Projects
Laleget Danza
Since 2013 Faizah is a part of the Mexican Dance Company "Laleget Danza" under artistic direction…
Maurice Causey
Faizah has been working as a dancer with Maurice Causey since 2014 The first piece she danced by…
Nationale Opera – Itzik Galili
In the beginning of 2017 Faizah was part of the Opera "Prins Igor" by director Dmitri Tcherniakov.…
GrossDanceCompany
In April 2016 Faizah started dancing with GrossDanceCompany. She danced and toured Netherlands and…
CUBA projects
During her internship / work period in Cuba Faizah has colaborated closely with the Spanish theatre…
Art Rules
In the summer of 2016 Faizah travelled back to her island to give back to talents of Curacao. In a…
Academie voor theater en Dans
In 2011 Faizah came back to where she studied dance in Holland In 2011 Faizah was invited by…
News and Updates
Short films
A short made in quarantaine 2020 in collaboration with David van Delden Here some videos of 2…
CORNERED
“CORNERED” is a physical experience of two bodies encountering each other within a space and within…
Laleget Danza
Since 2013 Faizah is a part of the Mexican Dance Company "Laleget Danza" under artistic direction…
Maurice Causey
Faizah has been working as a dancer with Maurice Causey since 2014 The first piece she danced by…
Nationale Opera – Itzik Galili
In the beginning of 2017 Faizah was part of the Opera "Prins Igor" by director Dmitri Tcherniakov.…
About Faizah
Faizah Grootens
Faizah is a freelance choreographer collaborating with Holland Dance Festival, Het Zuidelijk Toneel, Laleget Danza, Taller Coreográfico Unam, Harlekijn danstheater, Lindenberg Dance Company, Herman van Veen Arts Center and the University of The Arts in Amsterdam amongst others. Faizah also sets up her own creations/ projects. Her work has been presented in festivals, in theaters and Museums in Europe (Kalamata Dance Festival, Oriente Occidente, Chorea International Dance Festival, Amsterdam Museum, Tropenmuseum and in various theaters in The Netherlands) Cuba, Mexico (Palacio de Bellas Artes, Sala Miguel Covarrubias among others), New York, Curaçao, and Aruba.
Faizah’s professional experience as a dancer includes working with several companies such as Laleget Danza, Maurice Causey, Nationale Opera en Ballet/ Itzik Galili, GrossDanceCompany, Symphonic Cinema, Another Kind of Blue, Generale Oost/ Introdans, Harlekijn Danstheater, Stichting Julius Leeft, Miguel Rubio and Sine Forma presenting in theaters in the Netherlands and abroad.
Faizah has worked as a dance teacher at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten teaching Contemporary Dance, Ballet and as a coach for Artictic Practices. She has also taught the Arts and Entertainment College Amsterdam, various schools in the Netherlands and at the University of the Arts in Havana, Cuba. Faizah has also served as a repetitor for GrossDanceCompany and Laleget Danza .
Faizah is a graduate from Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten and Instituto Superior de Arte, Cuba. And has done research for the Lectoraat Kunsteducatie of Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten on transcultural rhythmic dynamic approach in dance.