Gerard Mosterd ( Amersfoort , April 21, 1964 ) is a Dutch choreographer , dancer , director , impresario and curator of Dutch East Indies.

Gerard Mosterd studied academic, modern and folk dance and music at the Royal Conservatory and at the Rijksscholengemeenschap of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.  After completing his studies, he then danced as a professional dancer with the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Hwa Kang Dance Company Taipei, London Festival Ballet, Dutch National Ballet ^[1], Concordanse in Paris, the Stadttheater Basel and the Ulmer Stadttheater.

In 1996 Gerard Mosterd started making independent alternative dance performances in Melkweg in Amsterdam.  From 2002 his productions traveled annually through theaters and festivals in Southeast Asia and in particular in Indonesia.  Up to now he has realized more than forty dance performances, several of which toured extensively through Asia and the Netherlands.  He regularly collaborates with influential Indonesian performing artists, including Boy G. Sakti, Martinus Miroto, Eko Supriyanto, Sri Qadariatin, Rudy Wowor and Didik Nini Thowok.

In 1999 Mosterd created an eclectic, modern dance performance, Ketuk Tilu on Jaipongan music from West Java , a choreography about banned erotic expression. In the course of the years various versions of this performance will follow, including one with text by writer Alfred Birney.

In 2000, around the Dutch state visit by Emperor Akihito of Japan and the demonstrating Indies veterans, he performed the solo performance Angin, in the Hague, Pasar Malam , danced by the Japanese dancer Shintaro Oue.

In 2002 he arrived in the Indonesian performing arts world, on the encouragement of the Indonesian dance authority Farida Oetoyo with the performance Lichtende Schemering (Luminescent Twilight).  This was a performance about the failure of a Eurasian marriage.  After a tour through Dutch theaters, this was played in theaters on Java and Bali.

Unfolding (2004) was a short, physical performance with electronics and film.  This solo performance played at various international locations.

In 2007 he pioneered a collaborative project, Paradise … a Woman? around the matrilineal Minangkabau from the highlands of Padang in West Sumatra.  This project, performed by the Silat warriors of Gumarang Sakti, played along about 60 theaters in South East Asia and Europe accompanied by lectures and workshops about the disappearing matriarchy.

After this project, a Dutch tour of Ibu Bhumi followed in 2009, an educational collaboration project with Benny Krisnawardi.

In 2011 Mosterd toured Indonesian theaters with a Javanese version of Stravinsky ‘s L’Histoire du Soldat, (under the subtitle Mau Ketemu Iblis? ) Performed by the Dutch Chamber Music Company and prominent Javanese performers.  The same production opened in June 2012 the 11th Indonesian Dance Festival in Jakarta accompanied by a series of lectures, workshops and film screenings.

Dan Ada Sebuah Kotak (2012) was a group show for Sumber Cipta in Jakarta, the ballet company of Farida Oetoyo commissioned by the Erasmushuis Jakarta.  It was his first collaboration with journalist / poet and human rights activist Goenawan Mohamad.

In 2010 Mosterd started the agency Kantorpos that facilitates the exchange of artists between Asia, Western and Eastern Europe.  The first project was a Russian ballet gala in Manila with stars of the Mariinsky and the Bolshoi Ballet.  From 2016, Kantorpos-Music Theater Stage Management will also produce large-scale opera and ballet productions as well as tours with Asian performances such as Miroto, Sutra Dance Theater and Wangnin Bunmei.

Mosterd is since 2013 connected as “resident principal”, guest choreographer and teacher at Eksotika Karmawhibhangga Indonesia / EKI Dance Company in Jakarta.

Kamu / jij (2014) was a Louis Couperus ‘ colonial, erotic thriller.  The silent power inspired, modern dance theater performance that played in a series of theaters throughout the Netherlands, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Gerard Mosterd danced and acted as an antagonist in the Indonesian all-star film Guru Bangsa: Tjokroaminoto (2015) by film director Garin Nugroho.

In 2017 he made the performance A Javanese L’Histoire du Soldat for Dutch stages with the New European Ensemble and Wieteke van Dort . The text for this was written by poet, journalist and human rights activist Goenawan Mohamad.