netherlands

Job van der Wal job van der wal is a mime with experience in teaching, performing and touring in the USA, Africa and Europe. Job was born in the Netherlands and he has graduated from Innovo's full time three year program under the teaching of masters Theo and Jolie Williams. Job is a person that wants to use the art of mime and dance to show who God is and what God is doing today. He currently ministers mainly in Europe, working with the arts of mime and dance.

Koen Niemeijer koen niemeijer is active in Innovo for about 13 years. Together with his wife Krista he started performing mime all over the Netherlands. He is trained by a diversity of Innovo teachers at many workshops and in Pasadena. He is a very experienced performer, not only on Innovo-tour and Innovo-performances but mostly together with Krista with their own pieces. Besides mime he is also experienced in teaching, drama, statues and puppets. As a performer he tries to make his audience think about God, relations and art. He wants to show his heart to the audience to reach their hearts…

Krista Niemeijer krista niemeijer is a mime for over 15 years. She is trained by Innovo for many years in workshops, weekend-trainings and she has studied in Pasadena for a while. She performs very often; solo or together with her husband Koen, all over the Netherlands, with their own mime pieces. She also toured with Innovo and other mime troupes through the Netherlands and teaches drama and mime in a local church. In her pieces Krista wants to show a message of Love and Hope in a very expressive way by mime, drama, puppets and stories. In her pieces you will experience her gift for creativity and improvisation…

Heggert Rebel heggert rebel was introduced in the world of mime by the woman he married: Hanneke. Later he was trained by several mime teachers including Todd and Marilyn Farley, Barbara Käser, Theo and Jolie Williams. As a leader of the theatre group “Prisma” he performed in a broad range of mime and drama pieces in the Evangelical Church Utrecht, The Netherlands for 14 years. With Innovo and other mime troupes he toured in the Netherlands, Romania, Portugal and the UK. His desire is to see restoration of arts in the Body of Christ. Connected to “Encore” he is chairman of Innovo The Netherlands since 2007.

Chantal van Bruggen chantal van bruggen has been trained by Todd and Marilyn Farley and their students, now also by Theo and Jolie Williams, (occasionally by Carlos Martinez and Marcel Marceau), Pastor David Fisher and private study for many years now. She has obtained the level of Apprentice Journeyman in the MAP for Mime. She has extensive experience in teaching diverse courses from mime, dance, drama and flags to the Biblical Foundations of the arts. She leads a working team for Biblical Expression and wants to help others to integrate their whole being into their walk with the Lord and share more of Jesus with them.