2024

Guest lecturer Performance Analysis for KASK Conservatorium Ghent (2024-25)

Guest lecturer ‘Dossier’ for KASK Conservatorium

2023

Guest lecturer Performance Analysis for KASK Conservatorium Ghent (2023-24)

Guest lecturer ‘Dossier’ for Drama Projects for KASK Conservatorium

One of the guests at ‘Guest Fest’ - Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen

One of the guests at ‘De Kapers’ - HET PALEIS

Performer and advisor for DETHEATERMAKER

2022

Guest lecturer Performance Analysis for KASK Conservatorium Ghent (2022-23)

Guest lecturer ‘Dossier’ for Drama Projects for KASK Conservatorium

Concept, Text and Performance of The Hero’s Journey of Anastácia

Published:

‘MET AZERTYVITEIT VAN/VOOR PAUL’, a poem for De Aftocht by DeBuren

Moderated for:

FAAR Literary Festival - ON social justice and antiracist pedagogies w/ Zarissa Windzak (Cargo Collective), Eva Dierckx & Laila Koubaa

FAAR Literary Festival - ON double standards in journalism w/ Jihad Van Puymbroeck & Joris Luyendijk

Artistic advisor for emerging artists for BOSACADEMIE (HETBOS)

Outside eye for FUTUR PROCHE by Jan Martens (OBV)

Member of Board of Directors at KUNSTENPUNT

2021             

Guest lecturer Performance Analysis at KASK Conservatorium Ghent (2021-22)

Curator AFROLIT-evening for Passa Porta and Kaaitheater (WATCH ONLINE)

Published:

‘Het zal me een zorg wezen’, an essay for ECOPOLIS

‘Ongezoet vooruit’, a flash fiction column for CANVAS

‘Weg van de protocol’ (Wees een KillJoy), an essay for HUMAN/Brainwash

Guest lecturer Repertoire Project for Moussem, Toneelhuis and Royal Conservatory of Antwerp

Interviewer for episode 7 of ETCETERA Podcast ‘De Werkplek’ w/ Peter De Graef (LISTEN HERE)

Moderated for:

Beursschouwburg: artist talk w/ Quinsy Gario after ‘Our playing mas…ses’

Kaaitheater: artist talk w/ John K Cobra after ‘Spirit Capital’

Outside eye for C.A.T.C.H. (KVS)

Advisor at Flanders Literature, Literary Manifestations and Organizations

Advisor at performing arts magazine ETCETERA (Grote Redactie)

Member of Board of Directors at KUNSTENPUNT

2020             

Guest lecturer Performance Analysis at KASK Conservatorium Ghent (2020-21)

Published:

interviewer and second writer for Bye Bye Grote Leider – w/ Ciska Hoet (ETCETERA)

AGATHA – a short story in Afrolit by Dalilla Hermans & Ebissé Rouw (Uitgeverij Pluim)

Waarom wij de koninginnen van de sorry zijn – an essay for Rekto:Verso

De jagende jaguar – a reflection on the art of performing for ETCETERA

Dramaturg for HER(E)­ by Dalilla Hermans (NTGent)

Moderated for :

Nederlandse Taalunie, DeBuren & Expertisecentrum Literair Vertalen

NTGent - A School of Resistance

ARSENAAL/LAZARUS - artist conversation with Khadija El Kharraz Alami

Kunstenpunt: A FAIR NEW WORLD?!

PILAR & De Buren: De Scherpsteller w/ Warda-El-Kaddouri & Daan Rovers

Dutch Embassy & De Buren: artistic exchange project VERVE!

Advisor at Flanders Literature, Impulse funds

Advisor at performing arts magazine ETCETERA (Grote Redactie)

Member of Board of Directors at KUNSTENPUNT

2019                          

Artistic Project Manager Onverwachts Curatorschap - a project for Antwerp youngsters for RATAPLAN, DISTRICT BORGERHOUT, ‘t Werkhuys, de Roma & Academie Borgerhout

Educative Project Manager for ‘Een jihad van liefde’ for RATAPLAN vzw

Selection VAF Cross-Over Pitches Program w/ Ikram Aoulad, Deniz Polatoglu and Sascha Reunes

Concept curator for Toren van Babel (Rooftoptiger and Maud Vanhauwaert)

Published:

Monthly guest writer for REKTO:VERSO

Moderated for:

Dutch Embassy & De Buren: artistic exchange project VERVE!

ETCETERA, rekto:verso, Theaterfestival: The Big Conversation on Today’s Theatre

De Samenstelling

30cc Leuven: book presentation Colson Whitehead

Jury member for Young Artists’ Performances at Theater Aan Zee

Jury member Bronzen Uil voor de Literatuur (Debute Prize for Literature by Willemsfonds)

Advisor at Flanders Literature, Impulse funds

Advisor at performing arts magazine ETCETERA (Grote Redactie)

Member of Board of Directors at KUNSTENPUNT

2018                           

1 of the 3 Winners of the Young Artists’ Wildcard by theatre company HETNIEUWSTEDELIJK

1 of the 20 Artists to showcase a work-in-progress at W I P C O O P

Published:

(In)gekleurd, a review-essay on arts and identity politics for ETCETERA

Moderated for:

FOMU - Fotomuseum, In Other Words – reading club on Portraiture and Social Identity

Beursschouwburg, SMALL TALKS:

ON feminist collectives w/ Just for the record & Bledarte [WATCH ONLINE]

ON the aspect of post-binary in art practices w/ Sorour Darabi & Tucké Royale [WATCH ONLINE]

ON feminist artist practices w/ Mona Moon & Samira Saleh [WATCH ONLINE]

ON muslim feminism w/ Mounir Samuel & Maryam Kamal Hedayat [WATCH ONLINE]

ON women's movements w/ Nadje Sadig Al-Ali & Rachida Aziz [WATCH ONLINE]

Advisor at Flanders Arts Institute, dance/theatre/performance/individual artist funds

Advisor at Flanders Literature, Literary Manifestations and Organizations

Advisor at performing arts magazine ETCETERA (Grote Redactie)

2017                          

Creative advisor and project manager at CREATIVE CITIES

Creative co-conception of TOKO139

Member of artistic team Arsenaal/Lazarus, researcher for De Grond der Dingen

Dramaturg for Wat ik graag zou zijn als ik niet was wat ik ben by Benjamin Verdonck & Willy Thomas

Published:

Saudade – a column about the untranslatable for Rekto:Verso

Don’t we deserve grand human projects that give us meaning – online review (ETCETERA)

Goochelen is niet toveren – online review (ETCETERA)

Advisor at Flanders Arts Institute, dance/theatre/performance/individual artist funds

Advisor at Flanders Literature, Literary Manifestations and Organizations

Intermediary President of Board of Directors at Kif Kif

2016                           

Dramaturg for Dood van een handelsreiziger by Michael de Cock (t,arsenaal mechelen)

Published:

De (buiten)gewone mensen van Jan Martens - an online review (ETCETERA)

De Warme winkel speelt de Warme winkel – an online review (ETCETERA)

Advisor at Flanders Arts Institute, dance/theatre/performance/individual artist funds

Advisor at Flanders Literature, Literary Manifestations and Organizations

Member of Board of Directors at Mestizo Arts Platform

Member of Board of Directors at Kif Kif

2015                

External relations manager for t,arsenaal mechelen (sales, public outreach + production)

Moderator for:

30cc, LUCA Drama,  KULeuven & hetnieuwstedelijk: De stand der dingen

Mestizo Arts Platform: BRAINS 5.0 – Street Arts II

Mestizo Arts Platform: BRAINS 4.0. – Das Kapital           

Advisor at Flanders Arts Institute, dance/theatre/performance/individual artist funds

Advisor at Flanders Literature, Literary Manifestations and Organizations

Member of Board of Directors at Mestizo Arts Platform

Member of Board of Directors at Kif Kif

2014                           

External relations manager for t,arsenaal mechelen (sales, public outreach + production)

Editor & project manager CULT & ACTUA at Kif Kif vzw

Moderated for:

MO*, Pianofabriek & Kif Kif, ‘Beeldbrekers’:

“Verzet?” Over sociale rechtvaardigheid, verzet en de antiracistische strijd
w/ Thomas Decreus

“Twee maten, twee gewichten?” De (on)zin van “de strijd tegen radicalisering”
w/ Hasna Ankal & Brahim Laytouss

“Zwarte Piet, is Sinterklaas racistisch?” Over het gecontesteerd koloniaal karakter
w/ Omar Ba & Johnny Van Hove

“Selectief geheugen?” Over 100 jaar WOI en onze verbeelding van de Grote Oorlog
w/ Mohamed Benhaddou & Marc Reynebeau

“Tijdelijke gastvrijheid?” Over 50 jaar Marokkaanse & Turkse arbeidsmigratie
w/ Meryem Kanmaz & Mohammed Chakkar

“Objectieve neutraliteit?” Over neutraliteit als mogelijk excuus voor discriminatie
w/ Fatma Arikoglu & Maryam H’Madoun

“Postkoloniale armoede?” Armoedebestrijding vanuit een postkoloniaal perspectief
w/ Nadia Fadil & Marco Martiniello

Advisor at Flanders Arts Institute, dance/theatre/performance/individual artist funds

Advisor at Flanders Literature, Literary Manifestations and Organizations

Member of Board of Directors at Mestizo Arts Platform

Member of General Assembly at Kif Kif

2013                           

Editor & project manager ​ORIGINS​ (Digital Storytelling) at Kif Kif vzw       

Writer/outsider for Platform 0090

  Ghost by Abattoir Fermé

  BETRAYAL by Mesut Arslan

  Autonomous Scenography w/ Meryem Bayram

Published:     

Nine Finger – vermoorde onschuld – an online review for Kif Kif

Tirailleurs senegalais? Gaan jullie maar voor  - an online review for Kif Kif

2012                           

Project manager European project ​Perspectives​ (editor of METRO-insert)        

Published:

De dorpsmentaliteit in het stedelijk onderwijs – op ed for Kif Kif

Metro-insert Perspectives

2011                           

Researcher and interviewer for documentary on education ​Wonderwijs​ (Kif Kif & Communicatie in Beeld)

Researcher and contributor for Kif Kif on e-book Het rijpen der geesten