Cynthia Loemij

Cynthia Loemij Dancer

Biography

Cynthia Loemij was born in 1969 in the Netherlands and studied at the Rotterdam dance academy, where she obtained her diploma in 1991. She joined the company Rosas after her studies and began her career with ERTS (1992) and Mozart / Concert Arias. Un moto di gioia (1992). She is credited with more than thirty creations or revivals of the company. In 2006, she performed in Nusch, a piece of the theatre troupe STAN. In 2009, she danced the duet Prélude à la Mer with Mark Lorimer, in the film of the same name by Thierry De Mey. She appeared in Kris Verdonck’s End and collaborated with Manon de Boer on the installations Dissonant and Mirror Modulation.

With David Zambrano, she created a duet, as part of the performance Holes. Cynthia Loemij also taught at P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels), the Panetta Movement Centre and Movement Research (New York), Dance Works (Rotterdam), and for the Lisbon ballet. In 2011, she founded the company OVAAL with Mark Lorimer, and created the performances To Intimate and Dancesmith – Camel, Weasel, Whale. In 2020, she worked with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker for the creation of West Side Story on Broadway. She also teaches the Rosas repertoire at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and is a free-lance dancer and teacher.