Johanna Rosine Snoek, known as Hans Snoek, (29 December 1910 – 27 September 2001) was a Dutch dancer, choreographer and ballet director. She founded the Scapino Ballet.
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| Born | Johanna Rosine Snoek 29 December 1910 Geertruidenberg, Netherlands |
| Died | 27 September 2001 (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 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.[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]
References
edit- ^ a b "Snoek, Johanna Rosine (1910-2001)". Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (in Dutch).
- ^ a b c Craine, Debra; Mackrell, Judith (2010). The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. OUP Oxford. p. 415. ISBN 978-0199563449.
- ^ "History of the National Ballet Academy". National Ballet Academy.
- ^ "History". Assitej Netherlands.
- ^ "De pedagogische basis van de verschillende docentmethodes voor danseducatie binnen het vo m harms li by AHK Master Kunsteducatie - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
- ^ "Hans Snoek". Theaterencyclopedie (in Dutch).
- ^ Eek, Nat; Shaw, Ann M.; Krzys, Katherine (2011). Expanding the New Audience for Theatre. p. 58. ISBN 978-0865347984.