Marjon van Grunsven

Native from the Netherlands where she received her BA in Dance and Theatre in 1995, Marjon lived & worked in NYC from 1992 until 2000 as professional dancer, teacher, choreographer, producer as well as Certified Pilates instructor.

She mounted contemporary Jazz Dance Company; Memento Dance Company in 1996 in New York City. After New York City, she moved to Paris to continue her work there for two years. She briefly moved to South Korea, to return to Paris again.
Back in The Netherlands in 2003, she re-mounted Memento Dance Company and traveled with it all over EU, US and CA.

In 2004 she opened her own studio in The Netherlands called: Memento Bodyworks, studio for Pilates - Body Therapy and Performing Arts.

In April 2007, Marjon joined Cirque du Soleil and toured as Artistic Director for its first Arena show Delirium until its closing in 2008, one year later. She was hired as OVO’s AD for the creation in 2008 and took the show on the road until it closed its doors under the Big Top in June of 2015. Looking for a new challenge Marjon took over QUIDAM as AD until the iconic show took it’s final bow in early 2016. Marjon returned to OVO and was an instrumental player in the artistic remount of the show while it was morphing into an arena spectacular.

​In December 2016 Marjon left Cirque to pursue her work as Artistic|Creative Director & Coach|Consultant

She recently worked as Casting Director and Choreographer for C2 Montreal in Amsterdam as well as Creative & Production Manager CARO at Efteling Theatre Productions. In addition she concluded a small tour with her own company in Canada as part of the Festival de Danse Encore en Tournee.

Marjons' diverse career portfolio is a reflection of the hard work and dedication she has put into developing her range and talent as a professional Director and Creator, and a testament to the unique style and positive attitude she brings with her on every project.

Portfolio;

www.marjonvangrunsven.com

LinkedIn;

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjon-van-grunsven-377b9a9/