Niels Claes finished Fontys dance academy in Tilburg, the Netherlands, where he graduated as a bachelor dance performer. The dancer did his internships and got his first jobs in The Netherlands with different companies, and eventually ended up at the Polish dance theatre for two seasons. After that, he worked in projects in Israel, Germany, and The Netherlands, and went on to work in Lithuania with a dance theatre AURA.
He had stayed in Lithuania and worked for one year as a freelancer for Šeiko dance company. During this period, Niels received the Lithuania Theatre award “Golden Stage Cross” as the best dancer in 2017 together with Gintarė Marija Ščavinskaitė (Performance ASIDE. Choreography by Niels Claes and Gintarė Marija Ščavinskaitė). The performer was also working at Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy, Pabradė Art School and M.K. Čiurlionis art school (guest teaching) as a contemporary dance teacher.
Currently, he’s working in projects within Lithuania, Germany, Belgium and Hungary.