβ for Ballet BC and βMommy, Look!β for Ballett Theater Basel.
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Daf International Artists | Giovanni Insaudo making of “Give me something wonderful”
Giovanni Insaudo new work for students of Daf International project