Karen Kerkhoven

I am a 3rd Generation Visual Artist who’s professional life has been through Dance as a teacher performer and choreographer my first works at a young age won Awards and motivated my continuation of creating Dance works whilst teacher Adults at Evening colleges and starting a School of Dance for Children through to Adults . Eventually Starting The Contemporary Dance Company to perform and give audience participation through out schools in Sydney and toured NSW. I was also invited to choreograph fir Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre and taught at Eora Centre in Sydney at a Ground breaking time. The philosophy’s from Visual art came to the fore as I gave Workshops and performances at the Art Gallery of NSW for The Impressionists Exhibition, Improvisations on Kandinsky, Henry Moore Exhibition. Later travelling to Bessie Schoenberg Choreographic Workshop at Jacob’s Pillow Lee MA from The Dance Awards “The Bessie’s” NYC later doing Artists Residency’s in Europe where I would create using Dance and Visual Art bringing dancers to collaborating with Visual Artists. where we would have breakthroughs my joy!