Joop van den Ende Academy · Schülerblog

I’ve turned 22 last week and my life looks very different from everything I’ve imagined. One year ago I bought a ticket to a new life and hell I got it. I had no idea what adventure I’d got myself into. I’ve evolved more in a year than I have in forever, let’s not exaggerate: […]

We always knew dreams were not meant to be easy, they are tough, and they bring us down many times, they are a lot of work and a lot of sacrifices. This week, a page will be turned, but I want us to never forget how good it feels to dream and to fight for […]

People are left out, alone, insulted, misfits and bullied. Judged because of their looks, their clothes, their life choices, sexual orientation, religion and even their jobs. Judgment create minorities and worst, within these minorities people keep on  judging each other. Cutting each other’s imagination and creativity by the fear of doing something wrong and the […]

   We all have these moments of weakness, these moments when we run in the dark and everything happens to fast, everything is out of control and we are beaten down on  the floor and we can’t even try to defend ourselves because we just want to let go of the pain and let go […]

I believe a hero has been given a gift that he uses to do good. We hear about many heroes: the guy that saved the child from the house on fire, the other that protected the woman who was attacked on a dark street, they can be policemen, firemen or doctors, and in our dreams […]

Sometimes life kicks you down. Hard day, hard week, hard month, let’s face it’s a hard year. You get home, put your stuff down, get a hot shower, and you sit on your bed, your muscles ache from dancing, your energy is just gone, so you just go to the kitchen, and yes you know […]

We learn in dance class that no movement stops, everything is in flow, always in movement always alive, always on its way to the next step. Every part of us is breathing and all these movements are connected to one another in a flow that forms the choreography, the big picture. We should always keep […]

Will we remember these years, these months, these hours that we spend together each day, every day, building stories and creating worlds ? The first laughs, the first stares, the first jokes, the first fights, the first tears. I have a feeling we are building ourselves in this school, building the people we are going […]

Music speak to us on another level, it speaks directly to our hearts. You could try to explain, demonstrate and illustrate, and just fail to make your point, with music, with art and emotions, you can not miss your point. It touches each of us, and even if some people might deny it, no one […]

FI-NAL-LY! We went on holidays, some of us went away, back home or stayed and relaxed, of course we enjoyed it, but the thing is, we are passionate, so nothing feels better than be back ! This is how the summer semester started: singing again, dancing again, and it feels good! Of course we are […]