TEACHERS
Previousely at
Summerschool Den Haag include:

Complete List...

Igone de Jongh Principal Dancer with the Dutch National Ballet, awarded with the Arnold Haskell Award, Incentive Prize 2002 (Dansersfonds '79), the Alexandra Radius prize and portrayed as muse of the renowned choreographer Hans van Manen.

She received her eduation at the National Balletacademy in Amsterdam and Royal Ballet School, London. She joined the Dutch National Ballet in 1996 and has beend dancing works by a.o. Balanchine, Ted Brandsen, Van Dantzig, W. Eagling, Forsythe, krzysztof Pastor, Hans van Manen, van Schayk and danced the leading role in romantic repertoire such as: Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Nutcracker and Mouseking, The Sleeping Beauty, La Sylphide and Bayadere.
This season she also danced new work by Hans van Manen “Without Words which was especially created for her.

Mirella Simoncini Freelance teacher and Artistic Director Summerschool Den Haag. Teaching a.o. at Danshuis Station Zuid, Codarts Rotterdam Dance Academy and Project Sally. While being in charge of the private school Balletschool Mabel Alter, she is also founder and leader of the 1st international Summerschool in the city of The Hague.
She has taught students from the main (inter)national Vocational Dance Institutions; Royal Conservatory The Hague, Nationale Ballet Academie Amsterdam, ArtEZ, Codarts, Fontys, The Royal Ballet School and Royal Ballet School of Antwerp. As well as amateur-beginners, aspiring professionals and classical and contemporary dancers coming from Dance Works Rotterdam, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Opern Haus Halle Saale.

She enjoys to support the Dutch dance scene and has been a jury member for the Dutch National talentshow De Kunstbende several times, rewarding the winners of the show with a scholarship for Summerschool Den Haag. 

She is commited to the Support Programme for Young professionals which aims to motivate and support dancers at the beginning of their career. The programme includes the Inspiration Project giving young dancers the possibility to work with a choreographer connected to a dance company such as NDT (Maurice Causey) and Scapino Ballet (Keith-Derrick Randolph) and receiving coaching by Simoncini while learning classical repertoire. For Inspiration Project IV she collaborated with Milena Sidorova, currently dancing with the Dutch National Ballet. Inspiration project IV was sponsored by Holland Dance.

Valentina Scaglia Currently dancer with Nederlands Dans Theater I. She began her dance education in Torino, Italy at the Studio Danza Narcisa where she studied for 10 years.
In 1995 she participates at the Prix de Lausanne where she is awarded with the ‘Prix Espoir’ and a Scholarship (Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation) for the Hamburg Ballett School. After graduating she joins The Hamburg Ballett under the direction of John Neumeier and dances for 3 years the repertory of the company.
In 2001 Valentina Scaglia joins Nederlands Dans Theater II and three years later Nederland Dans Theater I where she is working until now. In NDT she has the possibility to work and create with choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot/Sol Leon, Hans van Manen, Johan Inger, Wiliam Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Wayne McGregor, Crystal Pite among many others.
In 2008 she is nominated the prestigious Dutch Dance Award “Zwaan” for best Female Dancer.

Yannick Boquin trained at the Paris Opera and the National Conservatory of Paris. Principle dancer with Bonn Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Rome Opera Ballet and Deutsche Oper Berlin. He received several prizes including the Leonide Massine Award in 1995. Currently in great demand as a teacher at the leading companies including: the Dutch National Ballet, Australian Ballet Company, Nederland Dans Theater, Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Paris Opera, Finnish Opera, Dresden Semper Oper, the Cullberg Ballet and the Royal Swedish Ballet.

Yannick Boquin about teaching: “In class, I give myself to the dancers body and soul, which is as it should be. The dancers usually give back to me as well; it’s a real exchange, which is very satisfying.
The advantages of freelancing? I get to travel the world and meet lots of people. I see so many ballets and dancers, different cultures, enjoy great food, great hospitality and…I am free!“
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Jozef Varga At present principal Dancer with Het Nationale Ballet. He received his training at the Dance Conservatory of Bratislava in Slovakia and Academie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo.
Before joining the Dutch National Ballet in 2008 Varga danced with Ballet theatre of Prag and Zurich Ballet.
The repertoire he has been dancing includes the principal solo roles for Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Giselle, Cinderella, Don Quixote, Coppelia and Paquita as well as works by Balanchine, Jiri Kylian, Hans van Manen and Rudi van Dantzig.

Jozef Varga is also an international guest artist with Bucharest National Opera, Romania and at the celebrated International Ballet Gala’s: Stars Gala Seoul, International Ballet Stars Gala Dominican Republic, Worldstars Gala Budapest (Hungary) and Ballet Gala of  Bratislava (Slovakia).

Lisa Drake Rehearsal Director Cullberg Ballet.
After graduating from Canada´s  National Ballet School, Lisa Drake began a long career with Netherlands Dans Theater (NDT I & II). At NDT she worked extensively with choreographers such as Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Hans van Manen,  Nacho Duato, William Forsythe and the company´s director Jiri Kylian.

In 1998 she began freelancing from her new base in Stockholm both as dancer and choreographer´s assistant. She joined Cullberg Ballet in 2001 and was awarded the Riksteater stipendium for best dancer 2003.

She has been setting works of Stijn Celis and Johan Inger and has given several workshops of both these choreographers material as well as that of Mats Ek. Since spring 2009 she is rehearsal director with Cullberg Ballet.

Complete list of Teachers:

Amos Ben-Tal born in Israel, completed his dance training at the National Ballet School in Toronto, Canada. Danced with the Nederlands Dans Theater I (NDT I) and assisted Ohad Naharin's productions of Black Milk and Zina as rehearsal director. As a choreographer, he created work for NDT I, Cadance, KORZO, Tanz-Scene festival Leipzig, Solo-Tanz-Theater-Festival Stuttgart (3rd prize), and Today's Art Festival in the Netherlands.

Brigitte Martin former dancer and rehearsal director with the Nederlands Dans Theater. At present teacher at Codarts Rotterdamse Dansacademie and responsible for setting ballets by Jiri Kilian and Hans van Manen at different companies.

Bruce Michelson former balletmaster with the Zurich Ballet and Ballet Gulbenkian in Lisbon. He danced with Pittsburgh Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, Geneva Ballet and NDT I. As balletmaster and rehearsal director he has been working with Ohad Naharin, Itzik Galili, Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian and Angelin Preljocaj. Guest teaching include a.o. La Scala, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Kibbutz Dance Company, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Summerschool Den Haag and Galili Dance.

Charlotte Chapellier Ballet master Compania Nationale de Danza. Danced with Opéra de Nice in France, the Boston Ballet in the USA and Soloist at the Dutch National Ballet. Chapellier has been teaching and setting works at various companies including: Royal Swedish Ballet, Ballet Nationale de Marseille, Noord Nederlanse Dans, Dutch Nationale Ballet and National Ballet of Turkey.

Csaba Kvasz danced in Germany and Budapest with the State Opera. He performed repertory by Balanchine, Rudi van Dantzig, Glen Tetly and Béjart. At present Kvasz is a freelance balletteacher a.o. at the Japan Ballet Association, Landestheater Salzburg, Hennie Jurriens Foundation, Danstraining Brabant, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Summerschool Den Haag and Tanzhaus Düsseldorf.

David Middendorp freelance choreopgrapher for Ballet Theatre München, KORZO Productions and Introdans. Danced with Introdans, Saarländische State Ballet and The Ballet Theater München (Germany). Former student at Balletschool Mabel Alter.

Dylan Newcomb danced with the Nederlans Dans Theater I perfoming a.o. choreographies by Jirí Kylián, Hans van Manen and Ohad Naharin. As a choreographer Newcomb received the Silver Dance Prize of Holland the Philip Morris Art Award and in collaboration with KORZO productions the Lucas Hoving Award for best Dutch dance production of the year.

Elisabeth Gibiat Artistic assistant of Itzik Galili. Former dancer with Bat Dor Dance Company (Tel Aviv) and Kilina Crémona Roger Méguin Compagnie de Danse (Lyon). From 1997 till 2001, she is rehearsal director and Ballet Master at Ballet Gulbenkian, Lisbon and Choreographic assistant to Angelin Preljocaj, Ohad Naharin, Jiri Kylian and William Forsythe.

Fabienne Vegt Dutch dancer born in Leiderdorp. Received her dance education at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. Performing with Europa Danse (directed by Jean-Albert Cartier) and later joining Nederlands Dans Theater II. The repertoire she danced include works by Jiri Kylian Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Marco Goecke and Alexander Ekman.

Fernando Hernando Magadan dancer and choreographer Nederlands Dans Theater. Trained at Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Clasica, London Studio Centre and Central School of Ballet. He created chorographies for NDT, Curve Foundation Dance company Scotland and Cross Connection Dance Company Denmark. In 2010 he was invited to teach at Summerschool Den Haag, the Netherlands and Dance Art Faculty of Rome.

Henna Lee danced with Scapino Ballet Rotterdam for ten years and worked with choregraphers Ed Wubbe, Itzik Galili, Bianca van Dillen, Thom Stuart and Nanine Linning. Began teaching at Balletschool Mabel Alter. Currently teaching at Codarts Rotterdamse Dansacademie.

Igone de Jongh Principal Dancer with the Dutch National Ballet, awarded with the Arnold Haskell Award, Incentive Prize 2002 (Dansersfonds '79), the Alexandra Radius prize and portrayed as muse of the renowned choreographer Hans van Manen. Guestteacher at the 8th edition of the international Summercourse in the Netherlands: “Summerschool Den Haag”

Irena Misirlić dancer with Dance Works Rotterdam and choreographer for Korzo Productions. Received her education at the Ballet Studio of Croatian National Ballet of Split and High School of Arts & Classical Ballet in Zagreb. Misirlić was nominated ‘most talented young Croatian’ through the Vecernjakov citizenship 2009 Award.

Isabelle Chaffaud independent choreographer, working together with Jérôme Meyer, creating choreographies for Ballet du Grand Theatre de Genève, Life Arts Festival Philadelphia, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam and Korzo Theatre. Dancer with Batsheva Dance Company and Nederlands Dans Theater I. Nominated for the Swan of best dance-performance in 2004-2005.

Iva Lesić received her education at Balletschool Mabel Alter and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Dancer with the International Dance Theatre in Amsterdam.

Jane Lord first soloist with Dutch National Ballet. Performed classical repertory as well as many ballets by Rudi Van Dantzig, Toer Van Schayk, Sir Frederick Ashton and George Balanchine. Guest teacher at several places including Scapino Ballet and Codarts Rotterdamse Dansacademie and on the Board of The Dutch Health Care Foundation for Dancers.

Jozef Varga principal with Het Nationale Ballet and guest artist with Bucharest National Opera, Stars Gala Seoul, International Ballet Stars Gala Dominican Republic, Worldstars Gala Budapest and Ballet Gala of  Bratislava. Received his training a.o. at the Academie de Danse Princesse Grace in Monaco. 

Keith-Derrick Randolph dancer, choreographer and artistic staff member from 1989 till 2004 with Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. Freelance teacher at the Royal Conservatory The Hague, Bird College of Performing Arts in England and Codarts Rotterdamse Dansacademie. As an independent choreographer he has made works for Korzo Theater, various Dance Academies in the Netherlands, Inspiration Project II in Den Haag and the National Ballet of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Kristen Cere trained at École supérieure de ballet contemporain. Danced with Le Jeune Ballet du Québec, NDT II, Les Ballets de la Parenthese (Marseille), Tanz Graz (Austria), and in the Netherlands with David Middendorp and Nanine Linning. Together with Francois Chirpaz she has been choreographing for: a.o. Festival des Arts de Saint Sauveur/Quebec, Tanz Graz/Austria, Théâtre de Verdure/Québec and KORZO.

Leila Kester speciliased in Floorbarre and Pilates for professional dancers. Member of the board; Dutch Dancer's Health Care Foundation and commited to the two major dance companies in the Netherlands: Dutch National Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater. Dancers within these companies use Pilates and floorbarre by Kester to intensify technique and strength and to recover from injuries. She is also teacher at the Theatre School in Amsterdam (AHK) and opened her own Pilates studio in Amsterdam.

Lisa Drake Rehearsal Director Cullberg Ballet. Received her education at Canada´s National Ballet School. Dancer with Nederlands Dans Theater I and II and Cullberg Ballet. She worked extensively with choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe and Mats Ek and was awarded the Riksteater stipendium for best dancer. She has been setting works of Stijn Celis, Johan Inger and Mats Ek.

Lonneke van Leth danced for Introdans, DDDDD and Lopez Ochoa. She created choreographies for: Generale Oost, KORZO Theater, The Ice Land Dance Company, High School for Performing Art in Arnhem and the International Dance Theater. In 2004 she received an award for young artists in The Hague.

Ludmilla Molenaar speciliased in classical ballet. Currently teacher at the Royal conservatoire of The Hague. She studied a.o. TCPD at the Royal Ballet School in London.

Mabel Alter former dancer with the Ballet van de Nederlands Opera, het Nederlands Ballet and one of the pioneers of Nederlands Dans Theater. She received her education by Lilly Green and Sonia Gaskells Ballet Recitel. She danced classical and contemporary repertoire including work by Rudi van Dantzig, Hans van Manen and George Balanchine. Mabel Alter has been teaching classical technique at the international contemporay school: Codarts Rotterdamse Dansacademie. And is the founder of the international private school for classical ballet 'Balletschool Mabel Alter' in the city centre of The Hague.

Malgorzata Dzierzon Dancer with Rambert Dance Company and the Royal Danish Ballet. She created works for Gothenburg Ballet Workshop and Rambert Seasons of New Choreography. And has been teaching workshops for the Rambert Dance Company in England and for the 8th edition of the international Summercourse in the Netherlands: “Summerschool Den Haag”. 

Marc Boermans Freelance teacher a.o. Cullberg Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf), the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, Summerschool Den Haag and the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. In 2004 he was appointed Ballet Master at the Dresden Semper Opera Ballet.

Maurice Causey Ballet master and rehearsal director Nederlands Dans Theater, teacher at Ballet Frankfurt, Cullberg Ballet, Hanover Ballet and Royal Swedish Ballet. Causey had his premiere with NDT as a choreographer in 2008 with “Mood Swings” and was nominated for best Dutch Dance Production for this work. He created choreographies for Milwaukee Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Stockholm 59 North and for the Support Programme at the Mabel Alter Balletschool: Inspiration Project III.

Monique Sand danced with Le Ballet Grand Théâtre de Genève and worked with Victor Gsovsky and George Balanchine. Became a leading dancer with the Dutch National Ballet from 1970 till 1982. Has been teaching at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague and was a guestteacher at Summerschool Den Haag in 2010. She was awarded the special ‘Dansprijs 2007’ by the Stichting Dansersfonds '79 for her contribution as a dancer and teacher in the Dutch Ballet scene.

Rinus Sprong danced with NDT II, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Bat-Dor Dance Company and participated as a choreographer in the Ultimate Dance Battle 2011. At present director of: De Dutch Don't Dance Division with Thom Stuart, creating a.o. the Christmas ballet: Abdallah en de Gazelle van Basra.

Ruben Brugman received his education at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and danced with The Dutch Nationale Ballet. He was rewarded by the Dutch 'Dansersfonds' for performing principal roles in Violin Concerto by Balanchine. He has been teaching at Theatre School Amsterdam, Balletschool Mabel Alter and The Benesh Institute.

Sabrina Vis dancer with De Dutch Don’t Dance Division and Krisztina de Châtel. Performed work by Conny Janssen, Ann van den Broek, Sjoerd Vreugdenhil and Massimo Molinari. She expanded her career to Musicals as a dancer and dance Captain for Joop van den Ende’s TARZAN and Mary Poppins. To intoduce (ballet)students into the world of Musicals, Summerschool Den Haag invited her to teach a Musical workshop in 2009.

Sara Erens studied at Codarts Rotterdamse Dansacademie. She danced with Ballet Innsbruck, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Dance Company Krisztina de Chatel, Pieter de Ruiter’s Dancity and Dance Works Rotterdam. At present she enjoys sharing her knowledge of contemporary choreography - and in particularly her experience with the company repertory of Dance Works Rotterdam. She has been teaching Dance Works repertoire at Codarts Rotterdam, Summerschool Den Haag and in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Shirley Essenboom completed her dance training at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag. At age 23 she received the ‘Encouragement Award’ by Stichting Dansersfonds. She danced with Les Ballets de Monte Carlo and Nederlands Dans Theater I, working with choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Lightfood/Leon and William Forsythe. Currently teacher at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag.

Simona Ferrazza former dancer English National Ballet and the Dutch National Ballet. Freelance teacher at the School of the Arts in Amsterdam and Summerschool Den Haag. Ferrazza studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome and the Royal Ballet School in London.

Tamas Nagy principal soloist Dutch National Ballet and awarded numerous grants including: Harangozó Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and the Philip Morris Hungarian Ballet Award. International guest soloist with a.o. Hungarian National Ballet, Opera di Roma, Rambert Ballet, Opera de Nice, Deutcher Oper am Rhein and the Royal Scottish Ballet.

Thom Stuart danced with Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Introdans and Feld Ballets New York. Artistic director of De Dutch Don't Dance Division with Rinus Sprong, creating a.o. Abdallah en de Gazelle van Basra and the Nutcracker with professional dancers and amateur dancers. Freelance teaching at Bat-Dor Dance Company, Perry Dance 2 New York and Rotterdamse Dansgroep.

Valentina Scaglia Dancer with Hamburg Ballett and later with Nederlands Dans Theater I where she had the possibility to work with choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot/Sol Leon, Hans van Manen, Johan Inger, Wiliam Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, and Crystal Pite. Nominated for the prestigious Dutch Dance Award “Zwaan” for best Female Dancer in 2008

Yannick Boquin principle dancer with Bonn Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Rome Opera Ballet and Deutsche Oper Berlin. Currently in great demand as a teacher at the leading companies including; Dutch National Ballet, Australian Ballet Company, Nederland Dans Theater, Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Paris Opera, Finnish Opera, Dresden Semper Oper, Cullberg Ballet and the Royal Swedish Ballet.