First moves of the dayyyyyy breathing feeling taking space stretching balancing continuously going and going

“In an intimate setting, between the whispers of past and present, dancer Alexandra Loembé explores the power of imagination and collective creativity. “The Seeds that Surface” is an interdisciplinary solo performance and metamorphic journey in which childhood memories unfold a boundless landscape, revealing the complexity and fluidity of cultural identity. It reflects the cyclical nature of existence and the potential to illuminate different sides of yourself from the dark.” Maker & performer: @alexandra.loembe Advise: @kalkerbabette Composition: @robbidoesart Technical support: @grootneal Special thanks to: @platformnexus @ecoledessables @cultuurfonds Pictures by @fotocoendijkstra during the Nexus Festival @platformnexus This project is supported by Janivo Stichting

A solo about people being like trees, about the two types of forest where my roots dig deep, about a profound childhood memory, about waking up and continuously embodying different versions of yourself, about me, about us, about The Seeds that Surface ❤️ Thank you to everyone present and involved for making it a successful try-out 🤲🏽 SOON MORE ✨ Maker & performer: @alexandra.loembe Advise: @kalkerbabette Composition: @robbidoesart Special thanks to: @platformnexus @ecoledessables @cultuurfonds This project is supported by Janivo Stichting

NEW DATE We’ll be performing Lumpempa once again soon! 27.09.2024 @pleintheater 20:30 🦋 Link in bio for tickets 🤲🏽 In an interplay between light and dark, 5 dancers are moved by the (in)visible stories on and underneath their skin…’Lumpempa’ means luck or butterfly, it means revealing your colorful wings. It means moving together, rhythm, migration, pollination, vulnerability and temporality… Photo’s of the premiere in February @podiummozaiek taken by @gergelyofner Choreography: @alexandra.loembe Dancers in pictures: @sienaverber @amaliayuno @stephanie.slmn @meis.serioos @alexandra.loembe Composer: @vinkepeezer Light designer: @luxnautilus Artistic advise: @yav.tc Dramaturgy: @yahman_i_blackman Production: @podiummozaiek @alexandra.loembe Special thanks to: @hethuisutrecht @vainergill.thurnim This project is supported by Janivo Stichting #dance #contemporarydance #performance #newcreation #lumpempa #theatre #amsterdam

I am brought back to my childhood of which I spent most of my time in the forest, playing, exploring and listening 💚 These are the first days of my residency at @platformnexus and the start of a new creation 🌱 More soon! This project is supported by Janivo Stichting

My second return to @ecoledessables, for the Formation Afrique Diaspora Module 3. What a gift it has been to spend 2,5 months here, to fully indulge into my dance practice, it’s source/essence, to broaden my community and expand my love even more. To all of you I met: Being an artists brought us here. Together as trees we create a forest, as our roots are holding hands wherever we are. I would like to express my gratitude towards co-artistic directors @alesandraseutin_mamavo and @wesleyruz for this opportunity and all teachers for sharing their energy, knowledge and experiences. Until our sun’s rays shine on each other again. This journey was supported by @cultuurfonds

Play time :) #dance #ecoledessables #senegal #improvisation #playfulness

Every movement is like a whole world, but how do we move from one into another world? Maybe a movement is like a day, that changes through the night. Transitioning like the sun, into the next day, the next movement, the next world. #dance #ecoledessables #senegal #improvisation #playfulness

Whilst we are resurfacing from the soil (winter) and feeling the warmth of spring excitement, my spring will turn into summer quickly as I am traveling to @ecoledessables soon to join their 10 week Africa Diaspora Training 🍃 Next to the everyday program I will be starting a new creation proces 🧡 This project is supported by @cultuurfonds Photo by @gergelyofner

In an interplay between light and dark, 5 dancers are moved by the (in)visible stories on and underneath their skin…’Lumpempa’ means luck or butterfly, it means revealing your colorful wings. It means moving together, rhythm, migration, pollination, vulnerability and temporality… Choreography: @alexandra.loembe Dancers: @sienaverber @amaliayuno @stephanie.slmn @meis.serioos @alexandra.loembe Composer: @vinkepeezer Light designer: @luxnautilus Artistic advise: @christian_yav Dramaturgy: @yahman_i_blackman Production: @podiummozaiek @alexandra.loembe Special thanks to: @hethuisutrecht @vainergill.thurnim This project is supported by Janivo Stichting #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness #performance #newcreation #process #danse #lumpempa #theatre #amsterdam

I’m warming up, spring is in the air, it’s warming up 💚 #dance #contemporarydance #improvisation #research #playfulness

In an interplay between light and dark, 5 dancers are moved by the (in)visible stories on and underneath their skin…’Lumpempa’ means luck or butterfly, it means revealing your colorful wings. It means moving together, rhythm, migration, pollination, vulnerability and temporality… Choreography: @alexandra.loembe Dancers: @sienaverber @amaliayuno @stephanie.slmn @meis.serioos @alexandra.loembe Composer: @vinkepeezer Light designer: @luxnautilus Artistic advise: @yav.tc Dramaturgy: @yahman_i_blackman Production: @podiummozaiek @alexandra.loembe Special thanks to: @hethuisutrecht @vainergill.thurnim This project is supported by Janivo Stichting

What a gift to spend these darkest days creating in the studio, especially with these people! In an interplay between light and dark, 5 dancers are moved by the (in)visible stories on and underneath their skin…’Lumpempa’ means luck or butterfly, it means revealing your colorful wings. It means moving together, rhythm, migration, pollination, vulnerability and temporality… ‘Lumpempa’ is premiering in February @podiummozaiek during RRReuring 2024 What seeds are you planting in the soil this winter and what will you grow in 2024? Link in bio for more info and tickets🤎 Choreography: @alexandra.loembe Dancers: @sienaverber @amaliayuno @stephanie.slmn @meis.serioos @alexandra.loembe Composer: @vinkepeezer Light designer: Saskia de Vries Artistic advise: @christian_yav Dramaturgy: @yahman_i_blackman Production and PR: @podiummozaiek @alexandra.loembe Special thanks to: @hethuisutrecht @vainergill.thurnim #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness #performance #newcreation #process #danse #lumpempa #theatre #amsterdam

The need for moments to play and process Hope to be teaching some Creative Embodiment classes/workshops soon! #dance #contemporarydance #improvisation #research #playfulness

Taking a moment to look back at the birth of ‘Lumpempa’ 🍂 An ode to our ever changing identities. Constantly moving as one, whilst following and leaving our traces. Our differences carried as our richness. This autumn and winter we will be moving deeper into the creation process, we’ll dig, collect, carry, peel and reveal our stories. 🍂 Choreography @alexandra.loembe Dancers @sienaverber @stephanie.slmn @amaliayuno Light @nuncium All photo’s were taken by @sjoerdderine during the research presentation at @podiummozaiek RRReuring Zomerlab 2023 @urbanresort_devlugt #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness #performance #newcreation #process #danse #lumpempa #residency #theatre

Last week we shared the first breath and bits of the creation process of ‘Lumpempa’ during @podiummozaiek RRReuring Zomerlab 2023 @urbanresort_devlugt We’ll be back in the studio soon! More info and dates are coming 👐🏽 Choreography @alexandra.loembe Dancers @sienaverber @stephanie.slmn @amaliayuno Light @nuncium #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness #performance #newcreation #process #danse #lumpempa #residency #theatre

Sometimes searching, sometimes knowing, always feeling #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness #dance

I am currently in the process of creating a new dance piece! A personal journey and story about the feeling of home. An idea that was born last year and that I started playing with during a residency at @hethuisutrecht We are working towards a work-in-progress presentation during @podiummozaiek RRReuring Zomerlab 2023 Soon more! 💗 Dancers in video @sienaverber @stephanie.slmn #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness #dance #performance #newcreation #process #danse #lumpempa #residency

Glimpses of hours 🤍 #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness #dance #performance #newcreation #process #danse #lumpempa #residency

Where to find me as spring is soon turning into summer: 🌺 Creating new choreographic work @podiummozaiek @urbanresort_devlugt 🌱 Rehearsing/performing with @berithdanse @daynamartinezmorales @pleintheater ✨ Teaching ONLY 3 MORE WEEKLY OPEN CLASSES in June on Monday evening @chassedancestudios 19:30-20:45 I will also be teaching a 1-day Creative Embodiment workshop (5 hours of movement, choreography and creation) @creaamsterdam on August 5 DM FOR MORE INFO #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #movementpractice #research #openclass #workshop #playfulness #performance #sensorial #newcreation #nature #process #lumpempa #danse

Opening performance for “Dancing Through (Un)common Worlds” curated by @lola_bezemer . Playing with artworks by @lola.schot and others, with @catharinavergeer .

Friday mornings w @docentdans 🥁 A warm soup of movement and sound 🦋 Every time I can teach with live music is a gift 🦋 This frase is just one of the last parts of my class 🙏🏽 Here we explore the fluidity of movements while finding a collective timing. It is a frame in which we apply the previous movement research and other exercises. The last couple of times we focussed on exploring the beginning and ending of a movement, tracing the circularities in our movements, having strong legs, planted feet and giving guidance through the hips so the torso can be free 🌺 #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #movementpractice #classvideo #research #playfulness #livemusic #academy

This year I wrote an article about my work for @kleintjekunst for the LKCA Cultuur+Educatie publication, supported by the DAS Research Development Fund 🤲🏽 If interested, you can find it through the link in my bio 🌸 #dance #performance #sensorial #academy

A moment during a short solo I performed recently 🕯 Thank you @kunstendialoog #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness

This summer the seeds of a new creation are starting to sprout. I will be doing a short residency at @hethuisutrecht where l'll plunge into a research around the relationship between us people and nature, multiple body, ritual, family and the feeling of "home" As always I value every part of the process I am excited for this new project as well as the continuation of defining my working method and movement language More to comeee #lumpempa #research #residency #dance #contemporarydance #playfulness #newcreation #nature

Some photo’s made during a @kleintjekunst interactive performance for 2-4 year olds, where I work with moving from the breath and expanding/releasing/upward/downward/body parts/full body, whilst, playing with colours, sound and tangible materials 🌬 I introduce my theme and perform (non verbally), they watch, they move, we move together, we play together, I intuitively follow them, we play some more … 🤸🏽‍♀️ #dance #performance #sensorial #playfulness

Another morning another warm-up 💟 Today I’m a tree, my lower body rooted, my upper body sunkissed, water flows through, I grow, I play, I create, I invite #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness

So when @aminatacairo asked me to perform at her book reading @pakhuisdezwijger I of course said YES ✨ Enjoy these snippets of her words and my improvisation 🙏🏽

Some raw footage of @miriam_rachel_s her graduation project this summer ✨ Dancing in her beautiful garment, filmed by @cd_ecoration #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness

Me talking about PIA’S FIRST TOUCH/PIA GOES IN CIRCLES in the CONNECT 2020 year book @atdamsterdam #piatouchpiacircles #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #research #creation #playfulness #performance

A little moment some time ago #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #research #playfulness

Sunrise Let’s reconnect to this morning feeling, where everything is still possible. Grow, listen to your body, open up your senses, take time, dance whenever, move, stretch, massage, trust the process, nourish, be creative, keep the energy flowing, do what brings you joy We are a part of nature Photo by @roosmarijnbroersen Gentle reminder to connect to nature’s cycles, to sense subtle changes and to let it inspire you 🍃 #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #playfulness #nature #movementpractice

PIA’S FIRST TOUCH/PIA GOES IN CIRCLES How many circles would they have made by now? Exactly one? Or a whole lot more?? This process still has my heart and is definitely still alive ✨ Just like the piece itself, the ending is just the beginning! A piece about curiosity, vulnerability, sensitivity and an early state of being. She suggests a first touch, the beginning of the day, the feeling of endless possibilities, the rising and setting of the sun and a life course from the first meeting. The performance stimulates the viewer on a physical level, without a real skin-to-skin touch. Dancers: Kiki Schreuders, Naomi Collier Broms, Marcella Faltas, Ichmarah Kock, Irene Zanelato and Jaklin Karnalova Choreography by me Photos by Peter Koppers and Eddi de Bie #piatouchpiacircles #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #research #creation #playfulness #performance

Mondays are for @pactdans 🤸🏽‍♀️ Two of the third years dancing #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #movementpractice #classvideo #research #playfulness #academy

PIA’S FIRST TOUCH/PIA GOES IN CIRCLES Dancers: Kiki Schreuders, Naomi Collier Broms, Marcella Faltas, Ichmarah Kock, Irene Zanelato and Jaklin Karnalova Choreography by me Photos by Milou de Laat #piatouchpiacircles #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #research #creation #playfulness #performance

PIA’S FIRST TOUCH/PIA GOES IN CIRCLES Dancers: Kiki Schreuders, Naomi Collier Broms, Marcella Faltas, Ichmarah Kock, Irene Zanelato and Jaklin Karnalova Choreography by me I am happy and thankful to have met these girls and to have created this piece together ✨ #piatouchpiacircles #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #research #creation #playfulness #performance

This morning I had the opportunity to teach at my own department @docentdans with life music! I loved it 💗 Thank you DD1 ✨ #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #movementpractice #classvideo #research #playfulness #academy

Photo’s of our outside performance @pleintheater 📷 Pieter Kers

Thankyou @5oclockclass peers! #teaching #creativeembodiment #dance #contemporarydance #movementpractice #classvideo #research #playfulness #academy

A very nice DsDm class on a very hot day in June @ickamsterdam 📷 Bas de Brouwer

T(h)ree Dancer @victorialamersbocaranda Choreography by me 📷 Eddi de Bie #dance #contemporarydance #research #creation #playfulness #performance

This week @victorialamersbocaranda danced in my latest piece T(h)ree and she was beautiful Choreography by me #dance #contemporarydance #research #creation #playfulness #performance

Reveal the Stage by @lola_bezemer

Sunday morning at @ecoledessables