Staff

Who are the teachers and staff of the Dutch National Ballet Academy? View their profiles on this page. 

Artistic director
Ernst Meisner

Business director
René Vlemmix

Patron
Hans van Manen

Artistic advisor
Ted Brandsen

Coordinator Preliminary Course
NBA 1-7: Amanda Beck

Coordinator Bachelor programme
Marion Vijn


Faculty
Classical Ballet:Amanda Beck, Nathalie Caris, Simona Ferrazza, Rinat Gizatulin, Marieke van der Heijden, Laurence Korsenti, Jane Lord, Grigori Tchitcherine, Ernst Meisner,Ainara Garcia-Navarro, Emanouela Merdjanova, Dario Elia, Remi Wörtmeyer

Guest teachers: Michele Jimenez, Caroline Iura, Anna Nowak, Didy Veldman, Amy Raymond, Judy Maelor Thomas, David Makhateli, Jozef Varga, Young Guy Choi, Mara Galeazzi, Anna Ol, Marijn Rademaker, Daniel Silva, Juanjo Arques, Julie Lincoln, Eric Beauchanese, Ryan Carroll

Contemporary dance: Marion Vijn, Lia Witjes-Poole

Mental skills, tutoring: Marion Vijn

Forsythe technologies: Amy Raymond

Caractère:Grigori Tchitcherine

World Dance:Iva Lešić

Creative Dance: Dian IJkhout

Pilates & Floor Barre:Leila Kester, Reina Trifunovic

Body Conditioning:Jurgen Paulusma

Dance history:Swantje Schäuble

Music Theory Preliminary course/AD: Maud van Daal

Anatomy & injury prevention:Iva Lešić

Music Theorie BA:Rex Lobo

Pedagogy BA: Jelle van der Leest

Health and Performance BA:Iva Lešić, Sofia Araujo de Ornelas dos Santos Pinto

Pianists: Abel Bakema, Bella Tubejeva, Dessy Radeva, Elizabeth Ford, Etsuko Oga, Olga Smirnova, Frauke Luehning, Olga Somers, Hisako Hirata, Eri Hayase, Jelena Popoviç, Alba Calle 

Education Assistant:Wendy Tadrous-Paulusma

Coordinator projects and performances: Jordan Tuinman

Scheduling: Lenne Merbis

Artistic coordinator productions Dutch Nationale Ballet: Dario Elia

Artistic coordinator Summer School: Dario Elia

Pre-NBA
Pre-NBA & Audition, Outreach & Scouting Coordinator:Marieke van der Heijden

Classical ballet pre-NBA: Marieke van der Heijden, Matthew Pawlicki-Sinclair 

Werelddans pre-NBA : Wijnand Karel

Health & Performance: Sofia Araujo de Ornelas dos Santos Pinto, Marleen Grol, Lobke Mienis, Iva Lešić, Peter Stoelhorst

Health Representative: Marleen Grol

Caretakers: Annemarie Blom, Heleen van der Hoogt, Katja Wahle

Production & Stage Manager: Dorothea Sinnema, Maureen Krumeich

Costumes: Ellen den Bouwmeester, Nancy Hulst

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