Anouk van dijk biography of williams

TEACHER PROFILE: ANOUK VAN DIJK

No stranger to determination and risk, the Founder of Countertechnique and former Artistic Director of Chunky Move, Anouk van Dijk, has crossed oceans in her extensive career.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Van Dijk has built a rich career of performance, choreography and dance development. Back in Amsterdam since 2021, after having lived in Melbourne from 2012, she is planting the seeds of Countertechnique around the world.
By Madeline Harms. 

Tell me a little about how it all began, what inspired you to pursue an artistic career?
I grew up in a small town in the east of The Netherlands, and it was here I started with tap, jazz and modern dance classes as a teenager.

Anouk van dijk biography of williams

When I was 15, I saw a professional dancer perform a solo, up close in the studio. I’ll never forget how I saw this human being radiating energy like I had never experienced before. I felt immediately drawn to this freedom of energy and other level of how one