Sunday Dancers

Nahimana Vandenbussche started dancing in Bruges, influenced by his big brother who did hip-hop and jazz. Then, when he was 13, he entered the Royal Ballet School Antwerp (Belgium). In 2007, he was selected to participate in the European D.A.N.C.E. project run by the choreographers William Forsythe, Angelin Preljocaj, Wayne Mc Gregor and Frédéric Flamand. Nahimana joins the Ballet national de Marseille in 2009. 

Manuel Gaubatz has been a dance teacher and education manager at Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company since the start of the 2021/22 season. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in ballet and contemporary dance at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt and attended drama school in Freiburg. He had his first engagement with the Black Box Dance Company Denmark while still at university. This was followed by further productions for the Oper Frankfurt, the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the Mannheim National Theatre and the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe. Alongside his engagements as a dancer, he started teaching during his time at university and has now been holding workshops in ballet, contemporary dance and jazz in Frankfurt and the surrounding area for many years. 

Vogue Fem Performance Workshop with international guest Nekia Saint Laurent from the U.S 

The Zulu Cunt Clinic: This isn’t just a standard workshop but a clinic to help unlock your mind. I’ll be helping you find the movements that work for you, the persona you wish to bring to the floor, and you’ll learn strategic ways to perform through the elements of vogue.  

Vogue Fem was originally known as Fem Queen Performance, a performance style inspired by trans women and their expression.  

Andreas Hannes (1987) grew up in a musical surrounding. After completing his studies in classical percussion at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece, he moved to the Netherlands. Here he actively engaged with one of his long time passions, which is film making. He worked as an independent producer and director for short films and held the artistic direction of Small House Productions. 

In 2014, after various training courses on physical theater and dance, he entered SNDO – School for New Dance Development, from which he graduated in 2018. Andreas’ graduation performance The City  showcased the practice of continuous skipping and received the Moving Forward Trajectory Award 2018. In 2019 his performance Tremble premiered. Since 2011, he is affiliated with Cinedans Dance on Screen Festival in Amsterdam and currently works as the Artistic Programmer and Producer of the festival.