Chantal Yzermans

Chantal Yzermans was born in Ostend, Belgium, currently residing in New York. Yzermans worked in Europe as a freelance choreographer in collaboration with Belgian composer Starfish Pool. Together they toured throughout Europe and Canada with Ritual for the Dying. She has received awards from The Vondelpreis (reisestipendium), and The Alfred Toepfer Stifftung in Hamburg, Germany. Ms Yzermans was invited to work for the Belgian National Television, German National Television, and Festival van Vlaanderen for which she choreographed a contemporary opera Turm aus Zimst by German composer Hans Rotman and Belgian film director Jaak Servaes. She worked as a choreographer in residence at the Keizer Karel Hogeschool in Antwerp, Belgium, and presented in venues throughout France, Netherlands, and Germany. In New York City her work has been performed in venues such as Judson Church, Movement Research, 92nd Street Y, the Merce Cunningham Studio, and Joyce Soho Theatre. In the summer of 2002 Ms. Yzermans, with Kurt Ralske, performed the solo project RL1 in Brussels and Amsterdam. Chantal Yzermans was commissioned in August 2002 to choreograph Midsummer Variation for the contemporary dance company Free Art D in Belgium. Currently, Chantal Yzermans is an Artist in Residence At Movement Research.