Hannah Keildson
…studied music at Cambridge University, the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam and, more recently, with Paul Harris in England. After leaving the Sweelinck she became composer and choreographer for the performing arts company, Stichting Goede Hoop in Amsterdam.
It was while working with them that the ideas for the ballet “The Girl in the Mirror” started to emerge as a distillation of the dilemmas and understandings experienced by herself and the other women in the group as they tried to make sense of the modern world and their place within it.
Ian Keildson
…trained as a recording engineer and film editor at the South African Broadcasting Corporation who he worked for several years, writing and directing radio dramas and commercials.
After moving to Amsterdam he became joint musical director and songwriter for the performing arts company Stichting Goede Hoop. It was while working here that he met Hannah who asked him to compose the music for the second act of the ballet “The Girl in the Mirror”.