Jaap van Manen

After his study in theology Jaap van Manen (1954, NL) was trained as a dance teacher and life coach and developed a new discipline, called dance coaching. He has trained coaches, counselors and teachers to become dance coaches via his own school, called ODC (training dance coaching). He published two books about this approach, in which he explains the history and method of Dance Coaching as well as the philosophy behind it. He is retired and divides his time between the Netherlands and Spain.