Evelien Jansen
Evelien Jansen is nominated for the Zwaan meest indrukwekkende dansprestatie 2025 for her role in Tender Resistance (Faizah Grootens/ Korzo).
Jury about the nomination
''Evelien Jansen is a remarkable dancer who presents herself with sincerity and vulnerability and dances with admirable sobriety. She draws you in without tricks or embellishment, using her body to tell stories about the self in this day and age. Deeply felt issues surrounding identity and self-preservation also create friction. Jansen captures this in a contrasting physicality with a new, unique logic. In her partner work, she makes one plus one equal three. By staying close to the other person, she works towards a strengthened form of togetherness. She is a true dancer of today."
About Evelien Jansen
Evelien Jansen (1998) is a Dutch dancer, teacher and young creator. She graduated from the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam (Urban Contemporary) and began her career with Hofesh Shechter Company II. Since then, she has worked with the company on projects including Political Mother: The Choreographer’s Cut, the feature film En Corps by Cédric Klapisch, and The Final Cut, directed by Hofesh Shechter.
After her time with Humanhood and Komoco (Sofia Nappi), she established herself as a freelance dancer in the Netherlands, where she worked with Faizah Grootens, Anne Suurendonk, Dalton Jansen, Ruben Chi and Jasper van Luijk.
As a rehearsal director, she was involved with Nicole Beutler Projects, and as a teacher, she is active with companies and training programmes in the Netherlands and abroad, where she develops her own dance language: organic, dynamic and rhythmic, with a focus on full-body totality. Emotion and honesty are at the core of her work, both as a creator and performer.
Her latest work, Groeipijn, a raw and physical group piece, explores how deep personal crises can lead to resilience and inner growth. The performance will be presented this summer at Lowlands and Korzo, in collaboration with DOX.
“This very special dancer presents herself as sincere and vulnerable. She dances without tricks or embellishment, using her body to tell stories about identity and self-preservation, which also generate friction.”