He moves in ways that seem physically impossible
Besim Hoti is student at Codarts and dances a solo in a Scapino Ballet choreography. He started dancing in Sliedrecht when he was 14. Electric boogie was his specialty. ‘My friends and I viewed clips and movies on YouTube. We taught ourselves, on the street.’
Besim Hoti was born and raised in Sliedrecht and has Albanian roots. After only one year in secondary vocational dance training he was scouted by a teacher of the Rotterdam Dance Academy. He successfully auditioned. ‘It was very hard work,’ Besim says, looking back on this transfer. ‘Doing ballet every day, modern dance every day, my body was simply not used to that’. Besim was a finalist in the Urban Dance Contest 2007. That earned him a ticket to a workshop with Scapino Ballet Rotterdam.
Artistic director Ed Wubbe created a dance piece for Besim and Michal Rynia to the music of Johan Sebastian Bach, called B.A.M. ‘One day Ed Wubbe asked me if I wanted to take part in the new show Wonderland with ‘Leading Edge’, the solo version of B.A.M. I immediately said yes! I was so happy! Of course, I did consult my school first.’ The show had its premiere on 8 October 2009 in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg. ‘Such a huge theatre, such a big stage! That was a great experience.’ Hoti’s solo is part of several Scapino shows, including TWOOLS 10, Lowlands and Nederlandse Dansdagen. Besim Hoti shows that his rolling and jolting movements come from deep inside just like Bach’s notes.
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Besim Hoti
Dancer
Besim Hoti is student at Codarts and dances a solo in a Scapino Ballet choreography. He started dancing in Sliedrecht when he was 14. Electric boogie was his specialty. ‘My friends and I viewed clips and movies on YouTube. We taught ourselves, on the street.’
Besim Hoti was born and raised in Sliedrecht and has Albanian roots. After only one year in secondary vocational dance training he was scouted by a teacher of the Rotterdam Dance Academy. He successfully auditioned. ‘It was very hard work,’ Besim says, looking back on this transfer. ‘Doing ballet every day, modern dance every day, my body was simply not used to that’. Besim was a finalist in the Urban Dance Contest 2007. That earned him a ticket to a workshop with Scapino Ballet Rotterdam.
Artistic director Ed Wubbe created a dance piece for Besim and Michal Rynia to the music of Johan Sebastian Bach, called B.A.M. ‘One day Ed Wubbe asked me if I wanted to take part in the new show Wonderland with ‘Leading Edge’, the solo version of B.A.M. I immediately said yes! I was so happy! Of course, I did consult my school first.’ The show had its premiere on 8 October 2009 in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg. ‘Such a huge theatre, such a big stage! That was a great experience.’ Hoti’s solo is part of several Scapino shows, including TWOOLS 10, Lowlands and Nederlandse Dansdagen. Besim Hoti shows that his rolling and jolting movements come from deep inside just like Bach’s notes.
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