Curriculum Vitae Hilde Cannoodt

Degrees and certifications


June 2018: Integrated Dance PART 2 - Ashley Lopez certification programme. Wolverhampton, UK.

May 2018: Level II REPS certified gym instructor course - ORIGYM, London, UK

February 2018: 5 day intensive IUGTE, Physical Theatre with Sergei Ostrenko. Austria.

November 2017: DanceCraft Key of Spades, Certification programme taught by Zoe Jakes, California, US.

September 2017: Integrated Dance PART 1 - Ashley Lopez certification programme. Portland, Oregon.

July/August 2017: Ecole Des Sables Summer school, Dakar, Senegal.

June 2017: Axis Syllabus 3 day intensive with Frey Faust, Brussels, Belgium.

June 2017: Jamila Level 1 Certification, London, UK

April 2017: 3 day choreographic intensive with Shobana Dance Company, London, UK

June 2015: DanceCraft Key of Diamonds. Certification programme taught by Zoe Jakes. California, US

2012 - 2015: Specialist diploma course in Choreology at Laban Contemporary School of Dance. London, UK

2014: 200 hour yoga teacher training diploma - Being In Unity. Brighton, UK

2012 - 2016: Silvestre Summer School, Salvador, Brazil.

2009 - 2011: Diploma course at Laban Contemporary School of Dance. London, UK

September 2007: General Skills with Carolena Nericcio - FatChanceBellyDance® (certification) - (3 days) Toronto, Canada

August 2007: JWAAD teacher training foundation course (certification) - (4 days) London, UK

2004 - 2007: BA in Dance and Visual Arts at the University of Brighton, UK

2000 - 2003: BA in Teaching Mathematics, Physics and Technology at the Heilig Hart University - Heverlee, Belgium

Work experience - highlights

May 2024: performer and choreographer as part Inganzo Ngari: halftime during BAL, the basketball finals at BK Arena.

August 2023: performer as part of Inganzo Ngari Igitaramo: Ruganzu Ndoli II

January 2023-June 2023: resident dancer at Pili Pili bar and restaurant, Kigali, Rwanda.

December 2021: The Legacy Of Intore: a documentary with interviews by the legends of Rwandan culture.

December 2017 - January 2018: fusion dance teacher and mentor during an 8 week programme for young professional dancers in Kigali, Rwanda.

February 2017: The Bollo Project - a collaboration between artists from The Gambia and The UK.

June - July 2016: Movement For Humanity - a 3 week colloboration with choreographer Tjarda Van Straten (NL) in Kigali, Rwanda as well as a performance at the Ubumuntu Arts Festival in July 2016. more info

June 2016: Choreographer as part of the Kemptown Carnival parade. Hilde was commissioned by the Kemptown Carnival and Arts Council England.

2015-2016: Co-organiser of the Tribal Remix Salvador festival in Brazil - collaboration with Bela Saffe

2012-2018: Founder and main organiser of the Tribal Remix Festival, an annual tribal fusion dance festival.

2012: Intrepid Bodacity: a collaboration with dance artists Donna Mejia and Ela Rogers. Massachussets & California

2012: I Put A Spell On You: a collaboration with Wendy Buonaventura - Jersey

2011: founding member of Chaos Carousel, a live music and belly dance act with music from the Balkans.

2010 - 2015: cast of the Double Oh Heaven, a James Bond themed cabaret. Highlight of this ongoing show: sell out show at Brighton Fringe Festival 2015.

2009: performance for Shoto Tanemura - the Japanese Grandmaster of Genbukan Ninjutsu.

2006: founding member of Masmoudi, a tribal fusion dance collective.