Jan Ritsema, regista olandese, realizza un teatro che innesca strani momenti di incontro tra pensiero e performance. Ha curato regie di Shakespeare, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Elfriede Jelinek, Heiner Müller per piccole e grandi compagnie in Europa. Attivo dal 1978, ha danzato, tra gli altri, in progetti performativi con Jonathan Burrows, Boris Charmatz e Meg Stuart. Nel 2006 ha dato vita a PerformingArtsForum in Francia, residenza alternativa per artisti, gestita da artisti. Recentemente ha messo in scena i progetti collaborativi Oedipous, my foot, Agora-Open Space e Shakespeare’s As You Like It, A Body Part.
Jan Ritsema, dutch theatre director, makes theatre that triggers these strange moments where thinking and performing meet each other. Ritsema directed repertoire from Shakespeare, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Elfriede Jelinek, and Heiner Müller for big and small companies in Europe. Active since 1978, he has danced in performances with a.o. Jonathan Burrows, Boris Charmatz and Meg Stuart. In 2006 he created the PerformingArtsForum in France, an alternative artists residency run by artists. Recently he staged the collaborative projects Oedipous, my foot , Agora- Open Space andShakespeare’s As You Like It, A Body Part.