Damiet van Dalsum

She studies in Theater Academy of Maastricht and later in 1967 she founded her own theater in Dordrecht named Ej Ej. She created a lot of puppet theater performances for children and adults and  gave performances in Holland and all over the world. She had tours abroad ( Germany / Spain / Mexico / Bulgaria / Japan / Taiwan asο)  and directed a lot of performances in Germany and Taiwan. She taught Master classes in Belarus, Japan, Romenia, Taiwan, Greece and elsewhere. She also worked on TV and made exhibitions of her puppets in Holland and abroad. Received the ‘Wim Meilink award’ in 2003 And  the European award Northern Telecom in 1994. She was honored with the title of Knight of the Queen of Holland:  Order of Orange Nassau 1993 for her achievement in the field of puppetry and its international significance of this field. She had organized for 25 years the International Puppet Theatre Festival of Dordrecht till 2010.