Hans Snoek
Dutch dancer (1910-2001)
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.
The daughter of Leonard Salomon Snoek and Henderika Gerarda Trina Johanna ten Bruggencate, Snoek was born in Geertruidenberg. She studied dance with Kurt Jooss and Sigurd Leeder. During World War II, she staged performances in secret in support of the Dutch resistance.
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. She retired as ballet director for Scapino in 1970.
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.
In 1960, she was named an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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