About

Keoma Aidhen is a Dutch musical theatre actress, working predominantly in Germany and the Netherlands.
With a strong background in dance as well as singing and acting, she’s a true triple threat. Keoma began dancing as young as four years old. As she went to high school, she started taking professional classes on the weekends at ‘Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts’, whilst still dancing at her local dance school during the week.
After graduating from high school she proceeded to get her Bachelor’s Degree in ‘Musical Theatre Dance’ and ‘Dance Education’ at the same institute. 

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Hi my name is Keoma, so nice to meet you! 
If you’d like to find out a little bit (or a lot) more about me, then just keep reading! 

There’s many things to love about theatre and I’d love to tell you some of my personal favorite things and how my love for theatre started. As a little girl we didn’t have a lot of money. But my mom would always find cool activities to do together. And as a result, she used to take me to free children’s plays a lot. For this I am forever grateful. It played straight to my big imagination. And I fell in love with the magical escape that going to the theatre can bring. 

One time the play we were going to happened to be a ‘musical play’, and I have been hooked ever since! I was singing parts of the songs all the way home and even for days after. I remember my mother asking me if I already knew the songs before. ‘No’ I said surprised. And I discovered a talent.. not singing! that came quite a bit later. But learning lyrics and being able to express myself through them, that apparently came pretty natural to me. (Oops, this quickly became an expensive hobby. As I now wanted to see every musical under the sun.) It just felt like you could escape normal life and become a completely different person. Something I also love about dancing! 

Let’s get real personal here. I’m a perfectionist en my mind is rarely still. But when I’m ‘in the zone’ wether in singing, acting or dancing, or all three at once, I am completely focused and calm. The feeling like you can become someone else, feel everything, anything can happen and the sky is the limit, is truly indescribable! Something to help with that is another love of mine, the costumes! That same little girl that loved going to the theatre, also loved dressing up at home. Wether it was with 15 scarfs that I’d tied together, my mother’s clothes (that were way too big) or a random towel and some clothes pins, I was always dressing up, playing pretend and putting on shows. To be able to do all of this as an adult (be it with costumes that are way more professional!), really is my dream come true. 

However that doesn’t mean that life in this business is always dreamy. Everyone knows that only a few are privileged enough to be able to successfully work in musical theatre.  And that it comes with lots of hard work, dedication and sometimes sacrifices. I knew ‘what I wanted to be when I grew up’ since I was four years old. And because of that, I’ve happily given up holidays, birthday parties, play dates and more to go to dance classes, for as long as I can remember. (A huge thank you to my amazing mom for making this all possible! For buying me the right shoes and clothes, always dropping me off and picking me up, and giving me mental support!) As a student going through intens musical theatre college, I also gladly gave up parties and ‘going wild’. I’ve picked myself up, time and time again after all the auditions that ended in: ‘No thank you!’ (and trust me there were a lot of those!). And I’d be lying if I said, that I’ve never asked myself once or twice if I am truly cut out for this job. Because with so much talent out there and fairly little jobs available, it’s really easy to get insecure.
Now, after all of that, and after having worked abroad a few times (not always able to be home for the holidays, family events and other important moments), it’s all still more than worth it! You know why? Because that indescribable feeling is still there after all these years. I love every second from rehearsal room to the stage. The feeling of a community you have as a company and yes even the blisters, muscle aches and exhaustion at times.

You might ask ‘So theatre is your life?’ ‘And is there nothing more to you?’ Short answer..? No. 

I’m a total musical theatre geek. I’ve dragged my mom to every show we could possible see as a kid. And I still love to go to the theatre whenever possible (even though this is sometimes difficult, playing 8 shows a week yourself). I collect cast albums and programs, and can obsessively watch Broadway bootlegs on YouTube for hours. 

Longer answer.. Ok, of course there is more to me. I also love spending time with family and friends. And I love baking and cooking (something that also calms my mind and makes me really happy). 

I’ve been vegan for almost 7 years now. And I’ve really grown passionate about living as kindly and cruelty free as possible. I’m a feminist. And equal rights for people of all backgrounds, sexual orientation en gender identity are really important to me. Lastly I love to travel and experience new places and cultures. Well.. I think that about sums me up.
If you’ve made it all the way to the end, congrats! You now officially know me a little better :) 

If you want to learn even more about my life, make sure to follow me on instagram or have a look at some of the pictures in the photo album. 

Big hug Keoma 💕