BELGIUM, 1996, HE/HIM
DANCER, MAKER, TEACHING ARTIST
PIETER DESMET
Pieter is a dance maker and educator. He explores how emotions possess a universal physicality that manifests differently in each individual. Set against a sci-fi-inspired visual backdrop, he reflects on the contemporary digital human. He creates space to reconnect embodied emotional memory and relational perception through empathic resonance.
EDUCATION
2023 - 2026
2015 - 2018
DANCE
2025
2023
2022
2022
2021
2021
2020 - 2024
2020 - 2022
2020
2019
2019 - 2024
2019
2018 - 2020
2018 - 2019
2018
2017
Educational dance bachelor - royal conservatoire antwerp / AP Hogeschool
dance bachelor - royal conservatoire antwerp / AP Hogeschool
.ZERO
Louiza Avraam / Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Character through Coupe
researchproject by Chris Snik
Du sang du singe
Videoclip by La Jungle
Scattered Memories
Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez
Dragers
Film-installation by Koen Broos
Fortress: the concert film
Concertfilm by Fortress
Hands do not touch your precious Me
Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez
VACUUM
Aïda Gabriëls / OESTER
Regarding the pain of others
Research by Zoë Demoustier
Darkside
Videoclip by Fortress
TRACES
Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez
Hold Me Tight
Machias Bosschaerts en Margot Masquelier / The Backyard
It’s Gonna Be Horse
Samuel Baidoo / The Backyard
Raizes
Ricardo Ambrozio / Untamed Productions
Lohengrin
David Alden / Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Grensgeval
Guy Cassiers en Maud Le Pladec / Toneelhuis
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025 - ...
2024 - ...
2023 - ...
2019 - ...
2026
2025 - 2026
2025
2023
2023
2022
2022
2019
2019
2019 - 2024
2018 - 2023
Floorwork
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
PHYSICAL ARTISTIC AWARENESS
Bachelor - Drama & Opera
royal conservatoire antwerp / AP Hogeschool
CONTEMPORARY DANCE & ImprovisatiON
De! Kunsthumaniora Antwerp
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Bachelor - Dance
royal conservatoire antwerp / AP Hogeschool
Improvisation
WeThePeople
improvisation
Retina academie berchem
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Vzw StudioVanOs
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
DO The Festival
Gdansk, Poland
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
International Dance Week
Budapest, Hungary
movement assistant
Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez
at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
CONTEMPORARY DANCE (warm up)
Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez
CONTEMPORARY DANCE & creation
PerformAct, Torres Vedras, Portugal
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
master - Dance
royal conservatoire antwerp / AP Hogeschool
improvisation
LABO - Dance
royal conservatoire antwerp / AP Hogeschool
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
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