Sheree Lenting is a dance artist at the Intersection of Art and Social Change. Sheree Lenting is a Rotterdam-based dancer with Surinamese roots. Her work seamlessly blends movement, film and storytelling, drawing on her experiences as a black woman. Sheree creates art that is both thought-provoking and socially relevant, providing a powerful mirror of our times. Her mission? To uplift, empower and inspire people to change.
With a BA in Dance & Education from the Amsterdam University of Arts, Sheree has refined her craft through international collaborations and intensive training at the Ecole des Sables in Senegal, among others, under the guidance of renowned teachers. She has developed workshops and programmes for young people and various communities for and with organisations such as Move Forward Foundation and the HipHopHouse. Her dedication to social justice even took her to South Africa, where she choreographed for various projects and festivals.
Sheree’s innovative approach to dance has been awarded multiple grants and prizes. Her short film, SHE – The Black Female Body, garnered critical acclaim at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In May 2024, she received the prestigious BNG Bank Dance Award for her interdisciplinary work ‘I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dream’. Since September 2023, Sheree also works as Dance and Community programmer at Theatre Rotterdam.
Productions of Sheree:
RIDE OR DIE
In RIDE OR DIE (2027) Sheree dives beneath the surface of love and relationships. Because what we feel doesn’t come from nowhere. It is shaped by history. Three performers move between hip-hop, African and Caribbean diasporic movement, and contemporary dance. Their bodies carry this history while searching for a way through it.
For the thirteenth edition of DANSLOKAAL, creative partner Dansateliers contributed Sheree Lenting: with two dancers she created Sons of the Soil (2025). In Sons of the Soil two young man take the audience on a journey into adulthood. Instead of looking at masculinity from within and trying to explain this outwards this performance asks the audience to collectively look at the complexities, beauty and layers of it.
I Am My Ancestors Wildest Dream
Through the eyes of Choreographer Sheree Lenting, you’ll experience I Am My Ancestors Wildest Dream (2023) and the dreams of her foremothers (matriarchs). In the performance by choreographer Sheree Lenting, she takes you into their now untold stories from the past, present and the future. She questions, explores and cherishes her lineage of women.
Genesis
This work was created as part of the completion of Sheree’s nieuwe makers regeling. Genesis (2022) is a film that was presented at Dansateliers.
SHE
SHE is a short film that Sheree presented at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In the film, she explores The Black Female Body and received critical acclaim for her innovative approach to dance.