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Hans Snoek
Dutch dancer (1910ā2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johanna Rosine Snoek, known as Hans Snoek, (29 December 1910 ā 27 September 2001) was a Dutch dancer, choreographer and ballet director. She founded the Scapino Ballet [fr].
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Born | Johanna Rosine Snoek (1910-12-29)29 December 1910 Geertruidenberg, Netherlands |
Died | 27 September 2001(2001-09-27) (aged 90) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
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, the youth theatre Jeugdtheater De Krakeling [nl] and the IVKO Montessori school of arts.[4][5]
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 [nl].[1]
In 2001, she died in Amsterdam at the age of 90.[6]
The Hans Snoek Award was established by the Dutch Association of Theatre Directors.[7]