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Michiel Tange van Leeuwen

26/09/85, Netherlands

Contemporary circus performer specialized in aerial acrobatics, dance, and balancing acts. Received a working grant from the Danish Arts Foundation for continued artistic activity in 2013. Guest lecturer and director at AFUK's Artist Line since summer 2010. Part time stylist and designer.

Education

  • 2004-2005 AFUK's Artist Line, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 1996-2004 Rotjeknor youth circus, Rotterdam, Holland.
  • 1999-2004 Rudolf Steiner College in Rotterdam, Holland.

Featured performances

  • 'Transforces on Stage' at Madhouse in Helsinki, Finland. 2016.
  • 'Virtual Reality', at Circairo Festival in Egypt. With Lisa Matilda Angberg, 2014.
  • 'Cabaret Bohemia' at Hive. With Tinus De Schunard, 2014.
  • Den Lille Prins, at ZeBU. Dir.: Leif Arne Kjøllemoen 2014.
  • 'Huset' at Det Lille Teater. Dir.: Petrea Søe, 2013.
  • 'Cykelmyggen Egon' at Østre gasværk Teater. Dir.: Steen Koerner, 2012.
  • 'Love Never Dies' at Det Ny Teater. Dir.: Daniel Bohr, 2012.
  • 'Lys Nord for Mørke' at Københavns Musikteater. Dir.: Stine Eva Jørgensen 2012.
  • 'Kompani Giraff' touring in Sweden. Dir.: Viktoria Dalborg, 2012
  • 'Vølvens Spådom' at Teater Masken. Dir.: Per Spangsberg, 2012.
  • 'Animal Farm', på ZeBU. Dir.: Leif Arne Kjøllemoen 2012.
  • 'Stemmer fra Østre Gasværk' at Østre Gasværk Teater. Dir. Pia Jette Hansen, 2011.
  • 'Bodies in Urban Spaces', at Metropolis Festivallen. Dir.: Willi Dorner, 2011.
  • 'Splinten i Øjet' at Københavns Musikteater. Dir.: Malte Claudio-Lind, 2009.
  • 'Dybt inde og meget langt væk' at Teater Får302. Dir.: Stine Eva Jørgensen 2009.
  • 'Cabaret Grotæstetik' at Teater Glimt. Dir.: Rudi Skotheim Jensen, 2009.
  • 'Cirkuskanonen' tour. Dir.: Malte Claudio-Lind 2008 - 2013.
  • 'Freaks' european tour. Dir.: Mikala Bjarnov-Lage 2007-2008
  • 'Troldmanden fra Oz' at Odense teater. Dir.: Kenneth Kreutzmann, 2007.
  • 'La Bohème' at De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam. Dir.: Pierre Audi, 2003.

Short-term projects

Eurovision, Bornholms Kulturuge, Cph Pride, Art Aid, Gullash Variete, Trailerpark Festival, Extended Jungle, Neo Thunderdome, Berlin Soup, Vesterbro Passion, Green Capital, Moulin Scrooge, What a Drag, Dødens Gala, Burlesque Hypnotique, Golden Days, Taking Space, Copenhagen Stage, Cabaret Bizarre, Circus Hein, Pavlov's Hunde, On the table, a.o.
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Michiel Tange van Leeuwen is specialized in aerial acrobatics and explores the constant border area between circus, contemporary dance and performance art. He mastered his skills to a degree that allows him to create powerful and poetic solo work, characterized by an original and very personal expression. His choreographed and highly visual numbers are thus creating a dynamic and entertaining performing arts hybrid.

Michiel van Leeuwen Tange is a well known name in the emerging nordic circus environment. He started his career in a youth circus in the Netherlands - and did further workshops in France. After a year at AFUK's Artist Line, Michiel toured in Scandinavia and parts of Europe, at a variety of festivals. Since then he has appeared in countless theaters across the country - but also found its place in the underground environment.