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ABOUT

KheN Choreographies are recognizable as being honest, touching and confronting.

Choreographies from Kevin Polak (Dutch) and Ning Xi (Chinese) are inspired and based on real daily life emotions. This is why the Chinese audience gave them the nickname "挖心人” which literally translated means 'heart dig people'. From their first work up till now, they have lived through different stages of life and emotions and they will keep using their own experiences to create.

 

We use Systemic Constellation as a base to create our work.

Because it will efflorescence the ‘Human Being’ inside the performer and creates a sustainable group feeling that endures and strengthens. We experienced that the ‘field’ in Systemic Constellation is the same as the 'field' dancers create in the studio and on stage. It’s about being truly in the moment, also as creators, using the talents, personalities and life stories of the performers, to develop a strong individual self-artistic-awareness that is sustainable.

 

What is Systemic Constellation?

Systemic Constellation is about belonging, about finding our place through acknowledgement and honoring who and what came before.

Once the Constellation is established, an extraordinary phenomenon begins to emerge very quickly: each representative starts experiencing the feelings, thoughts, reactions and body sensations of the specific person they represent. This is a spontaneous process coming out of each representative's soul and heart, defying all rules of logic and reasoning.

Kevin Polak

 

Trained at Brabant Conservatory (Fontys) in Tilburg and continued his study at The High School Of Art in Amsterdam, where he graduated in 1990.

He joined NDT II where he worked with well known choreographers (Jiri Kylian, Hans van Manen, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duate, Amanda Miller) from there he joined in sequential order Introdans, Djazzex , NND Galili Dance, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam , Rogie & Company , Conny Janssen Danst   Panama Pictures 

In 2006 he founded 2moveDC, from where he became co-creator of  improXchange.

Performing in different City's in China like:, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kunming, Shenzhen and Zhuhai. In 2012 he was production Manager & Dance Coach for Isabelle Beernaert’s theatre productions ‘Et après’ and ‘C’est la Vie’. 

In 2013 he founded KheN with Ning Xi. Together they give workshops for everybody and produce theatre productions.

He created the following pieces:

How else, The Chronicals of Mister X, 9Women, Another Door, Ich bin der welt Abhanden Gekomen, you told me you love me, Journey to the East, Full Circle, Calm, !0, Xiaofei, Walking, Angels, Unbelievable, Ai Ta, Empty Chair, Wind Valley , Find Me, Shi Ni, Shi Wo, 5Women 

 

In 2015 he co created Wind Valley for Wanma Dance Company.

 

Trained for more then 8 years Chinese traditional dance in China, after graduating she worked as a dance and music teacher for 5 years at different high school of arts and university’s in China.

In 2011 she began her journey to Europe to learn western dance and expand her vision on dance.

In 2013, she founded KUN, a dance group in China, where she could integrate her Chinese dance training that made her a high technical dancer with western techniques.

By honoring her Chinese culture and the experiences of working with European artists -as a young artist - she keeps searching for new possibilities of creating.  She got invited by HZT (Het Zuidelijk Toneel) to co-create ‘ There’s me in meeting’  a renowned duet with the famous Dutch Director Lucas de Man.

In chronological order she created and co-created the following:

Bchin Law, Soul Searching, Tied, Sino Dutch dance Style, The Rope, My Name Is, There is ME in Meeting, Goldfish, you Told me you love me, Journey to the East, Full Circle, Calm, !0, Xiaofei, Walking, Angels, Unbelievable, Ai Ta, Empty Chair, Wind Valley (Wanma Dance Company) Find Me, Shi Ni, Shi Wo, 5Women.

 

In 2013 she founded KheN with Kevin Polak, together they give workshops and produce theatre productions.

Ning Xi

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