Karlijn Dedroog

Karlijn's decision to dance professionally was made in Stuttgart – when she saw her cousin Anneleen on stage with Gauthier Dance. After that, everything happened very quickly. She trained at the Royal Ballet School in Antwerp and started her career with Dantzaz Konpainia in San Sebastián. The legendary springboard for young talent also worked perfectly for Karlijn. A year later, in 2018, she moved to the leading company of her home country – the Royal Ballet of Flanders under the direction of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. There she danced her way through the complete stylistic spectrum, from Merce Cunningham and Sharon Eyal to Sleeping Beauty and Spartacus. In autumn 2022, she will become, literally in her case, part of the Gauthier Dance family.