Connor Schumacher is interested in everything dance was, everything dance has become, and everything dance can be in the future. Because somewhere in there is a key to revolutionary thought. So let’s get moving.
Connor Schumacher is a dance artist and artistic leader of Stichting ARK, the foundation with which he organizes movement classes and raves and creates performances, with the goal to get people moving. Connor is convinced that the world would be a better place if we would dance every day. Connor is one of the associate artists of Dansateliers.
Connor toured in the seasons 2019-2020-2021 with Funny Soft Happy & The Opposite, that was extremely well received in all theatres where it was performed. Before that, he made o.a. the performances Threesome (2019), OK Future (2017), The Fool (2018) and Boy Oh Boy (2012). Next to this he took part in the European research projects Dancing Museums (2015-2017) and Empowering Dance (2018-2020) and Empowering Dance 2 (2021-2023) in which he searched for new ways of interaction with an audience and the soft skills people can develop through dance. In 2022, Connor was nominated for the Gieskes-Strijbis stage award. In 2023 ClubINC – a collaboration with Theatre Babel Rotterdam – premiered.
Connor studied dance and composition at Purchase Conservatory of Dance in New York, after which he developed himself from 2012 onwards as an independent dance artist at Dansateliers in Rotterdam. In 2019 he was awarded with the Prize of the Dutch Dance Festival, which led to Pilot PC, a work that was adjusted to the requirements of a Covid-19 society.
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