Out of the Blue

Anouk van Dijk is choreographer, director and the creator behind Countertechnique. She has been the Artistic Director of the Australian dance company Chunky Move from 2012-2019, and ran her own Amsterdam-based company anoukvandijk dc from 1999-2012. Her work is staged for a wide range of settings: from black box theatre to main stage productions, from installation work to site-specific spectacles.

In 2012 Van Dijk was awarded the Golden Swan, the Netherlands most prestigious dance accolade – in recognition of her outstanding artistic and academic contribution to dance. Central to the foundation of her creative work has been Countertechnique, providing dancers with tools for versatile dance practice in the 21st century. Currently Countertechnique has almost 40 certified teachers worldwide and the methodology holds a prominent place in the publication Dance Techniques 2010, co-written by Prof. Gerald Siegmund and Anouk van Dijk.

Anouk van Dijk is represented by Stepping Grounds Arts/Culture Management.

After graduating at the Amsterdam Academy of Theatre and Dance (Technical Theatre Arts) Theun Mosk has worked as a theatre maker, and designer of sets, light and autonomous installations. He likes and encourages creative collaboration and often works with an artistic team towards specific and unique means of expression. In 2007 Theun was awarded the prestigious Dutch Charlotte Kohler Prize and was selected to participate in the Prague Quadriennale that same year, as well as in 2011. In 2009 he won the Proscenium Prize for his substantial contribution to the Dutch theatre.

Theun has worked with Michel van der Aa, Robert Wilson English National Opera, Jetse Batelaan, Piet Paris, Ann van de Broek, Design Museum Den Bosch, David Mitchell, Nederlands Dans Theater, Medhi Walerski, Maritiem Museum, IFFR, Toneelgroep Oostpool, Boukje Schweigman, Arnhem Fashion Biënnale, Mattijs van Bergen, Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam, Oerol Festival, Ballet BC Vancouver, Theaterfestival Boulevard, Veenfabriek/Paul Koek, Toneelhuis Antwerpen, Theater Rotterdam, Touki Delphine and the Fries Natuurmuseum for Leeuwarden-Friesland European Capital of Culture 2018. 2021 Theun created the set and lighting design for our acclaimed production of 'Out of the Blue' by choreographer Anouk van Dijk.