Poetry Jockey Team
Our PJ team consists of a versatile and eclectic group.
Depending on your needs, we carefully select the right PJs to achieve your goals.
If you click on their pictures, you can see what they are up to besides being a PJ.
Depending on your needs, we carefully select the right PJs to achieve your goals.
If you click on their pictures, you can see what they are up to besides being a PJ.
Amin
Amin spotted the PJs performing at Club Escape in Amsterdam and has never parted since.
Half-Kurdish, half-Dutch. MC (Beukorkest and Lowlands). Lead-singer of Hotel. Former Art Director. A bohemian with a socially engaged heart. Amin is often asked to caretake exclusive properties like a private island and Dynasty style mansions, thanks maybe to his roots going back to Arbil, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Amin facilitates our performances & workshops. |
Ester
Ester crossed our path during a PJ performance at the Supperclub, where we wrote and she danced.
Later that night she spontaneously started writing herself. Ester is a hugely versatile performance artist, who started at a very young age as a professional ballet dancer on stage at the Netherlands Dance Theater. She writes like she dances, with an hypnotic flow. Ester facilitates our performances & workshops. |
Karsten
Karsten took some time to decide on his life path. A former football hooligan ‘Ernum rules’ with a yellow & black heart, who took up suit & tie to work in headhunting & insurance.
He finally found his holy grail in Amsterdam where he studied acting. To Karsten, life is his stage: not only as a PJ, he also writes for a female blogsite and his own plays. Karsten facilitates our performances & workshops. |
Martijn
Martijn has always been fascinated by words & language. 'If you can read it, it exists'.
At 13 years of age, he acted on stage in major theaters. Martijn worked and lived all over Europe, from the opening of Disneyland Paris to producing events, concepts & training in Amsterdam, Berlin, Milan, Tel Aviv and London. Martijn is boardmember of several foundations active within the creative industry. He likes to melt and facilitate best practices from corporate and cultural industries into artisitc innovation programs. For more information about Martijn check his website here. Martijn is a founding father of the PJs and facilitates all PJ activities. |
Rob
Rob is always on the search for words, a sharp writer in tune with what’s around him - often resulting in tear-jerking poems.
With possibly one of the toughest childhoods, this true survivor now serves as an example for many. Rob has worked in theater, TV, film. He is the owner of Ecos.nu, a training bureau for communication needs. Rob is a founding father of the PJs and facilitates all PJ activities. |
Saskia
Saskia we have known for many years.
We always knew she had PJ potential. However, too occupied with all her other work as an actress, she finally came on board in 2010. Saskia is another versatile performance artist. Having danced for many years at the Dutch National Ballet working with William Forsyth, Hans van Manen and Rudi van Dantzig. She has also acted in theater and TV. Saskia facilitates our performances & workshops. |
The Next Generation
Seeing young PJs in action, connecting with peers,
works like a magnet.
Interacting with adults, they cross a generation gap, creating a bridge to mutual understanding.
We are always on the lookout for new PJ talent.
Interacting with adults, they cross a generation gap, creating a bridge to mutual understanding.
We are always on the lookout for new PJ talent.
David
David is a former school drop-out and graffiti artist turned actor.
He has an amazing ability to connect with all sorts of people creating moments with poetic flow. David is an actor at Likeminds, an Amsterdam based Urban theater group. David facilitates our performances. |
Serin
Serin is a very talented performer, with a cocktail of Turkish and Dutch blood.
For her first PJ performance, she showed no stage fright and asked the audience during the break of a theater performance for words to inspire her writing. With her courage, her voice and her gift for improvisation, Serin uses humor to connect with her audience. Serin is studying performance art at the prestigious art school in Maastricht. Serin facilitates our performances. |
Rowie
Rowie, onze jongste PJ ooit.
Stapt in de voetsporen van zijn vader, Martijn! Mocht in 2012 op 9-jarige leeftijd met ons mee gedichten op maat schrijven voor stichting Stop Kindermisbruik. Het zou ons niet verwonderen als Fris Feesten binnenkort komen aankloppen om PJ Rowie live en on-the-spot gedichten te laten schrijven. De partyscene is immers de omgeving waar de PJs begonnen. |
