email: diadans@planet.nl
website; www.annekewittermans.nl
English all Themes https://annekewittermans.nl/all-themes-english/
Anneke Wittermans (1957) is a dance-teacher, choreographer, writer, poet, coach of fine tuning in crucial times, keeper of specific qualities and, researcher of the treasures of the feminine heritage. She inspires people to be congruent and to dance with reason. She encourages to streamline body, mind and soul.
She is a visionary and pioneer. She is building a network of human values by developing new images and dances.
Anneke is seeing the hidden potential of people and situations. She has the ability to visualize this and communicate it back in her dances and poems. She is bringing light and sight into images of hope and peace.
During her studies in Architecture she discovered the mysteries of the forgotten feminine heritage in the Neolithic wonders of Minoan civilization Crete and those of Çatal-Höyük and Hacilar in Turkey. In 1981 she decided to embody the power of the statuettes of various ancient civilizations by creating choreographies that contain the qualities of human existence.
In 1981 Anneke Wittermans started with Oerdans and since 2004 she calls her style of dances Diadans, Dia = Light in Dance. In 2005 she founded the Foundation Beweegreden (Beweegreden = Move with reason). Born with the Sun at 27 degrees Sagittarius, Anneke has the of nature developed ability to look through layers and detect them.
Anneke is the author of 2 books in Dutch
Vrijgeven, vieren van verbintenissen IBSN 9789088400810 1-11-2012
To Liberate, reconcile and find peace
Ode aan de laatste van de vrouwenlijn Erken latente Talenten ISBN 978 90 830700 7 0 8-3-2023
Ode to the last of the female lineage
Youtube Danceslesson Anneke Wittermans
Youtube Anneke Wittermans English
https://www.youtube.com/c/AnnekeWittermans
youtube liederen en gesproken Stichting Beweegreden
Researches and performances Anneke Wittermans
Neolithic civilisations- Architecture and the female figurines. o.a. from Minoan Crete and Çatalhöyük and Hacilar Turkey , a thesis on Technical University Architecture Delft ( 1981)
To Liberate, reconcile and find peace 1997
Nehalennia**, Goddess of the sea. 300 Votive altars are found but only 14 altars are exposed in Musea. (2004)
Ode to the last of the female lineage (2005)
The Call of Innana: Sensuality and Sexuality to honour the body as a Temple(2008)
Mammae the nourishing principle, dances and songs to establish healing of the breast, radiating peace into the world. (2010)
The ancestors whisper. Foremothers speak ( 2012 and 2022)
Flirting, how can I do this, and what next? (2015)
The Donau figurines , a.o. Goddesses of Hohle Fels ( 2019)
Chariklo, spinning grace, dances and songs in time of transition. (2020)
The mysteries of the forgotten female heritage in the Neolithic wonders (2021)
Dreaming lady of Malta, Mystery in sending images for other eons (2021)
Mycelium, the threads of connection (2022)
**Being interested in the treasures of female heritage, Anneke’s attention is called by several female deities. In 2004 Anneke is realising that the big treasure of 300 votive altars of the goddess Nehalennia 2 nd BC-3 nd AD in the Netherlands is somehow not noticed. So she decide to promote Nehalennia, Roman Celtic Goddess of the Sea, ‘the healing light nearby the sea’. Nehalennia is always depicted with apples and with a sighthound or gazehound: Nehalennia is goddess of the harvest and, safe journey over the sea (Farewell- vaarwel = have safe journey over sea = Adieu)
Next to the found female figurines in Europa and Mesopotamia who by stature and radiation tell different stories, so are the goddesses Inanna, Sedna, Salacia, Chariklo, Varda: they are inspiring to study.