Joop van den Ende Academy · Schülerblog

We were created from nothing, and suddenly we were standing, walking, talking. We were working together, building, learning. With each other and with everything that was around us. We made this earth our home. What happened ? How come everywhere I go I see people using and abusing of each other, fighting against each other. […]

Do you beleive in ghost stories ? There is this old theater at the end of the street and legend has it, if you walk on stage in the middle of the night, you can hear them whisper. Steps on the floor sound like a choreography that repeats itself. Some actors say it is the […]

When it’s all dust, we will be proud. Everything is a lesson. I’m quite disappointed to see that humans are still taking the bad decisions after all we’ve learned, books written ten centuries ago still have the answers of today’s problems: Every one knows their classics, we study all these books and texts and we […]

Life drives us and sometimes we don’t really know where we’re going. « Sh*t happens » some people will say, « make the best out of it. ». We all act like we know what’s going to happen, and when we don’t or something unexpected happens, our world falls apart. Our whole world fell apart a few days ago, […]

I have learned three major things in life when I started to do musical theater : First thing is never let go, believe in yourself and in others, and dare to dream. Those dreams just might come true. Second : Work hard and be patient. Work as hard as you can for your dreams. Hard […]

And just like that, it’s a new year. Time just flies, and we’re already writing a new chapter. I have so much to be thankful for when I look at last year: I met new people, and got close to people I already knew, I wrote and created a lot, I motivated myself, I found […]

Inspiration: something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone an idea about what to do or create. Every second of the life of an artist is defined by inspiration, either you’re inspired by the world around you or inspiring people around you. Everyone has this world of connections in their heads, […]

It is when tragedy strikes, that we realize what matters. Being happy, being loved and love, making a difference. I feel blessed to do what touches my soul, to fight for it, to know that my art can make a difference. I feel blessed to have those people beside me, those amazing people that are […]

These feelings we have about things, about people, about situation, these first feelings, these ideas, the reactions we have come from our instincts, and that’s a really big part of the acting process. When we act or perform we have to make it look real, real feelings, real situation, act a situation so good we […]

We learn every day that we have to trust our instincts on stage, and go 100%, and act, and do, and be, instead of thinking for ever about it and miss the best part of acting, wich is experimenting, and explore our imagination.  Funny thing because life is pretty much the same, taking the risk […]