https://merelheering.com Merel Heering Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:41:27 +0000 https://merelheering.com en https://merelheering.com/Home Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:41:26 +0000 Merel Heering https://merelheering.com/Home <img width="968" height="1072" width_o="968" height_o="1072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/198f614f81774e13bcd546d4ef8db83265043495fc6d9d9eab22404dd7ef2f23/home-page-foto.jpg" data-mid="149436212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/968/i/198f614f81774e13bcd546d4ef8db83265043495fc6d9d9eab22404dd7ef2f23/home-page-foto.jpg" /> SWOP festival 2022, Aaben Dans. Photo: Ditte Valente Merel Heering (1986) is a dance dramaturge, facilitator and alignment coach based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. “I support people and organizations in aligning vision and actions, body and mind. I do so from a place of compassion, but with the commitment to put my finger on the sore spot, when necessary. I love accompanying processes of creation, change or problem solving and hold space for curiousity, feelings, complexity and embodied learning.”&nbsp; For more info about my vision, offerings and projects, scroll down. ︎︎︎ More about me&nbsp; https://merelheering.com/About-Merel Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:41:26 +0000 Merel Heering https://merelheering.com/About-Merel Merel Heering (1986, The Netherlands) graduated from the master Theatre and Dance Studies (cum laude) at the University of Utrecht in 2010. After her graduation Merel worked for several dance institutions such as Nederlands Dans Theater, Dutch Dance Festival and ICKamsterdam. However, the necessity she felt for change in the Dutch dance field on the level of inclusion, working methods, multiplicity of voices and ethics, led her to start her own independent practice as a dance dramaturge. ‘It is my mission to (co-)create ethically just working cultures in the arts and develop modes of operation and creation that breathe congruence, humanity and integrity.’ Merel’s practice is rooted in supporting social change and bringing awareness to positioning, artistic responsibility and supporting people and organizations in aligning vision and actions. She facilitates conversations on the friction between personal and professional values and is committed to creating spaces for dialog and exchange between people with different worldviews. Her practice focuses on topics of feeling deeply, alignment and embodiment as crucial ingredients for change making. <img width="632" height="641" width_o="632" height_o="641" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33009360975018972440c46e8bef920af2153dc740d5fdec8d750671313d0b58/Social-Awareness---Marie-Gourdain.png" data-mid="132819603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/632/i/33009360975018972440c46e8bef920af2153dc740d5fdec8d750671313d0b58/Social-Awareness---Marie-Gourdain.png" /> Illustrations: Marie Gourdain <img width="714" height="749" width_o="714" height_o="749" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec6bb47dcd950a29973134470069e351b69bc7b6e1c303118f50e14272a48a79/Merel-Heering-dramaturgy-foto-Aqueene-Wilson.png" data-mid="121278008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/714/i/ec6bb47dcd950a29973134470069e351b69bc7b6e1c303118f50e14272a48a79/Merel-Heering-dramaturgy-foto-Aqueene-Wilson.png" />Photo: Aqueene Wilson Merel works with a variety of independent artists, dance companies, festivals, theatres and production houses across Europe for over ten years already. Her approach to dance dramaturgy is that of a social practice in which she combines her sensitivity for (inter)personal dynamics with her ability for critical and conceptual thinking. Over time, this has led her into facilitation and alignment coaching. Her work in dance also made her an ambassador for the importance of embodied learning in the widest sense of the word. Merel’s work covers a wide range of activities, from accompaniment of artists and artistic directors, to researching and facilitating dialogue between different communities, to commissioned writing, as well as the curation and facilitation of events. Currently, her practice is focussed on (team) coaching, organizational dramaturgy and curatorial advice. https://merelheering.com/Feeling-Deeply Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:41:27 +0000 Merel Heering https://merelheering.com/Feeling-Deeply Feeling deeply as an act of resistance.&nbsp; To me, feeling deeply is a specific form of concentration, a way of listening with the entire body. It helps me to pick up on what is in the room, particularly the things that are not being said or addressed out loud. I use these feelings and bodily sensations as information. I take time to let them inform me about what is going on in a situation, a moment, a working process. I consider doing so an act of resistance in the average working cultures of today, in which feelings are often unwelcome and being pushed aside. Instead of censoring myself into not feeling or feeling less, I decided to start practicing feeling my feelings in their most profound and diverse forms, wherever I went. This has become characteristic for the way I walk through life, as well as my way of practicing dramaturgy, facilitation and alignment coaching. <img width="1010" height="699" width_o="1010" height_o="699" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb673b8227c5b13b2460f5d599b03770375591292a8ffa65cc4cd962846ceda8/Embodied-practice---Marie-Gourdain_3.png" data-mid="132822358" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb673b8227c5b13b2460f5d599b03770375591292a8ffa65cc4cd962846ceda8/Embodied-practice---Marie-Gourdain_3.png" />&nbsp; <img width="530" height="380" width_o="530" height_o="380" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2aa82a0d6994fe45974b3080866f47b744e5aa8f18737f6cc3b708a3584df34/Sharing-Time-and-Space---Marie-Gourdain_2.png" data-mid="132822406" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/530/i/c2aa82a0d6994fe45974b3080866f47b744e5aa8f18737f6cc3b708a3584df34/Sharing-Time-and-Space---Marie-Gourdain_2.png" /> In my work, I find it important to create the conditions for listening to feelings and bodily sensations and give language to them, in relation to what is at stake in a meeting, rehearsal or encounter. Our capacity to feel and sense affects our capacity for compassion and imagination. It influences our creativity and our ability to generate sustainable change. I therefore believe that feeling deeply helps us align our vision with our actions, not only on a policy or organizational level, but also on the level of our interpersonal behaviour. &nbsp; <img width="552" height="422" width_o="552" height_o="422" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44f9a14ba3be9fd792c1a71d3db9e618d9b476527a087bc57633c862c4ea6eb1/Discomfort-as-resource.png" data-mid="132819285" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/552/i/44f9a14ba3be9fd792c1a71d3db9e618d9b476527a087bc57633c862c4ea6eb1/Discomfort-as-resource.png" /> Illustrations: Marie Gourdain