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# Lily Kiara

dance.  music.  stillness.

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## Posts

- [slow motion dance](https://lilykiara.nl/s-l-o-w-mo-t-i-o-n-d-a-n-c-e/) - A video of a short dance, playing at studio La Corvette of DD Dorvillier in France where we worked and exchanged together in dances and talks. A beautiful meeting time. May 2023.
- [spider web](https://lilykiara.nl/spider-web/) - This image didn't make it to any of the pages on the new website but I love to share it. The first time I encountered spider webs like this was in a forest near Seattle when I was training Skinner Releasing Technique, although they were more dome shaped, without a slope. This photo I took

## Pages

- [home](https://lilykiara.nl/) - Home page of Lily Kiara - Amsterdam based dance artist & singer, songwriter
- [live](https://lilykiara.nl/live/) - List of live events - concerts, dance performances etc.
- [the tall tales](https://lilykiara.nl/music/lily-kiara-the-tall-tales/) - The Tall Tales is a band which can vary in its line-up and number. The band plays with my songs and depending on where we play can also include improvisations and poetry. We've been playing like this over a number of years. Poet Julia-Beth Harris joined in 2022. The Tall Tales gives more attention to strings (acoustic, electric and lap steel guitars). These are The Tall Tales musicians:
- [summer intensive 2026](https://lilykiara.nl/summer-intensive-2026/) - Familiarity & Transformation in Practice and Performance9-16 August 2026 | Sunday - Sunday (8 days) | 10:30-17:00 | Amsterdam, NL ‘I don’t know, but I know it in the unknown.’- Pak Suprapto Suryodarmo Lily Kiara draws from Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), experiential anatomy & physiology, Biodynamic Craniosacral practice, Joged Amerta Movement (Suprapto Suryodarmo), Songwriting, Poetry,
- [dance](https://lilykiara.nl/dance/) - About dance performances and trainings of artist Lily Kiara. Although i’ve danced in many pieces that were choreographed before the moment of performing, i have never stopped improvising and have been dedicating my practice and performance to the aliveness, depth and intricacies of this particular form.
- [Skinner Releasing Technique (Ongoing) & Imaginative Process](https://lilykiara.nl/skinner-releasing-technique-ongoing-imaginative-process/) - 19-24 October 2026 - 6 days, 4 hours per dayPonderosa, Germany (near Berlin) For registration and organisational questions and information you can go directly to this page of Ponderosa.For who?To participate in classes from the Ongoing series of SRT, prior experience of SRT is required: all 15 classes of the Introductory series, preferably multiple times.
- [calendar workshops](https://lilykiara.nl/dance/calendar-workshops/) - Upcoming workshops with Lily Kiara.
- [welcome](https://lilykiara.nl/welcome/) - My name is Lily Kiara. I work as an interdependent artist in making dances, writing songs and poetry. Welcome to my website.
- [about classes and workshops](https://lilykiara.nl/dance/classes-and-workshops/) - For 25 years I’ve been teaching at independent studios, festivals, academies and art institutions throughout Europe, USA, Australia as well as co-facilitating in Indonesia.
- [writings | publications](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/writings-publications/) - Archy Immediatu Vol. 2 was published in Czech Republic in 2025, by Immediatus Biennale. A beautiful collection of writings, poetry, conversations, images. My poem Peace, Please has been included. It came from the performance lecture This Song We're In, which i made for and performed at the opening of the Immediatus Biennale 2024. Paper and
- [If only i could be here now (practices in presence)](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/if-only-i-could-be-here-now-practices-in-presence-reasons-to-stay/) - 1 #practices in presence (2023)2 #reasons to stay (2024)3 #a bird a bird (2025)4 #place of peace (2025)5 #the ancestor's call (2026) Each piece in this series is part of the ongoing project Field of Disappearance, dedicated to stillness and transparency. In If only I could be here now, several aspects of presence, listening and
- [residencies | dance](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/residencies-dance/) - Concentrated dance working periods, solo or together with other artists in several countries | Sometimes space for open exchange, sometimes exchange about specific areas of artistic interest, sometimes as part of a specific creation inside or outside. at dance | farm residence Kokko1721 September 2016, 3 weeks, Kokko1721, Kangasniemi, Finland | Solo, with support of
- [feather & bones](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/feather-bones/) - feather & bones if we sing to our bonesthey may whisper like feathersand carry our songs towhere they need to be heard A dance & music performance Maya M. Carroll (dance) and Lily Kiara (dance), with in turns musicians Wilbert de Joode (double bass) and Roy Carroll (electroacoustic media) Maya M. CarrollWilbert de JoodeRoy CarrollLily
- [c h r y s a l i s](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/rave-kiara-provan-pereyra/) - from left to right: Felicity Provan: cornet, vocals, small instruments; Lily Kiara: dance, voice; Barbara Pereyra: dance, voice; Ada Rave: saxophone, clarinet, small instruments | photo by Guido Vrebos Chrysalis, a quartet with two dancers and two musicians makes work where individual practices merge into collective, collaborative work through deep listening to the wider worlds
- [stillness](https://lilykiara.nl/stillness/) - "The experience of silence is now so rare that we must cultivate it and treasure it. This is especially true for shared silence. …sharing silence is, in fact, a political act.” - Gunilla Norris. Although i work with-in stillness, i am not silent in the sense of withdrawal. I dance and i sing and in those forms it is that i speak up. I care to participate. Stillness as presence. Stillness as a meeting space. Where possible and perhaps even more so where it seems impossible.
- [projects](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/) - Lily Kiara's projects page with links to projects in dance and music.
- [music](https://lilykiara.nl/music/) - I write songs that sometimes become stories, sometimes are closer to a poem, concerning human rights and personal journeys or observations. Occasionally there’s a love song in the traditional sense. But I think they are all love songs really, caring and wondering about how we live together in this world.
- [Indonesia](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/indonesia/) - On this page i share something about my training and work with my late teacher Suprapto Suryodarmo (1945-2019) in Java and Bali. Indonesia is a significant place for me in my (artistic) life. Learning with pak Suprapto on these islands, by seas and temples, in cities, has been more important than I can say in
- [biodynamic craniosacral therapy](https://lilykiara.nl/craniosacral-therapy/) - Here I make a brief connection to this part of my work. On https://craniosacral.lilykiara.nl you can find more details and information about treatments.
- [biodynamische craniosacraal therapie](https://lilykiara.nl/craniosacraal-therapie/) - Hier maak ik enkel verbinding met dit deel van mijn werk. Op https://craniosacral.lilykiara.nl/nl/ kun je meer details vinden en informatie over behandelingen.
- [the river](https://lilykiara.nl/music/the-river/) - The RIVER is a band i put together because i wished to share my songs in a particular musical and poetic context, played by musicians and a poet i have listened to and admired for many years. It combines three of my great loves: folk songs, improvised music and poetry.
- [mercy, solo for my father](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/mercy-solo-for-my-father/) - I first danced Mercy, solo for my father (1938-2021) at Tictac Art Centre in Brussels, 24 February 2022. This 'happened to be' my father's birthday. It was also the start of the war in Ukraine. I danced in silence and with music by J.S. Bach: Erbarme Dich. Photos were taken by Arnaud Beelen. The video
- [field of disappearance](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/field-of-disappearance/) - A radical dedication to stillness and transparency | a dance solo. Investigating different ways of and interests in disappearing.
- [purification](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/purification/) - The short duet Purification evolved during training of Joged Amerta (joged: child like, amerta: nectar) with our late teacher Pak Suprapto Suryodarmo (Prapto) in Java, Indonesia. Prapto brought Alex Gebe, a dancer, actor from Sumatra and myself together in our practice. He invited us to perform on 1 January 2019 as part of a ritual
- [summer intensive 2025](https://lilykiara.nl/summer-intensive-2025/) - What moves you? Layers of allowing & the dances of this time.10-17 August 2025 | Sunday - Sunday (8 days) | 10:30-17:00 | Amsterdam, NL ‘Never lie. Never say that something has moved you if you are still in the same place’. – Jeanette Winterson Lily Kiara draws from Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT),
- [summer intensive 2024](https://lilykiara.nl/summer-intensive-2024/) - What Moves You?11-17 August 2024 | Sunday - Saturday (7 days) | 10:30-17:00 | Amsterdam, NL i love listening. it is one of the onlyspaces where you can be still andmoved at the same time. - nayyirah waheed Lily Kiara draws from Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), experiential anatomy & physiology, Biodynamic Craniosacral practice, Joged Amerta
- [SRT  workshop | open level | Amsterdam, NL](https://lilykiara.nl/srt-workshop-open-level-amsterdam-nl/) - Sunday 31 March 2024 | 11:00-15:00 (4 hours)Anamorphic Studio, Overtoom 301€58 incl. BTW | Places are limited. Please sign up for this workshop before 22 March. You can make your registration complete by paying with a bank transfer (please scroll down for further details). Receipts for payment are available. I will pick you up downstairs
- [SRT Morning Training | Amsterdam, NL | 2024](https://lilykiara.nl/srt-morning-training-amsterdam-nl-2024/) - Tuesday 26 March 2024 10:00-12:00 | Anamorphic Studio, Overtoom 301€12,50 per class | You can pay with a card or cash. Receipts for payment available.No need to sign up. I will pick you up downstairs in front of the entrance. Please come 5 minutes before 10:00 so we can go up together. I won’t be
- [fireflies](https://lilykiara.nl/fireflies/) - Fireflies is a page where i share words or images irregularly from a wish to add spontaneity and moment to moment sharings.
- [cds](https://lilykiara.nl/music/cds/) - Albums are digitally available (unless mentioned otherwise) on Apple Music, Deezer, iTunes Store, Spotify etc. Physical CDS of Fishing in the Field, The SWIM SESSIONS and On This Ground are available at some online stores and at live concerts or by sending a mail. Lily Kiara | Roses (The New Orleans Sessions) Where The Road
- [contact](https://lilykiara.nl/contact/) - Contact info for Lily Kiara.
- [zachtjes | softly](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/zachtjes/) - n z a c h t j e s spelen danseres Lily Kiara en contrabassist Rozemarie Heggen samen met het publiek, peuters en verzorgers, hoe zij sámen stilte kunnen maken.
- [SRT Morning Training | Amsterdam, NL | 2023](https://lilykiara.nl/srt-morning-training-amsterdam-nl-2023/) - Thursdays 2 March - 20 April 202310:00-12:00 | Anamorphic Studio, Overtoom 301€12,50 per class | You can pay with a card or cash. Receipts for payment available.No need to sign up. I will pick you up downstairs in front of the entrance. Please come in time as I won’t be able to let you in
- [summer intensive 2023](https://lilykiara.nl/summer-intensive-2023/) - Time & Timelessness13-19 August 2023 | Sunday - Saturday (7 days) | 11:00-17:00 | Amsterdam, NL “In reality we are always between two times: that of the body and that of consciousness.” John Berger, in: and our faces, our heart, brief as photos Lily Kiara draws from Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), experiential anatomy & physiology,
- [summer intensive 2022](https://lilykiara.nl/summer-intensive-2022/) - Time & Perspective 15-19 August 2022 / Monday - Friday / 10:00-16:00 / Amsterdam.
- [silent dances](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/silent-dances/) - During the process of Field of Disappearance, in which my choices are more radical than in my earlier work, questions arise and the desire to exchange with other artists and teachers. In 2018 i received an 'Ontwikkelbudget' (development budget) from the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts to work specifically in the area of ‘Stillness &
- [SRT workshop | all levels welcome | Amsterdam](https://lilykiara.nl/srt-workshop-all-levels-welcome-amsterdam-nl/) - Sunday 11 December 2022 | 10:00-14:00 (4 hours)Anamorphic Studio, Overtoom 301€50 incl. BTW | Places are limited. Please sign up for this workshop before 5 December. You can make your registration complete by paying with a bank transfer (please scroll down for further details). Receipts for payment are available. I will pick you up downstairs
- [SRT Morning Training | Amsterdam, NL](https://lilykiara.nl/srt-morning-trainings-amsterdam/) - Thursdays March, April, May + 29 September, 6, 13, 20, 27 October 2022 EXTRA: 3, 10 November 10:00-12:00 | Anamorphic Studio, Overtoom 301 €12,50 per class | You can pay with a card or cash. Receipts for payment available. No need to sign up. I will pick you up downstairs in front of the entrance. Please come in time as I won’t be able to let you in afterwards. Thank you. Be welcome!
- [USA tours | music](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/usa-tours-music/) - Between 2015-2018 I’ve had the chance to tour throughout the USA with my friend and virtuoso guitarist Jimmy Robinson from New Orleans. The first tour in 2015 included Floatstone and photographer Cy Leong from Belgium. In each tour we had interviews and played on several visionary radiostations such as WWOZ, WUTL and WHIVFM in New
- [ep roses (the new orleans sessions)](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/ep-roses-the-new-orleans-sessions/) - A small collection of live and studio recordings from New Orleans. These recordings were made during the USA tour in 2018. Some took place in the studio in an old warehouse packed with musicians and painters working away there. The live recordings were done by Danny Kadar when we played at the Jazz Museum at the Mint.
- [SRT workshop (experienced) | Amsterdam, NL](https://lilykiara.nl/srt-experienced-workshop-amsterdam-nl/) - Sunday 23 October 2022 | 11:00-16:00 (5 hours)Anamorphic Studio, Overtoom 301€60 incl. BTW | Places are limited. Please sign up for this workshop before 15 October. You can make your registration complete by paying with a bank transfer (please scroll down for further details). Receipts for payment are available. I will pick you up downstairs
- [SRT Introduction workshop | Amsterdam, NL](https://lilykiara.nl/srt-introduction-workshop-amsterdam-nl/) - Sunday 9 October 2022 | 11:00-15:00 (4 hours)Anamorphic Studio, Overtoom 301€50 incl. BTW | Places are limited. Please sign up for this workshop before 1 October. You can make your registration complete by paying with a bank transfer (please scroll down for further details). Receipts for payment are available. I will pick you up downstairs
- [sibyl sings](https://lilykiara.nl/music/sibyl-sings/) - Sibyl Sings is a small record label for music and poetry, launched in 2008. It was initially set up to share works of myself as a singer/songwriter and poet.
- [saari residence](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/saari-residence/) - These are notes about my intention for work at Saari Residence, March and April 2015 in Finland. This was the beginning of Field of Disappearance. I will be working on the basis and direction for a new dance project: Field Of Disappearance (work title). I wish to investigate different aspects of disappearance and different ways
- [saya ikan | ik ben een vis | i am a fish](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/saya-ikan-ik-ben-een-vis-i-am-a-fish/) - Authenticity is more important than identity photos by Patrick Beelaert at Tong Tong Festival, The Hague, NL A poetic documentary performance about the resonance of the colonial history of the Dutch East Indies on three generations of Indo-Europeans. War. Not a piece about guilt or victimhood, but contemplating migration, choices, perceptions and the raising of
- [kahina | rustle](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/kahina-rustle/) - At the end of my residency at Saari in Finland, a spontaneous collaboration took place with four other artists working there. In a short time we made a short dance film together.
- [subtext](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/subtext/) - 4tet by Marta Warelis, Kaja Draksler (piano, small instruments) and Michael Schumacher, Lily Kiara (dance) This quartet started working and performing together in 2017. We met in the Doek Festival that year in workshops and performances with improvised dance and music and found common receptivities and curiosities. In 2018 we performed in the opening night of the Doek Festival.
- [resonance](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/resonance/) - RESONANCE is a project in process. With RESONANCE i aim to create a space in which songs and silence can be present as equal players of the performance.
- [even the houses are dancing and all is well](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/even-the-houses-are-dancing-and-all-is-well/) - Ab Baars: shakuhachi, Lily Kiara: dance. Arising from a natural desire to continue working in strict lockdowns during extraordinary global and local circumstances (although safe and with a home to live), Ab Baars and Lily Kiara met early mornings in parks, dunes and at sea to dance and play music during sunrise.
- [Oostwestverhouding](https://lilykiara.nl/projects/oostwestverhouding/) - (Saya Ikan/Ik ben een vis) Ik ben een etnische alliantieIk ben een vis Ik ben de vogeldie je de lucht niet wijst Ik ben het landdat nietgevonden wordthet DNAdat continenten bindtde tektoniekdie trekt En ergensin de haardvan dit geweld schuift het westende dagen oostwaarts waar ik links wilga ik rechtswaar ik rechts kansta ik stil het is
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