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03/2025 A pastel portrait by Edgar will be on the cover of the biography of Baron Lodi von Bönninghausen

09/2024 Edgar is painting in Venice, Italy

05/2024 Exhibition of Edgar's drawings of musicians at music house Splendor, Amsterdam.

10/2023: Edgar is making pastel drawings of Indian Summer in Massachusetts USA

06/2023 : Edgar is joining a group exhibition at Uilenburger Synagoge in Amsterdam

11/2022: Edgar is joining NYC drawing the Dance at Dixons Place Gallery in New York

07/2022: Edgar is drawing at the Give a Dance festival in Amsterdam

01/2022: Edgar's music drawing on the cover of Dimitry Shostakovich Journal

12/2021: Joining 'Dance meets Art' event at De Hallen, Amsterdam

11/2021: Concert drawings on the website of Trio Marie Soldat

10/2021 : Edgar is joining Open Studios Nieuwmarkt Amsterdam

04/2021: Drawing by Edgar for the poster of the Conference 'The Future of CI' by Earthdance, Massachusetts, USA.

02/2021: Edgar is a guest artist at the 'On stage Online' performances of HJS Dancers, Amsterdam.

01/2021: Edgar is joining the group exhibition 'The World After' in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam with drawings inspired a by choregraphy of Aleksandra Lemm.

08/2020: Video of Edgar painting dancer Wenner Wilkers XGEN in the top 20 of Summer Dance Forever.

07/2020: A performance with dancer Wennah Wilkers in the duet 'Paint' at Belcampo/ Public Library Amsterdam

06/2020: Edgar is guest artist at the Ungrowing Grass project of Lithuanian dancer Goda Žukauskaitė.

05/2020 : Edgar is working on his oil paint portraiture and on Spring landscapes.

11/2019 : Edgar is a guest artist at Berklee Conversatory, Dance Department , Boston MA, USA.

07/2019: Edgar's drawing 'Man from Jerusalem' has been selected for the Inspired by Rembrandt exhibition at Rijksmuseum.

06/2019: Video projections of Edgar's drawings at Lleno de Flamenco festival, Amsterdam

05/2019: Drawing the solo of Goda Zukauskaite at Palazzo Ca'Zanardi, Venice.

02/2019: Edgar is guest artist at the 2CU Benefit concert by Frederieke Saeijs and Nino Gvetadze

02/2019: Edgar is making drawings at Ballet Bernasconi

11/2018: Cover illustration and interview in 'Opnieuw' Magazine.

11/2018: Joining 'Open Studios Nieuwmarkt' event.

10/2018: Edgar's drawings part of Jort Fabers choreography 'Mask'.

09/2018: Painting sceneries in Venice, Italy.

06/2018: Lecture about Edgar's flamenco drawings at Van der Togt Museum, Amstelveen.

06/2018: Video Clip 'Face to Face' about Edgar's work with Italian dancer Mariagrazia Nacci.

05/2018 : Drawing a project by Quinteto de Diablo with dancer Goda Žukauskaite. Edgar drawings exhibited at CBK Amsterdam.

04/2018: Drawing on the poster of 'Bouquet of the 11 solos' of the Academy for Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam.

04/2018: Time-Lapse video of a pastel portrait session with Edgar by Lucija Božičević.

03/2018 : Pencil drawing of Black Pencil Ensemble by Edgar for the booklet of their cd 'Volta'.

03/2018: Edgar is drawing choreographies of Ivgi & Greben, Elisa Zuppini, and Chronos Collective.

02/2018: Edgar live drawing at Beyond Dots: Dance X Calligrapy event at CBK, Amsterdam

01/2018: Dance drawings of Edgar in Cultural Columbian magazine La moviola

11/2017: Lecture at Kesher After School, Cambridge, MA, USA

11/2017: Exhibition dance drawings of Edgar at 'Arte na Sale' event at Teatro Munganga, Amsterdam

10/2017: Illustrations in Terpsichord 04/2017, a Dance magazine from Danmark

10/2017: Joining Open studios event Ateliers Nieuwmarkt

09/2017: Exhibition of Edgar's dance drawings at Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam during Premier Titanic Bitter Sweet Dance

09/2017: Swedish photographer Hedda Axelsson had made a series at Edgar's studio

09/2017: Photo of Edgar in Dance Magazine 4 2017

06/2017: Exhibition of Edgar's dance drawings of 'Bold in Motion' choreographies at the Academy for Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam.

05/2017: Exhibition of Edgar's dance and motion drawings at 4Bid gallery, Amsterdam at Bbase program.

05/2017: Solo exhibition 'Moving Lines' at Sijthoff Leiden.

04/2017: Edgar has made a drawing for Cd-booklet of jazz band 'Pull'.

03/2017: Edgars participated the 'dump trump' protest exhibition Amsterdam.

02/2017: Photographer Sara Baracs is working on a project about Edgar's studio.

10/2016: Open Studio at Edgar's Atelier, Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam.

10/2016: Lecture about Edgar's work at Foxborough Regional Charter School, MA, USA.

10/2016: Painting the colors of Indian Summer in Massachusetts, USA.

08/2016: Making drawings of performances of 'Kasper' by Guy & Roni's Poetic Disasters Club.

08/2016: Drawing a portrait of Israeli poet Meir Wieseltier

07/2016: The New York dancer Marijke Eliasberg invited Edgar to make dance drawings as part of her choreography.

06/2016: Exhibition of Edgar's dance drawings of 'Bold in Motion' at the Academy for Dance and Theatre, Amsterdam.

05/2016: Making drawings at rehearsals of 'Light' by LeineRoebana

04/2016: Rachel-Olivia Forster-Jones (Australia) wrote an article 'Dancing Brushstrokes, an investigation of the dance art of Edgar Jansen'.

03/2016: Poster with dance drawing by Edgar at Improvizacija Festival at Vilnius, Lithuania.

03/2016: Edgar is drawing at the classical masterclasses by cellist Gavriel Lipkind.

02/2016: Edgar is making drawings of The Flock a choreography by Roser López Espinoza

10/2015: Miroljuba Petrova wrote a review 'Motion on Paper: The Vivacious drawings of Edgar Jansen'.

09/2015: Joining a group exhibition in van der Togt Museum, Amstelveen

07/2015: Edgar's drawings of choreographies by Cecilia Moisio and by Judith Sanchez-Ruiz exhibited at Theaterschool, Amsterdam.

06/2015: Photo series of Edgar's studio by Hedda Axelsson (Sweden).

06/2015: Joining group exhibition 'Stadsgezichten' about Amsterdam cityscapes.

06/2015: Watercolor in article 'a Shared Passion for Portraiture' in 'Atelier' magazine.

05/2015: Concert drawing by Edgar in Joods Nu Magazine

05/2015: Interview with Edgar by Alexandra Tuzova in 'Relationship between Dance and Painting in the 19th and 20th century'.

04/2015: Drawing a portrait of actress Juliette Binoche during an interview.

04/2015 : Edgar's dance images used for the Conference "Dance Improvisation : a Philosophical Perspective" at the University of Leeds. UK.

03/2015: Portrait drawing of conductor Mariss Jansons in Liber Amicorum of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

03/2015: Exhibition of Dance Drawings at Crossing Paths festival at Theatre Perdu, Amsterdam

02/2015: Edgar is guest artist at 24hours Stage the World Event at Theaterschool, Amsterdam

02/2015: Drawing of Edgar on a poster of Chamber Music Festival in Norway

01/2015: Edgar's City Drawings (Stadstekeningen) in a street gallery exhibition in centre of Amsterdam

12/2014: Guest artist at a christmas concert at Splendor, Amsterdam

11/2014: Live drawing at performance of BeYou DanceCrew

10/2014: Edgar is Joining Open Studios Nieuwmarkt

10/2014: Drawing at International Jewish Music Festival

09/2014: Black & white portraits by Edgar at a group exhibition at De Balie, Amsterdam.

09/2014: Joining Pintor Rapido, Amsterdam outdoor painting event.

08/2014: Drawing dance performance together with Chandana Sarma (India) at Studio Singel, Amsterdam.

07/2014: Exhibition of dance drawings at Lab 111, Amsterdam. Opening dance drawing performance together with Miriam Førde (Norway).

07/2014: Video slide show of A Chassidic Sketchbook, Edgar's drawings from Israel.

06/2014: Exhibition of dance drawings of Gretchen Garnett's choreographies in Theatre Perdu, Amsterdam.

06/2014: Movement Portrait performance with Anabel Eckerling at Art Release, Amsterdam.

06/2014: Exhibition of Drawings of 'Perpetuum' by Guy Nader & Maria Campos at 'Bold In Motion' festival at Dansmakers, Amsterdam

05/2014: Dance drawings of '1000 Impressions' performance at Spring Gala of Dance in Art Studio, Haarlem.

05/2014: Movement Portrait, a dance drawing performance with Anabel Eckerling at 4bid Gallery and Theaterschool, Amsterdam

05/2014: A collage of Edgar's dance drawings on a poster of Modern Theatre Dance department . Exhibition of rehearsal sketches at Frascati Theatre, Amsterdam.

05/2014: Edgar is joining a charity auction for Jewish Hospice Immanuel, Amsterdam.

03/2014: 'Movement Portrait' a performance project with dancer Anabel Eckerling.

10/2013: Edgar is guest visual artist at BIMhuis Monday Match.

10/2013: Edgar joins Open Studios Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam.

06/2013: Edgar is supporting the Cd project of classical pianist Mirsa Adami.

05/2013: Exhibition of dance drawings of 'Aubade' (Gretchen Garnett) at Perdu theatre, Amsterdam.

04/2013: Edgar is guest artist at Theatre Laboratory 'From Movement towards Painting' at Theaterschool, Amsterdam.

04/2013: Postcard available at Museumshop Singer Laren of Edgar's drawing "L étreinte".

02/2013: Edgar Jansen has won the public prize at the Rodin Drawing Contest about Moving Models at Singer Museum Laren with "L étreinte".

01/2013: New video clip 'A line for A', about Edgar's dance drawings.

11/2012: Exhibition of dance drawings during the performance of Jagoda Bobrowska / One Version of Events at the theatre of Dansmakers, Amsterdam.

11/2012: Edgar is a guest artist at Hoorn Chamber Music Festival.

11/2012: Workshop 'Rodin, la Danse et le Dessin' in Singer Museum Laren.

09/2012: Exhibition of dance drawings by Edgar at the Bodyways dance festival in Tel Aviv, Israel.

06/2012: Pastel portraits by Edgar are shown as part of an exhibition in Museum Bronbeek, Arnhem.

01/2012: Edgar Jansen has won the public prize at the Jan Sluijters Portrait Painting Contest at Singer Museum Laren with the portrait 'The Girl with the Venetian Mask'.

07/2011: Showing drawings at "Dutch Artists" exhibition at Gallery Ariana, Den Haag.

07/2011: Joining exhibition "Blue", at WG art gallery, Amsterdam.

07/2011: Drawing dance performances at Julidans Festival.

06/2011: Drawing 'Mind the Gap' by Russian choreographer Olga Tsvetkova.

05/2011: 'The Secret of Faces', interview with Edgar Jansen about faces and portraiture in Portrait Laboratorium.

05/2011: Drawing the Chinese martial arts project of Boukje Schweigman 'Zweep'.

05/2011: Drawing the choreography 'Falling Apart' and 'My Little Precious' by Mono Company.

04/2011: Concert drawings of Ingeborg Christophersen, recorder player from Norway.

04/2011: Pittura Danzante' a Drawing Dance workshop with dancer Federica Dauri.

04/2011: Making drawings of 'Out of Proportion', a choreography by Tabea Martin. Exhibition in Gourvenelle theatre, Rotterdam.

02/2011: Review of Edgar's portraiture in International Art Scene magazine.

01/2011: Sketches of 'Inside Head' project.

01/2011: Haley Russo, Endicott College, Massachusetts has written a research paper about the 'Moving Art' of Edgar Jansen.

12/2010: Music drawings of Edgar on the website of violinist Cecilia Bernardini.

12/2010: Drawing snowscapes in Amsterdam.

12/2010: Joining a group exhibition at WG Kunst.

06/2010: Illustrations of Edgar in professional dance magazine NDD-l'Actualité de la Danse, Juin 2010.

05/2010: Exhibition during performance "Silent" at Dancing at Daylight at Korzo Theatre, Den Haag.

03/2010: Edgar's drawings are used for a DVD-cover of a dance production by Irena Mikec, Croatia.

01/2010: Edgar is drawing snowscapes in Amsterdam.

12/2009: Drawing of Edgar on a Hong Kong concert poster of violinist Frederieke Saeijs.

11/2009: Projections of Edgar's live drawing during dance performance 'A line for A' at OT301, Amsterdam.

11/2009: Edgar joins a Circus exhibition in a Haarlem portrait gallery. From 09/12 the exhibition wil be at Royal Theatre Carre, Amsterdam.

10/2009: Edgar is painting a portrait of circus acrobat Minka Parkinnen.

10/2009: Exhibiting rehearsal drawings during the We´ve got Soul performance at the Public Library of Amsterdam.

09/2009: Cover article about Edgar's work in Israeli dance magazine Deo't.

08/2009: New portraiture courses planned for fall 2009.

07/2009: Drawing of Edgar on students T-shirts of Hakvutza dance academy in Yaffa, Israel.

07/2009: Edgar has made dance and theatre drawings for Artis Productions and Dragon Productions.

06/2009: Exhibition of Edgar's dance drawings at The Lab for Performing Arts HaMa'abada in Jerusalem, Israel.

03/2009: Illustration by Edgar in CQ Magazine for Dance, Improvisation and Performance.

02/2009: Edgar is joining an exhibition in the Royal Theatre in Den Haag with a portrait of actress Rosa Mee.

01/2009: Edgar is joining the exhibition 'Light, Colour, Movement' at Galerie Ariana, Den Haag.

11/2008 : Edgar is drawing and painting in Israel.

10/2008: Violinist Frederieke Saeijs had added a gallery of drawings by Edgar at her website. Edgar's work is also on the home page of TOEAC accordeon duo and Duo Bilitis.

09/2008: Lydia Rae Haworth has written an essay 'Dancing on Paper: The Art of Edgar Jansen'.

06/2008: Dance drawings of Edgar are shown at the International Contact Improvisation Festival in Huntingdon, PA, USA.

04/2008: Fay Robinson has written an essay about Edgar's dance drawings.

03/2008: The choir of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam had added a gallery of Edgar drawings of singers.

11/2007: Edgar is joining a group exhibition with ballet portraits 'Prima Ballerina' in Haarlem.

08/2007: Edgar is joining an exhibition about music in Apeldoorn (Orpheus theatre).

07/2007: Exhibition of Edgar's dance drawings at the 'Obnazi' theatre festival in Chomutav (Czech Rep.)

06/2007: A cd booklet design by Carolyn Steinbeck which includes Edgar's Drawings of Gavriel Lipkind has won the IF communication design award 2007.

06/2007: Edgar is drawing and painting in Bali, Indonesia.

05/2007: Edgar is a guest artist in a performance about Max Beckmann in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

05/2007: Watercolour of Jerusalem by Edgar in the 'Joodse Agenda 5768'

04/2007: Valeria Marraco (Argentinia) has produced a video 'Inside the Studio; a Collage of Edgar's Portraits'.

03/2007: A drawing of Edgar is used for the poster of the musical production 'Song and Dance' by The Quest Theatre Company. During the show Edgar's work is exhibited in the Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood.

02/2007: A portrait by Edgar is mentioned in the Dutch Indonesian magazine "Moesson"

01/2007: Dance drawings by Edgar are on the book covers of a novel trilogy by Wil van Dongen from Curacao.

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