SUZANNE DE BEKKER
Suzanne is an vertical dancer, aerialist, choreographer and model.
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She was born and raised in The Netherlands but she is a mix from Surinamese, Chinese and Dutch heritage. She received her Bachelor of Dance at the JMD Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (University of Performing Arts) in 2011. She started her dance education at the age of 4 with Balletstudio Dorris Titulaer. Here she trained for more than 10 years and received certificates from the Royal Academy of Dancing UK. During high school she started at the Vooropleiding Dans Venlo (Artez) under the guidance o Liesbeth Wiertz for her professional preparatory dance course and simultaneously finished her Havo-diploma in 2006. During her prepatory dance course she realized this is how she wants to live her life, working as a professional dancer and continued studying. She first went to study contemporary dance at Codarts - Rotterdamse Dansacademie. But than switched to The Theaterschool in Amsterdam were she also had singing, acting and more musical theatre lessons besides contemporary classes and this combination really made her happy and able to fully experience all levels of dance and theater.
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During her studies at the Theaterschool she also competed in the Dutch & Belgium edition of tv show ‘SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE’ and became a semi-finalist in 2009.
She received a scholarship to train in New York at the Alvin Ailey School 2010-2011. Right after graduation she went back to New York to train with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and performed in the 360 installation choreographed by Benoit Swan Pouffer and Alexandra Damiani during the summer intensive.
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VERTICAL DANCER
High point celebration KJ The hague 2025 - The Aerialettes
Floating Rhytmhs vertical dance cuet alongside Natasja at the Sieraad in Amsterdam - The Aerialettes
Grand Opening Cardo Hotel Burssels 2024 - The Aerialettes
Unfolding Multitude tour Museumnacht, Muziek Gebouw aan t Ij, Het Motorblok, Panama Pictures - Ropes Aligned
Vertical Fashionshow Lana Mharlet Loveland at Sieraad 2024 - The Aerialettes
Opening Stichting Duwo at Haarlem prison 2023 - counterbalance - The Aerialattes
Opening Leolux Design Center 2022 - The Aerialettes​
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AERIALIST:
Mainstage Tomorrowland Winter - flying harness The Aerialettes 2025
Concert of the Year at Ziggodome - counterbalance and flying harnas - The Aerialettes 2024
Flying discoball in mirrorsuits creation in flying harnass and counterbalance - The Aerialettes 2022 & 2023
KMSKA Museum of Fine Arts (Belgium) - vertical dance 2022 & 2023
Asians Next Topmodel (Singapore) Finale season 8 - silks
Coco Loco festival (Antwerp) hammock, silks & flying harnass
Eo Nederland zingt dag - (Jaarbeurs) - Aviv dance company - silks
Tomorrowland summer 2018,2019and winter 2022Soul15 (Belgium & France)- flying harnass
Westergas corporate events - flying harnass & silks
Lichterfest (Germany) Pyrostyx - silks
Q-music (NL) Flying Artwork- harnass
James Bond Premiere - Pzia (Zurich) - harnass
The christmas concert - Deepbridge (Belgium) - duo silks
Viva la classic live concerts - Sef Thissen (NL) silks
Sportgala (Rotterdam) Aerial Art- silks
Supperclub (Amsterdam)- duo & solo silks
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CHOREOGRAPHIES & OWN WORK
Choreographed and directed a short dance film Intuition that was selected and screened during Cinedans 2018 and the Plusfour film fest in New York in 2019
Choreographed different fashionshows: Doutzen's Stories Press Launch - Hotel Arena, European Bridal Week Essen
E-sport fashion show Hive Berlin
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CONTEMPORARY DANCER
She danced in several companies such as:
Internationaal Dans Theater - Zonnekoningen by Jan Linkens (Tour NL)
Conny Janssen Danst - Mirror MirRor by Conny Janssen
Schweigman& - remake of Wiek by Boukje Schweigman (Tour NL & BE)
Also performed several times with the Dutch National Opera: Prins Igor choreographed by Itzik Galili directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov, Eliogabalo - choreographed by Maud le Pladec - directed by Thomas Jolly, Gauillaume Tell - choreographed by Kim Brandstrup - directed by Pierre Audi, Anna Bolena - choregraphed by Lillian Stillwell.
And worked with productions:
Jong Korzo - Wie niet weg is, is gezien by Ryan Djojokarso (children’s theater). Polyband - by Marjolein Vogels (performance concert with 16 musicians)
And at festivals Julidans - Urban bodies project by Yolanda Gutierrez (location project) Why Not festival icw Coralie Vogelaar - arranging, moving, rotating, packing (visual artist) by Marjolein Vogels
COMMERCIAL CREDITS
MTV European Music Awards, dancer for Robin Thicke - choreographed by Beth Honan
Peter Pan the never ending story - by Martino Muller directed by Luc Petit (BE, Taipei,Singapore, Doha, Kuwait)
Cinderella a fairly true story -by Martino Muller (Singapore)
Tabaluga - by Alex Burgos (DE & Switzerland)
Monthy Pythons Spamalot
MDR Florian Silbereisen schlagershows - choreographed by Ludwig Mond (Germany & Spain)
MODEL
Hunkemoller, Nike, Levi's, Justin Alexander, Puma, Ladybird, Diesel, Arme of Me, Tramontana, Lillian West, Asics, Simone Perele, Arena, Papillon Dance wear, Riviera Maison, Schwarzkopf, Enzoani, Badgley & Mischka, Gerry Weber, Leaseplan
Suzanne de Bekker is Co founder and owner of The Aerialettes with partner Natasja Bode since 2017
She is also the co-artistic founder of Ropes Aligned - Vertical Dance Theater Amsterdam.
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