Beppie Blankert  started her career as a dancer but soon started choreographing. In both capacities she worked at various dance companies in the Netherlands (Noord Nederlandse Dansgroep, Mezzing, Dansproduktie), Denmark (Living Movement), Wales (Diversions Dance Company) and Atlanta USA (Several Dancers Core). Since 1987, Blankert has worked from her own company: (now called) Beppie Blankert Dance Concerts, based in Halfweg near Amsterdam. In her work she looks for special combinations of dance and live music, preferably specially composed. Harry de Wit, Louis Andriessen, Henk van der Meulen, Steve Martland and Ron Ford composed work for her. Blankert makes layered work and is inspired by literature (Beckett, Homer, Joyce, Mishima and others) and the visual arts (Bacon, Giacometti, Dan Graham and others). In addition to the performances in the Netherlands, the company regularly played abroad at leading festivals and theaters in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Belgium and Italy. In addition, Beppie Blankert has made an effort for contemporary dance in the Netherlands; she was chair of the Dance Cie. of the Council for Culture, interim director of Dansgroep Amsterdam, has guided many young choreographers, taught at all dance courses in the Netherlands and has been active as a board member of many foundations, such as the Ballet Orchestra, Omopleidingsfonds Dansers, Silbersee (Romain Bischoff), Lekkerkerker&co (organist Jacob Lekkerkerker) and Bird Productions (Dunja Jocic), Neverlike (Keren Levy), and BitterSweet Dance (Liat Waysbort). She is currently chairman of Man//Co and board member of Ivgi&Greben in Leeuwarden. Blankert has created more than 40 choreographies. See https://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Beppie_Blankert