You appear to be fascinated by dance.
“As a child I attended the Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts pre-school, but I didn’t consider myself particularly talented – I was far too stiff. After I realised this, my other ambitions emerged and I left Lucia Marthas behind me. When I mentioned I wanted to shoot a dance film at the Filmacademie, lecturers told me it was a difficult genre that is hard to tell a story with. When another student in her final year, scriptwriter Rosita Wolkers, also stated she wanted to graduate with a dance film, I thought ‘Fuck it!’ let’s just try. In the end, everyone was wildly enthusiastic even though not all of our lecturers were quite sure how to tutor us. Sometimes lecturers have the tendency to coach things to death, but on this occasion, it was to our advantage that no one really knew what to do. When making Sisters, we benefited greatly from screenwriter Mart Dominicus, who has experience with dance films.”
