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 [fr].

Hans Snoek
Born
Johanna Rosine Snoek

(1910-12-29)29 December 1910
Geertruidenberg, Netherlands
Died27 September 2001(2001-09-27) (aged 90)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Snoek, Johanna Rosine (1910-2001)". Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (in Dutch).
  2. ^ a b c Craine, Debra; Mackrell, Judith (2010). The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. OUP Oxford. p. 415. ISBN 978-0199563449.
  3. ^ "History of the National Ballet Academy". National Ballet Academy.
  4. ^ "History". Assitej Netherlands.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Hans Snoek". Theaterencyclopedie (in Dutch).
  7. ^ Eek, Nat; Shaw, Ann M.; Krzys, Katherine (2011). Expanding the New Audience for Theatre. p. 58. ISBN 978-0865347984.