Welcome to Anne Marleen Studio ❤️ 🎶

Anne Marleen Olthof, PhD-researcher ‘Designing with the Body’ at the University of Amsterdam and University of Antwerp, whose work seeks to develop advanced understandings of embodied knowing in the domains of Design, Robotics and Human-Computer Interaction.

She investigates how ‘open rehearsals’ can serve as a modus operandi for interdisciplinary design practice at the intersection of artistic and scientific inquiry, and regularly cooperates with performers, musicians and dance artists of diverse abilities.

Trained as an amateur mezzo soprano with opera conductor Annelies Prins in Schiedam, and in the Lichtenberger technique with choir conductor Niels Kuijer in Rotterdam. Participated in several Danceable projects at Holland Dance Festival, Danceable Symposium 2024, Stopgap Dance Company, Isadora Duncan Dance, and RAIVE AI summer school in 2024 and 2025.

The academic work in Anne Marleen Studio is rooted in her academic background at Delft University of Technology. Anne Marleen has taught at esteemed institutions, such as the University of Amsterdam, Delft University of Technology, and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, as well as at Fachhochschule Kufstein in Austria. In 2024, she was part of the accreditation team for AQ Austria.

Anne Marleen Studio embraces an ethos of continuous learning, creative exploration, and collaborative innovation. Whether through artistic practice, research, or teaching, boundaries are pushed of what is possible 🔥.

1st promotor
Prof. dr. Somaya Ben Allouch
 - University of Amsterdam
Human-System Interaction for Health and Wellbeing

2nd promotor
Prof. dr. ir. Jouke Verlinden - University of Antwerp
Augmented Fabrication, Design Research

'To move is to think. To feel is to design, the Body keeps the score.'
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