Sjoerd Derine
Sjoerd Derine is a professional photographer in the performing arts, based in Utrecht. He's been captivating audiences with his dynamic artistry since 1998, both as a dancer and photographer. His journey began in Utrecht where he discovered the youth-theater company DOX and delved into the electrifying world of Hip-Hop dance. It was there that he picked up his camera and started capturing the beauty of dance in still and moving frames.
Obsessed by connections
Sjoerd approaches his craft with a unique perspective. He moves with the dancers, capturing each moment with an eye for detail and a heart full of passion and admiration for the art of dance. His goal is to serve the art piece, bringing new life to the art form and creating stunning visual masterpieces so the audience can be connected in a new way.
Through the years, Sjoerd has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Holland Dance Festival, Nederlandse Dans Dagen, Open Your Mind, Summer Dance Forever and renowned dance companies like NDT, Introdans and Illusionary Rockaz Company (IRC). He's also captured award-winning artists like Redo and Shailesh Bahoran in motion. His work has graced the covers of multiple Dance Magazines and other top publications, and has been featured by papers such as Volkskrant, NRC, and Het Parool.
CLIENTS
Over the past 15 years, Sjoerd Derine has worked with a wide range of partners within the performing arts, with dance always at the core. The term performing arts encompasses a broad spectrum of diverse groups and individuals engaged in the creation of theatrical art. This takes many different forms, and it is precisely this diversity that Sjoerd is committed to supporting. Below is a selection of clients with whom Sjoerd has worked.
COMPANIES/BRANDS
155 | Alienated | Aluin | Augustijns Theater, Leiden |Aviv Dance Company | Dancecompany AYA | Backbone | Bontehond | BNN/VARA | Buitengewoon Fit | Crossfit 1412 | Collectief Mamm | Danstheater AYA | Den Community | DOX | Duda Paiva Company | Dutch Culture | E-Moves | ENA Dancers | Fractal Collective | Ghetto Funk Collective | Henny Jurriëns, Summer Intensive | Het Filiaal, Utrecht | Het Nationaal Theater | Het NUT, Utrecht | House of Circus | House of Vineyard | HipHopLab | ISH | Illusionary Rockaz Crew | Jens van Daele | Korzo Theater | KRO/NCRV | Krisztina de Châtel | Kinderen voor Kinderen | LAVA | Leine Roebana | Lockers United | Man-Co | MoyoTribe | Misiconi | NDT | Nederlands Kamerkoor | New Balance Running | NJON | Oorkaan Theater | Podium Mozaïek | Power of Passion | Raymi Sambo Maakt | ReDiscover Me | ROTOR | SETUP | SHIFFT Utrecht | Sine Forma Collective | Stichting Misiconi | Stichting Soulcypher | Stichting Bencha Theater | The Ruggeds | Theater Rotterdam | Theater Makers Radio Kootwijk | Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht | Tjil-Skillz| ViewMusic | Vlerk Producties | Vloeken in de Kerk | World Opera Lab | Zero Dance Theater
FESTIVALS
4 & 5 Mei Amsterdam | 4WEST Festival | Boslab Theaterfestival | Break A Leg - Festival | Café Theater Festival | Cinemakers | Crosstown | Dansbrabant | Dansblok, Leiden | Delft Fringe | Dutch B-boy Championship |EYE Film Museum | Funky West | Holland Dance Festival | Fringe Festival Delft | Korzo Theater | Kunstbende | Loveland Festival | Nederlandse Dans Dagen ‘19 / ‘20 / ‘22 | OEROL | Open Your Mind | Over 't IJ Festival | Right About Now | Soul Cypher | Summer Dance Forever | The Notorious IBE | Talent on the Move | Urban Dans Dagen | Why Not Festival
ARTISTS
Abdelhadi Baadi | Anna Maria Suykerbuyk | Annelies van Buren | Arno Schuitemaker | Astrid Boons | Anuka | Arawi | Beppie Blankert | Blenard Azizaj | Cookachoo | Cheroney Pelupessy | David Linszen | De Partizanen | DJ Rob Manga | DJ Jasmine Perez | Ghetto Funk Collective | Jasja Renne | Junadry | Kasper van der Laan | Karla Santos | Kevin ‘Paradox’ Oelen | Lara Wakelkamp | Lars de Vos | Leonie van Andel | Lisa Ostermann | Niki van Callandt | Marleen Hendricks | Martijn Koning | Mouna | Naïma Shouaïr | Niek Wagenaar | REDO | Robin Nimanong | Rosa Allessie | Ruben ‘Chi’ Verhoeven | Rutkay | Sanne Clifford | Shailesh Bahoran | Simon Bus | Tim Fransen | Vera Goetzee | Victorine van Alphen | Wim Helsen | Yara Nova | Yvonne Smink | Zahira
ACADEMIES
AHK Amsterdam | ArtEZ, Arnhem | Chassé Dance Studios | Fontys Dance Academy | Henny Juriëns Studio | HipHopLab040 | Lucia Marthas Dance Academy | MBO Dans GOES | New Dance Studios | ROOTS Dance Studio | Studio West | Touchée Utrecht | Academie voor Theater en Dans: Amsterdamse Toneelschool Kleinkunst (ATKA) | Expanded Contemporary Dance ( ECD ) | Modern Theater Dance ( MTD ) Nationale Ballet Academie | Docent Dans ( DD ) | Theaterdocent ( TD ) | Regie