Rosa Vissers (MFA University of Utah, 2007, BFA ArtEZ School of Dance) is a Seattle based dancer, choreographer and educator from the Netherlands. She currently works as a freelance dancer, choreographer and teacher in the Seattle area and is co-artistic director of Dance Art Group. She also co-founded the BareFoot Collective in Tacoma where she was a Co-Director for a year and website administrator for two years.
Besides performing her own work, Rosa has recently worked with Lucia Neare's Theatrical Wonders, Josephine's Echopraxia, Kelly Sullivan | Human Movement Projects, Walrus Performance, tindance and BQdanza.
Photo by Steve Clarke.
and performed with dance companies Meekers Uitgesproken Dans and Canvas Performing Art. While pursuing her MFA at the University of Utah, Rosa was a member of Performing Dance Company and performed at the DUMBO/Cool New York and American Dance Guild festivals in New York City, ACDFA '06 and '07, and in France.
Rosa Vissers & Bernadette Teunissen (my mom) in "Holding Us Up/Mothers&Daughters" Photo from video
She has presented her research at the Art of Gender in Everyday Life 2009 conference at Idaho State University, the 2006 CORD conference at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ and was invited to present her research at the 2008 CORD conference at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA. Rosa has performed in the Netherlands, Hungary, France, Germany and the United States in the works of Istvan Juhos, Roberto Galvan, Tony Vezich, Phyllis Gutelius, Olga Pona, Satu Hummasti, Eric Handman, Pamela Geber, Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Andre Bouchard and others. Her work has been performed in the Netherlands, Hungary, New York City, Utah, Washington, and Idaho.
Josh Anderson & Jessie Young in "What Remains Unsaid." Photo by Rosa Vissers.
In the dance studio, Rosa seeks to create a supportive, compelling,
light-hearted, and multifaceted atmosphere, where students are encouraged to move with clarity of intent, find their personal interpretation of the material given to them, and push their limits while working in an anatomically sound way.
“Rosa is a fabulous teacher. Her analogies and descriptions are excellent and her willingness to help all students progress is appreciated.”
“Having some dance background, I think Rosa is a superb instructor. She had something new to offer me: new perspective, new choreography, different ways of explaining things. She is encouraging and offers a lot of constructive criticism.”
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Artist Statement
Teaching Philosophy
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For the 2007/2008 academic year Rosa worked as a guest artist/visiting assistant professor at Idaho State University’s Department of Theatre & Dance. Her choreography for I-Move, ISU’s modern dance company, was presented at the Northwest American College Dance Festival (ACDFA) in Salt Lake City and selected to represent the Northwest region at the National ACDFA conference in New York City.
In 2007 Rosa founded O24dance, a pick up contemporary dance company that promotes collaborative work. O24dance has performed at SiteWorks, On the Boards, !ArtsLaunch!, the Pink Door dance series and On the Margins.
Before moving to the United States, Rosa completed her conservatory dance training in contemporary dance, ballet, jazz and improvisation at the ArtEZ Dansacademie in the Netherlands, studied at the Budapest Tanciskola in Hungary,
Laurel Lakey,Hannah Carpenter & Josh Anderson in "but I never really arrived..." Photo by Aaron Wood
Rosa received a prestigious Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds scholarship for the fifty most promising young artists and scientists in the Netherlands in 2004, and the Hey-Konijnfonds scholarship in 2004 and 2005 from the city of Arnhem. She was a recipient of a Graduate Assistantship throughout her studies and a nominated recipient of the University of Utah Teaching Assistant scholarship during the 2005-2006 academic year. Upon graduation in 2007 Rosa was given an Outstanding Service Award from the University of Utah’s Department of Modern Dance.
Photo by Peter Vissers.
Rosa's creative work:
"... aims to question, to investigate; not for the sake of finding permanent truths, but to discover temporary solutions. Our reality and our bodies change every moment, and I am fascinated by how we relate to this unstable and ultimately unknowable world.
I see dance as a poetic body language; it articulates through metaphor, abstraction and imagery. Both as a performer and choreographer I aspire to communicate directly and intimately with the audience, finding the essence of whatever it is I choose to convey. "
"My movement vocabulary reflects my eclectic background. I incorporate various dance techniques, yoga, contact improvisation, text, and pedestrian movement in my choreography as well as creative contributions from the dancers"
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