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CARO ILIAS DE FEIJTER
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Degrees
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2016 - 2017
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International Master Artist Educator
​Master in arts & education
ArtEZ, university of arts.
Arnhem
Completed successfully

2012 - 2016

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Docerend theatermaken
Bachelor in theater & education
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
Utrecht

Completed successfully

2012​

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Anglia Examination  AcCEPT proficiency
Certificate for mastery of English language
Anglia Network Europe
Completed successfully

Current Projects

Concept, director & performer, Nu mijn borsten eraf zijn kunnen we dichter tegen elkaar liggen, Co-production Stichting Nieuwe Makers & Raymi Sambo Maakt. 
A housewarming party for the version of myself I feel at home at. Genderpoli twister, stoelendans and queer techno party inlcuded. 

Tickets & showdates here
Theaterkrant review here

november 2021 - ongoing
Theater director & teacher, LGBT+ Youth Performance Iniative Amsterdam
The LGBT+ Youth Performance Initiative Amsterdam is a performance project for LGBT+ young people aged 14 to 24. The youngsters make a theater play  and instalations  that will be performed in several high schools in Amsterdam

january 2021 - ongoing
Teacher, HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht/University of Arts Utrecht), MIX program & de Rivier
MIX & de Rivier are interdisciplinary subjects where students from differend courses work, make and discuss together. In MIX all the teacher courses from the Utrecht University of Arts research what education means to them, during de RIVIER all the students from theater courses work together to see what theater menas to them.

december 2020 - ongoing
Actor & coördinator  'Changing Stories Foundation'
Changing Stories is an interactive theater project sparking joy with kids growing up in refugeecamps.

Creations

 
february 2022

Droomhuis from Caro de Feijter on Vimeo.

Co-creator, Droomhuis, Theatergroep EchO
 a portrait series about living and dreaming in an overpopulated world.

september & october 2021
Initiator, concept creator and interviewer, 'Zonder bortsen'
a five episode web series about being openly non-binary after my top surgery

oktober 2021
Monitoring & directing,
'Follow The Sun', Changing Stories Foundation

Follow the Sun is an educational theater tool kid. With a script in 6 languages, theater excersises and other creative materials. During this project we help teachers impliment theater in their teaching and we make a theaterplay. This theaterplay also includes some information on the asylum procedure, this way we hope to give kids answers on questions they might have about their comming interview and the waiting time of their procudere.
More information: click here

​september 2021
Creator/performer, 'Toekomstontmoetingen' ARK Spring Festival Utrecht.
What do you want to take to the future?  A conversation as inspiration for  personalised  poetry. 

october 2020 - may 2021

 Co-creator 'Moeders zonder moeder', contextprogram of theaterplay ECHO by TG EchO
Videoportrets of moms without a mom

Click here for all the video's

september - december 2020
Director & concept 'Beste' a theater/videoplay
A play based on pictures bought in second hand stores and fictional letters.



april 2020 - september 2020
Director Radioplay 'Casino Non Stop' for 'Kunst op de Bult'.
Casino Nonstop is a theatertext about a traveling freakshow, written by Simon Weeda for Theater Utrecht. In collaberation with Simon and residents of de neighbourhood de Geitenkamp in Arnhem we made a radio play adeptation.



february 2020 - may 2020
Artist & project leader, 'Se Ae Re, project: 'Borderlands' 
Six international artists develop socially engaged projects on the topic of ‘critical rememberance’ spread over 3 different regions of Gelderland.  Together with Lotte Wandel and 'Nationaal Onderduik Museum' I worked in Aalten (de Achterhoek).

oktober 2019 - november 2019

Director, 'Stut speelt met vuil' by 'Theatergroep Stut' and libaries of Utrecht.
Stut Theater researches in theatrical and interactive manner all meanings, problems, challenges surounding. From climate change deniers to tree huggers . We want to hear what you think! 

january 2013 - august 2019

Performer, Buro Curious.
interactive theater experiences for festivals, party's and businesses.

december 2018 - january 2019

Director  ' मृत्युको कामदार ',  a play in collabaration with 'Tatsama Arts', Kathmandu, Nepal.
 'How to live in Kathmandu?' and 'How to die in Kathmandu?' a play about living and dying based on the stories of the actors.

june 2017 - august 2018

Directors assistant & actor, 'TG Bodemloos'
Directors assistant: 'Dood of de Geraniums' is an audio tour performed in elderly homes. 
Actor: 'East, West'  is a children's show about what the meaning of home is.  



june 2018 - august 2018
Concept & execution 'Education of the future?'
installation for 'ArtEZ, University of Arts' and the Dutch ministry of Arts and science.

september 2017 - march 2018

Concept & execution, 'Het gezicht van Presikhaaf'.
Together with the community of the Presikhaaf area of Arnhem and a coffee table on wheels we find new ways to create meeting places in public space and community center. Commissioned by 'Kunstbedrijf Arnhem' In collaboration with visual artist Merel van der Velde and Lory Stuurman.

august 2017

Pride 2017 from Lory Stuurman on Vimeo.

Concept and execution 'Pride Portraits' for 'Foyle Pride'.
audio visual portraits of LGBT+ youngsters in Derry/Londonderry. The portraits were showcased in the toilets of local bars, shops gallery's and pubs. Banners were spread on the 'Peace Bridge' and arts and community center 'the Playhouse' hosted an exhibition.
In collaboration with visual artist Lory Stuurman.

september 2016 - july 2017

Concept and execution 'a Tea Party With Broken Tea Cups'.
When I give you a broken tea mug it could be considered a compliment. Our bodies will break, just like the mug. By giving you the mug I show that I realize that it is special that we spent time together. Together with four loved ones who lost a loved one I created tea boxes and tea drinking rituals/performances that can help them speak about their loss.

march 2017

Verboden Vruchten - ENG Subs. from Caro de Feijter on Vimeo.

Concept and execution 'Forbidden Fruits'.
Forbidden fruits is a video-installation work created for the week of books 2017 in collaboration with arts therapist Lotte Wandel in commission by book week 2017. 

may 2016 / september 2016

Director, concept: 'Whatever gets you through the night'.
A diverse group of actors researched what freedom in love and sexuality means for them on basis of the nightlife of homo erotic 'Cruise Club Church'. The actors share this search in a theater play where the audience is invited into all the corners of the club to hear the stories in 1-on-1 scenes. 

october 2015 - january 2016

Director-assistant Adelheid Roosen
‘The veiled monologues’ toured for the eleventh year. I was involved in the rehearsals and toured with the actresses through the Netherlands.
'Living Objects IV|Oikos', interactive performances for ‘the World Conference of Women Shelter’ in The Hague, was a project with students of the theater academy in Rotterdam. I guided students that lived together with people who worked or lived in a (wo)man’s shelter for a day.

august 2015 - october 2015

Director-Assistent, PeerGrouP
Director-Assistent for Sanne Verkaaik during the making of the location play 'Vogelvlucht'.

september 2015- ​january 2015

Director, writer & concept 'De voortgang van de reizigers die niet vooruit kwamen'.
“When you walk the world moves with you. When you stand still the world moves you.” 

november 20​14

Director & concept 'Quatre Bras'
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Location Theatre play at a Foster home for the children of schippers. Dominique Peelen, a 12 year old who really lives there tells her story



september 2013

Concept & acting 'Meneer plakband woont hier niet'.
A play for toddlers about winning and losing.

Teaching

october 2020 - october 2021
Teacher and organiser 'Queer Drama Club' 
Weekly theaterworkshops for LHBTQI+ers 

march 2018 - september 2020

Theater & Art Workshop leader  'Stichting de Vrolijkheid' Arnhem
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'Stichting de Vrolijkheid' is a foundation that organizes art activities for and with children and youth in refugee centers. I give theater workshops to youth (15 to 25 years old) and art workshops for kids (5 to 15 years old)

september 2019 - januari 2020
 Teacher & project leader, the Borderlands Project, ArtEZ university of Arts.
Ten teams of art (theater, fine art, dance) in education students, imae students and artists developed socially engaged projects on the topic of ‘critical rememberance’ spread over 3 different regions in and around Arnhem. I guided the students in the regions of Sonsbeek, Geitenkamp and Klarendal

august 2019

Camp parent at 'Nash Dom' a camp by the Dutch 'Janusz Korczak foundation'
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july 2019

Teacher at 'Atelier Villa Lila' during theaterfestival 'de Parade'.
Villa Lila is a portable art school where kids from age 2 to 12 can learn how to work with wood and paint. 

december 2018
Teacher & coordination, Gender identity and creative research workshops,  NeXUS Culture Nepal.
Workshops on how to do creative research using as research topic gender identity. At the end of the project results will be shared in an exhibition and a week long program with open mic, movie and round the table discussion

augustus 2018 - december 2018

Teacher, 'Playing with fire: an actors training' at 'Oscar International Film School', 'Tatsama Arts',  'Abiral Arts Group' and 'The International Center for Social Theater' in Kathmandu Nepal.
This acting training is based on the method of Helmert van Woudenberg. He created a training for actors based on the four elements: earth, water, fire, air. The training is formed in improvisation and interactive theater. It trains actors in their focus and reacting skills by giving them tools to know when and how to react.I combine this acting method with her socially engaged practice by training actors in communication and creating awareness of their of perception and interaction with the world around them.

october 2018

Teacher, Increase access of children to education for sustainable development with 'Lumanti' and 'Abiral Arts Group' in Sundarharaichaa and Morang, Nepal
Youth from merchandised communities get a  5 days theater workshop and training to create a theater play that they perform in their own communities. The objective of program is to increase access of children to education and promote accountability of parents and concern stakeholders.

september 2017 - augustus 2018

Teacher, ArtEZ university of arts, International Master Artist Educator.
Guidance of interdisciplinary (art)students in artistic research and teaching in identity and sociopolitical based views in arts. 

may 2018 - august 2018

Workshopleader 'Kindercentrum de Werf'
After school society and art workshop for kids

november 2017- august 2018

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Teacher, 'ArtEZ, University of Arts & Radboud university' Honours program 
Guidance students from different 'ArtEZ, University of Arts' programs and 'Radboud University' programs in their research for the meaning of  'Post Truth'.

april 2017  - march 2018

Teacher, Unaccompanied Minors, collaboration with COA
Art classes for unaccompanied minors between 14 and 18 years old living in a living facility for unaccompanied minors in forced migration.

august 2017

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 Workshop: 'the Rainbow Project'.
'The Rainbow Project' is an LGBT+ organization in Derry/Londonderry.  Together with visual artist Lory Stuurman we organised a workshop about reclaiming labels for LGBT+ youth in between the ages of 11 and 18.

november 2015 - december 2015

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Teacher, PeerJonG
workshop for youngsters between the age of 16 and 21 with experience in theater.
Guidance in their first steps in making location based theater.


Project Coordination

 
june 2019 - february 2022
​june 2019 - march 2021 :
​AZC Wageningen
march 2021 - may 2021:
AZC Apeldoorn
april 2021 - february 2022:
AZC Utrecht
Program coördinator, 'Stichting de Vrolijkheid'
'Stichting de Vrolijkheid' is a foundation that organizes art activities for and with children and youth in refugee centers. The program coördinator programs, organises and plans the art program at an asylum seekers center.

september 2019 - november 2021
Artistic director & coach 'Geit & Bult'
'Geit & Bult' is a theater route through, by and in collaboration with the neighbourhood de Geitenkamp in Arnhem. 

december 2018
Coordinator, 'Boys hair, Girls hair. If I were a ... portrait. An Exhibition.'
To end my artist residency at NeXUS Culture Nepal I hosted an exhibition on gender and the self. The exhibition included a performance, installations and the works of people that followed my workshops.

may 2015 - february 2016

Concept & coordination 'Talentenmarkt'.
a website where  you can share your talent or
hire a talent to collect money from earthquake victims in Nepal. 


Lectures & moderating

september 2021 - ongoing
Hosting & organising viewings, lectures, workshops & pannel discusions, 'Zonder Borsten' 
In collaboration with transrights groups, cinema's and schools I host and organise events discussing transgender rights, gender based art projects and my web-series ' Zonder Borsten' 

november 2021
Moderator panneldiscusion, InScience Festival

januari 2019 
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'Making Art Internationally, a conversation with Caro de Feijter and Ashmina Ranjit' at 'NEXUS Culture Nepal', in Patan, Nepal. 
 a conversation about working in different cultural contexts than one's own.

february 2018

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Landelijke Bijeenkomst Docent Theater
Lecture for drama teacher students about the risks when working with social political theme's in (theater) education.


november 2017

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AIRS ArtEZ Research Meet-up, the face of Presikhaaf.
A lecture on artistic research in community art.

may 2015 - october 2016

Lecturing and organising Cultural Evenings for Nepal, Milan Bindu
​Organizing cultural and informative evenings in Arnhem to raise money and awareness for the earthquake victims in Nepal. Together with  Milan Bindu, a fair trade organization . Amongst others, a dinner with the help of young volunteers in a youth center, a cultural evening in bookshop the Colofon and an information session for young people at high schools.

Exchange programs

august 2018
Forum Theatertour 'International Center for Social Theater' in Gorkha, Nepal.
I joined 'ICST' to learn more about Nepali forum theater

july 2018
Workshop & participation, Insea seminar, Thessaloniki Greece.
The International Society of Education Through Art (Insea)



march 2017

International Placement at 'The Playhouse' in Northern-Ireland.
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The Playhouse is an community art and culture center in Derry/Londonderry.

april 2014

Excange drama teachers UDK in Germany
Exchange between drama teacher and theater makers from the dutch arts university HKU and the german university UDK.



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