Pascal Rekoert

 PASCAL REKOERT started his dance career performing with Dutch companies Danstheater Arena, Foundation Satori, and Bronkhorst & Jongewaard. In 1998, he performed in The Fall, a piece that garnered acclaim as “the dance document of the ‘90s,” receiving the coveted Prix d’auteur du conseil général de la Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris, France. Upon his arrival to New York in 2000, Rekoert became a Principal Dancer and Associate Artistic Director with Jennifer Muller/ The Works, assisting Artistic Director Jennifer Muller with choreographies for New York City Opera, with performances at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall and with projects in Bolivia, Thailand, China, and Brazil. Since 2000, Rekoert has also produced a wide variety of festivals and performance series in New York City: WestFest that featured companies from the UK, Israel, and Canada; The HATCH Presenting Series; The HATCHed Sequel Series; the GHOST Series, and dance film festival Canned Unicorn at The Rover SoHo. 

Rekoert’s choreographies have been presented in theaters in Switzerland, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and throughout the United States. Mr. Rekoert’s commercial work includes PTT Dutch Royal Communications, BERENIK, Motorola, Levi’s, Dockers, L’Oreal Paris, New York Fashion Week, and various celebrity designers. Described as “magnetic and intricate” (Dutch national newspaper Volkskrant, 2001), Rekoert has also collaborated with various filmmakers. In 1999, he choreographed the Dutch short dance film “Erasmus Spitzen, Crossing a Bridge on Points,” which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Since 2008, Rekoert has worked with Z Collective in various theater, film, and hybrid collaborations. Rekoert independent film ventures include the first-ever “portable” dance film festival in 2008, bringing 35 short dance films to mobile devices, such as iPhones and iPods. 

Rekoert received generous support from the Westbeth Artists Residents Council (2009-2011) and The Field for a two-week residency at White Oak Plantation in Florida (2008). Prizes and awards include the Chashama “Best Short Film Award” (2008), and the Prix d’auteur du conseil général de la Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris, France (1998). 

As a Lincoln Center Scholar who finished his master’s degree in an inaugural partnership program between Lincoln Center Education and CUNY Hunter College, Rekoert helped revise the New York City Department of Education Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance. In June 2016, he graduated with NHSDA Honors and was selected to present Chancellor Farina with the President’s Medal during the CUNY Hunter Commencement ceremony. Before becoming a full-time NYCDOE dance educator in 2015, Rekoert was a teaching artist in K-12 schools, devising Hip Hop, jazz dance, tap, and African Dance lessons. Rekoert is passionate about teaching in Title 1 Schools and has built his curriculum around the African and Hispanic diaspora.

Rekoert earned a B.A. in Dance from SUNY Empire State College and an M.A. in Dance Education from CUNY Hunter College. Currently, he is pursuing the Leadership and Policy specialization as a doctoral candidate within the Ed.D. Dance Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Since 2019, he has been an Assistant Professor and Dance Education Program Director at Central Connecticut State University. Rekoert holds additional leadership positions, including VP Dance & Nominating Committee member of the National Academy of Health and Physical Literacy (NAHPL), Eastern Seaboard Region, VP Dance of The Connecticut Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (CTAHPERD), and on various boards of dance companies. Rekoert also serves as an Awards Committee Member for the National Dance Education Organization and a Peer Review Panel Member for the Journal of Dance Education.