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Klaas Devos (he/him) is a Belgian choreographer and artistic researcher focusing on perception, attention, and sensitivity in dance. He graduated at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, PARTS (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios) and a.pass (advanced performance and scenography studies) in Brussels. He attained a Master in theatre and dance studies with great distinction at the University of Antwerp with a thesis on practice-based dance epistemology, or how we think through dancing.
Since 2020, Devos is PhD. fellow at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp and the University of Antwerp. In his artistic and practice-based PhD in dance (2020-2024), 'Thinking Bodies in dance. A somatic REACh., he is researching expanding awareness in somatic dance through algorithmic choreography. Devos is active as artistic supervisor for the educative MA projects at the Conservatoire Antwerp, he is lecturer in ‘dance and choreographic studies’ in the Brussels Dance Academy and teaches ‘dance practices’ at the Academy of Bruges.
Based in Brussels, Devos coordinates Reach & Collabs. and Reach Studio, a network and residency place dedicated to embodied and computational creativity in live and mediated performing arts.
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