Hans Snoek

Johanna Rosine Snoek, known as Hans Snoek, (December 29, 1910 – September 27, 2001) was a Dutch dancer, choreographer and ballet director. She founded the Scapino Ballet.

Hans Snoek
Born
Johanna Rosine Snoek

(1910-12-29)December 29, 1910
Geertruidenberg, Netherlands
DiedSeptember 27, 2001(2001-09-27) (aged 90)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityNetherlands

The daughter of Leonard Salomon Snoek and Henderika Gerarda Trina Johanna ten Bruggencate, Snoek was born in Geertruidenberg.[1] She studied dance with Kurt Jooss and Sigurd Leeder. During World War II, she staged performances in secret in support of the Dutch resistance.[2]

She founded the Scapino Ballet in 1945 and the affiliated school Scapino Dansschool in 1951. The school later merged with Balletstudio Nel Roos to form the Dutch National Ballet Academy.[3] She retired as ballet director for Scapino in 1970.[2]

She choreographed a number of ballets including:

  • De pasja en de beer
  • Het papiernoodballet
  • De krekel en de mier
  • Dorp zonder mannen
  • De tijgerprinses
  • Vadertje tijd neemt even rust

Snoek also founded Assitej Netherlands and the youth theatre Jeugdtheater De Krakeling.[4]

In 1960, she was named an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.[2]

Snoek was married twice: first to Nicolaas Wijnberg, a dancer, in 1939 and then, in 1951, to television director Erik Klaas de Vries.[1]

In 2001, she died in Amsterdam at the age of 90.[5]

The Hans Snoek Award was established by the Dutch Association of Theatre Directors.[6]

References
  1. "Snoek, Johanna Rosine (1910-2001)". Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (in Dutch).
  2. Craine, Debra; Mackrell, Judith (2010). The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. OUP Oxford. p. 415. ISBN 0199563446.
  3. "History of the National Ballet Academy". National Ballet Academy.
  4. "History". Assitej Netherlands.
  5. "Hans Snoek". Theaterencyclopedie (in Dutch).
  6. Eek, Nat; Shaw, Ann M.; Krzys, Katherine (2011). "Expanding the New Audience for Theatre". p. 58. ISBN 0865347980.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.