Alumni
Graduates of the SNDO, including Sasha Waltz, Ivana Müller, Nicole Beutler, Martin Nachbar, Florentina Holzinger, Alma Soderberg and Jeremy Wade among many others work internationally as choreographers. Others develop their work in performative contexts of visual arts: Michelle Rizzo, Simon Asencion & Adriano Wilfer Jensen (Galerie), MOHA (Alice Pons and Olivia Reschofsky), Samira Elagoz, Jija Sohn or Lester Arias.
Others dedicate themselves to organizing and initiating dance centers or festivals and events, such as: Zodiak (Helsinki), Francesc Casadesus at the Mercat de les Flors (Barcelona), Gisela Müller at the Tanzfabriek (Berlin), Jacuzzi in Amsterdam – a growing artists-led space, initiated by Noha Ramadan, Tomislav Feler, Eva Susova, Michele Rizzo and Setareh Fatehi Irani and ArtBeat Amsterdam led by Melvin Fraenk.
Many graduates get awards for their work
Many graduates get awards for their work. Pere Faura (ITS Choreography Award 2006), Chris Leuenberger (ITS Choreography Award 2007 and the Swan (Dutch Dance Prize, 2011), Leena Keizer (ITS Choreography Award 2008), Alma Soderberg (ITS Choreography Award 2009) , William Collins (ITS Choreography Award 2010), Nicole Beutler (VSCD Mime Prize), Simon Tanguy (ITS Choreography Award 2011), Samira Elagoz (Bloom Awards 2014, Andre Veltkamp beurs 2016, Prix Jardin Europe 2017, Silver Lion at Venice Biennale 2022), Lester Arias (TAZ 2017, Rotterdam Opera Days 2018), Jija Sohn and Sigrid Stigsdatter Mathiassesn (Moving Forward 2017, 2018), Elisabeth Raymond (AHK Graduation Prize 2019), etc.
Where do our graduates work?
Graduates participate regularly in different festivals in the Netherlands and many festivals in the rest of the world. Alumni produce their work in collaboration with: Theater Frascati, ICK, Veem House for Performance, FLAM Festival, Impulstanz and [8:tension] Vienna, Buda Kortrijk, Culberg Ballet, SPRING Festival, KunstenfestivaldesArts, etc.
A number of students pursue their education on graduate level, following Masters and PhD studies at DAS Graduate School or in recent years at the Dutch Art Institute and Sandberg programmes in the Netherlands or Concordia University in Montreal.
Many former students continue working as performers with choreographers/companies as: Meg Stuart, Jérôme Bel, Boris Chamatz, Rosas/Anne Teresa de Keersmaker, Vera Mantero, Sasha Waltz, Fura dels Baus and Les Ballets C de la B / Alain Platel.
Current and former students work with a wide variety of media and interests, and while some have ventured into film and video, others are engaged with writing and dance criticism. Some shape the world and field through activist work. Others work with disabled artists, make site-specific work, work with children or adolescents, develop an interest and work in fashion shows, drag and Ballroom scenes, with performance and theatre companies, or work as ‘dramaturge of space’ combining architecture with dance.
A significant number of teaching staff on the ATD’s Expanded Contemporary Dance and Dance Teachers programmes are SNDO alumni. They include Jeroen Fabius, artistic director of the DAS Choreography MA programme.
For the past forty years the school has been an important source of artists and practitioners who contribute to the dance and performance fields. As the so-called ‘contemporary dance’ field expands and critically examines its scope and limitations – its own inclusiveness and exclusiveness – the SNDO students and alumni continue to shape the questions and bring relevant new insights into the field.
Alumni
2024
Agnė Auželytė, Luan Barros, Ciro Goudsmit, La Uyi Ihasee, Sára Bianka Korom, Yujing Liu, Saman Mahdavi
2023
Rene Bizimana, alex blum Bertelsen,Mingjou Chen, Asya Deinekina, Juli frodermann, Corina Mitrovici Adam Jönsson, Rūta Junevičiūtė
2022
Sofia Castro, Devika Chotoe, Paca Faraus, Antonella Fittipaldi, Valeryia Le, Parisa Madani, Nazar Rakhmanov, Peter Scherrebeck Hansen
2021
Karina Villafan, Marina Orlova, Mina Tomic, Neda Ruzheva, Milena Weber, Jelle Haen, Julcsi Vavra
2020
Keerthi Basavarajaiah, Yannick Bosc, Jette Loona Hermanis, Dasom Lee, Fernanda Libman Fonseca, Ingeborg Meier Andersen, Carolina Papetti, Naomie Pieter, Johhan Rosenberg, Tamir Eting
2019
Ahmed El Gendy, Stina Fors, Mami Kang, Emile Lagarde, Netti Nüganen, Diego Oliveira, Raoni Muzho Saleh, Alexey Shkolnik, Elisabeth Raymond
2018
Antonia Steffens, Charlie Laban Trier, Andreas Hannes, Michael Scerbo, Laura van Bergem, Laima Jaunzema, Elisa Zuppini, Emma Gioia
2017
Juan Pablo Cámara, Duan Chengbei, Sigrid Stigsdatter Mathiassen, Mao Nakagawa, Estefano Romani, Tea Teearu, Andrea Zavala Folache
2016
Tiana Hemlock-Yensen, Ida Katinka Fridan Pedersen, Marios Ktoridis, Maciej Sado, Nadia Bekkers, Sabine Cmelniski, Samira Elagoz, Maria Metsalu, Lester Arias
2015
Burkhardt Körner, Giuseppe Vincent Giampino, Jija Sohn, Aleksandra Ola Lemm, Oneka von Schrader, Paula Chavez, Ricardo Guratti
2014
Adriano Jensen, Ana Romih, Clara Saito, Louis Vanhaverbeke, Maria Peralta, Matias Daporta, Nicolas Roses Ponce, Yui Nakagami, Simon Asencio
2013
Carles Casallachs, Clara Amaral, Aster Arribas, Lisa Vereertbrugghen, Marina Colomina, Marta Ziolek, Nina Djekic, Olga Tsvetkova, Vincent Riebeek
2012
Alice Pons, Eva Susova, Karina Sarkissova, Olivia Reschofsky, Setareh Fatehi, Thibault Maillard
2011
Fernando Belfiore, Florentina Holzinger, Koldo, Magda Ptasznik, Marzena Krzeminska, Michele Rizzo, Simon Tanguy, William
2010
Teilo Troncy, Roger Sala Reyner, Angela, Tomi Feller, Aloun Marchal, Alma Söderberg, Moon Ribas, Piergiorgio, Stephanie Lühn, Rodrigo Sobarzo, Aparna Kolar
2009
Daniel Almgren-Recen, Giulio D’Anna, Elodie Donaque, Pablo Fontdevila, Luciana Glanc, Ji-Hae Ko, Lea Martini, Noha Ramadan, Yurie Umamoto, Emma Wilson, Kataryna Dietzowa, Rebecca D’Andrea
2008
Ariadna Estelella, Gabriel Nunes, Anna Zetterquist, Joao Guerreiro, Christoph Leuenberger, Javi Murugarren, Laura Monheim, Erik McKenzie, Einat Ganz, Melvin Fraenk, Leena Tolonen, Anna Torkkel
2007
Yves Diacon, Nina Fajdiga, Diana Gadish, Marjorie Kellen, Ai Koyama, Maria Mavridou, Radharani Pernarcic, Violetta Perra, Maija Raumanni, Maria Stoklosa, Tina Valentan
2006
Aitana Cordero, PereGay I Faura, Katy Hernan, Jasmina Krizaj, Guillem Mont de Paillol, Montse Roig, Urska Vohar
2004
Kirstine Andersen, Melissa Jaramillo Cisneros, Matija Ferlin, Diego Gil Tizzonni, Helen Grogan, Malgorzata Haduch, Karni Keidar, Mireia Romero Dedeu, Inari Salmivaara, Seo Seon-ja
2003
Kyung-sun Baek, Lucas Condro, Sophia Cowen, Brian Degn, Jesus Esteban Barea, Henna Hartikainen, Nickolas Lagousakos, Marina Ligeron, Therese Markhus, Naiara Mendioroz Azcarate, Irina Muller, Christos Papadapolous, Patricia Retondano, Abigail Rubin, Caroline van Winsen, Mie de Wolff
2002
Malin Angman, Madieke van Beek, Ines Birkhan, Iben Engberg, Helena Golab, Selcuk Goldere, Monika Haasova, Joachim Hug, Saioa Ibanez Roldan, Jouni Jarvenpaa, Kati Keskitalo, Paola Lattanzi, Anna Lord, Catalina Mella Araneda, Natalia Partheniou, Elena Pokrovskaia, Carsten Rempe, Ricardo Santana Roman, Elisa Santiago, Matina Sarri, Mickael Stoeckel, Alkisti Theophilou, Ema Thompson, Nerea Urbieta Igual, Vincent Verburg, Voin Voinov
2001
Teija Autio , Morten Christensen, Mijke van der Drift, Nora Heilmann, Esther Hinzmann, Marisel Hoenicka, Andrea Kammer, Gabriella Maiorino, Natalia Monge Gomez, Suzana Neves Gomes, Gwen Nieuwenhuizen, Lara Pinheiro Vieira, Paola Tognazzi , Mary Traenkle
2000
Nick Bryson, Harald Drenth, Nicolas Fisseau, Carlos Pez Gonzalez, Carolien Hermans, Benoit Izard, Frederieke Koch, Pernille Koch, Ana Soledad Martinez Bravo, Lisa Masellis, Maria Michailidou, Marit Nielsen, Maria Paz Rojo Caminos, Endo Sato, Cinara Schettini, Anders Schlanbusch, Katharina Schrott, Jeremy Smith Lehman, Lito Staikos Walkey, Jeremy Wade, Naomi Watanabe
1999
Yvon van den Akker, Ellen Kilsgaard Andersen, Alfredo Fernandez, Jacobus Flynn, Thomas Fredrikson, Elisabeth Haselwood, Deirdre Hogan, Jennifer Hörnemann, Anna Tora Jonasson, Matej Kejzar, Marianne Langenegger, Annika Luschin, Eva Meyer-Keller, Ivana Muller, Soylu Nigar Ceren, Masako Noguchi, Iris van Peppen, Marina Peuranen, Antje Reinhold, Nicolas Sero-Guillaume Fisseau, Gordana Stimac, Cornelia Tysiak, Beatriz Velez Alvarez, Palo Zustiak
1998
Joao Andreazzi, Nicole Beutler, Andrea Bozic, Barbara de Groot, Antonio Paiva de Souza, Irene van Geest, Saskia Habermann, Kim van Kaam, Hiekyoung Kim, David Lakein, Erik Pold, Heini Salmi, Barbara Toma, Maria Ines Villasmil, Daniel Yeung
1997
Katalin Balla, Rose Akras, Giorgio Convertito, Sophie Ferman, Marisa Grande, Barbara de Groot, Kay Grothusen, Riikka Innanen, Tuomo Kangasmaa, John Kayongo, Olaf Kehler, Alan McDermott, Marina Nabais, Helen Omand, Carla Onni, Carole Perdereau, Katharina Pohlman, Annatuuli Saine, Sonja Schmidlehner, Anna Schrefl, Andreas Simon
1996
Sari Antikainen, Norbert Baumgartner, Marjolijn Breuring, Martin Butler, Marta Cotrim, Misri Dey, Marcella Fanzaga, Svenja Cesar Fischer, Divino Francisco, Norbert Heckelei, Ida Leisner, Pia Lindy, Kelly McCall, Carmen Mendoza, Frederique Moinard, Ljiljana Music, Martin Nachbar, Marjukka Paukonen, Ceila Portilho, Brynn Rosen, Sharon Smith, Cecilie Sommer, Ksenija Steblovnik, Lisbet Valeur, Martin Veasey, Karen Weber
1995
Benedicte Amundsen, Annette Bongaertz, Nikki Broos, Anke Grobheiser, Eija Hakkarainen, Marleen van den Hout, Josephine Jansen, Anne Kristina Jensen, Sandra Kirchner, Sylvia Koprolin, Gerhard Maas, Benjamin von Mendelssohn, Merry Nachmany, Johanna Peter, Mia Pezaro, Ellen Smets, Franco Sparfeld, Katja Stark, Silke Stein, Janka Striffler, Bianca Tan, Coco Verkade, Nicole van Zijl
1994
Eveline Altena, Signe Andersen, Senka Baruska, Eva Brunner, Tanja de Nijs, Georgina Dean, Adriana Grechi, Doesjka Henkemans, Andrea Hugueney, Eva Huttunen, Andrea Jabor, Dango Matthias Klein, Barbara Kraus, Sophia Leu, Ida Machackova, Angelina Van Niele, Ursha Novak, Ellen Oude Lansink, Mateja Puhar, Caroline Sabin, Martin Sonderkamp, Matthew Springford, Pien van Stalduinen, Anne Stalmeier, Anna Stella, Lise Lotte Urfe, Angelique Venendaal/ Lily Kiara, Ruth Weijers
1993
Ruth Becker, Saskia Bloemberg, Katinka Bosse, Moos van den Broek, Uta Büchler, Marko Drogatz, Ruth Grünenfelder, Nausica Guitart Xicola, Alenka Hain, Sabina Holzer, Jördis Jakubczick, Dominique Jansen, Susanne Marx, Mario Paulo Nunes Inacio, Harriet Ordelman, Susanne Rehbein, Natascha Roy, George Stamos, Rosa Villegas-Torres, Kai Walaschewski, Ines Wolowski
1992
Gabrielle Bartl, Eve Bhend, Pilar Brufau, Ana Buitrago Garcia, Kaery Davies, Elisabeth Erhard, Marie Fahlin, Monika Förster, Barbara Gautschi, Malene Hertz, Angela Hühnerkopf, Katarina Jakovlev, Claudia Kratzheller, Ines Ladewig, Natalie Leenders, Sabina Lindén, Kathinka Maes, Bettina Mainz, Rhonda Moerman, Eva Marie Morand, Kirsi Niityinpera, Hilde Rustad, Anita Valkeemaki, Robert Versteeg, Carlos Viera Marques, Lisa Witte, Cornelia Zell, Beate Zschiesche
1991
Maria Asunta Martinez, Kirsten Bauer, Kari Anne Bjerkestrand, Levannah Blutbacher, Wendy van Bork, Horst Braütigam, Cesc Casadesus, Franco Cattaneo, Fabian Chyle, Katharina Conradi, Sandra du Croc, Soraya Djebbar, Isabelle Evers, Tim Feldman, Wilma Frederiks, Christine Gaigg, Maria Giulia Costa, Nicole Goezinnen, Karsten Hanning, Guta Hedewig, Andre Hoekzema, Linda Hoekzema, Ruth Holstegge, Flurina Jenatsch, Ellen Johannesen, Mona Kreipe, Merel Langenhoff, Ursula Laübli, Helena Lizari Malo, Susanne Lundin, Thomas Mauk, Marjolijn Mercx, Daniela Moosman, Maria Penalba, Valerie Pierson, Helene Reimer, Gudula Rettler, Christian Riedel, Ursula Ritter, Viviane Rodrigues de Brito, Christine Sarembe, Georgette Spuyman, May Stam, Beth Thompson, Isabel Valverde, Wilma Vesseur, Tineke Werkman, Ingrid Zalme
1990
Emmie Bannink, Hanna Barbara, Sabine Beilfuss, Nelly van Berkel, Joost van Bilsen, Natanja den Boeft, Claudia Buser, Ornella D'Agostino, Annette Dyvi, Barbara Erichsen, Jeroen Fabius, Catherine Hossenlopp, Torild Jahren, Fajo Jansen, Karen Lund Kildegaard, Lonneke Klinckenberg, Anna Karin Larsson, Thomas Lehmen more, Marc Nukoop, Romana Ondra, Anna Maria da Silva Baastrup, Marjolijn Sinke, Marga Maria de Souza, Joan Vrede, Annette Werner
1989
Mark Azito, Martina Berghuijs, Phillippe Bouskela, Agaath Bruin, Rosa Casas Monte, Mylene Gielen, Kora Greene Radella, Camilla Grønneberg, Liv Guldbrandsen, Sandra Hardmeier, Maxi Hill, Lucienne Vida van den Honig, Anna Korteweg, Eve Mills, Ulrike Neumann, Nini Poortman, Manon de Ridder, Ursula Schmid, Silvia Sferlazzo, Anne Kristina Tischendorf, Jetty van der Vlag, Kenneth Wielzen
1988
Naima Karin Bernatek, Jan Marie Burkhardt, Jabi Bustamente, Paul Cerigo, Claudia Christen, Claude Cossette, Annelie David, Hayo David, Claire Fleury, Soosan Gilson, Gonnie Heggen, Leah Jacob, Annette Klar, Tiina Leppanen, Steffi Lund, Eva Maassen, Christiane Meyer-Barlag, Anouk Overbeek, Bernadine Overbreer, Miranda Pennell, Susanne Rasmussen, Ka Rustler, Betty Schachter, Sylvia Scheidl, Ingrid Schemberg, Salome Schneebeli, Lot Siebe, Heike Stiller, Ingo Trautz, Zjamal Xanitha
1987
Shulamith Bar-Gai, Henny van Belkom, Henny Beyer, Tanja den Broeder, Sandra Hammond, Natascha Kempadoo, Emilia Kloostra, Niki Lemmens, Tica Lemos, Esther Lie- A-Kwie, Bo Madvig, Adalisa Menghini, Frank Misero, Gisela Müller, Gabrielle Oechsle, Cornelia Schinol, Juliet Shelley, Emily Sherman, Bea Teschner, Stoffelien Verdonk, Elisabetta Vittoni, Yvonne Zuiker
1986
Cathie Caraker, Nien Mari Chatz, Gabri Christa, Cecile van Deursen, Eva Holenweg, Cecile Mertens, Renate Müller, Liisa Pentti, Ada Rumping, Eva Schaller, Trudie Verhoeff, Paula van der Vliet, Benno Voorham, Sasha Waltz, Bibi Winberg
1985
Henriette Beurmanjer, Alessandra Palma di Cesnola, Jacques van Eijden, Feri de Geus, Liz Irvine, Kerstin Möhring, Taina Nyström, Robert Rappange, Kathrin Spanbroek, Sussi Strøm, Maité Volpato, Margot Vossen, Bart van Wichen, Ute Wohlmuther
1984
Julia van den Berg, Oliver Heuts, Dolores Krind, Anny Mokotow, Marjolein van Nieuwkerk, Frans Poelstra, Marjanne Raar, Celeste Reiss, Joyce Ruyg
1983
Rosemary Brouwer, Astrid de Haan, Ger Jager, Debby Kowsoleea, Soile Lahdenpera, Ritta Passanen, Ellen Regenhardt, Geertje Rijks, Harijono Roebana, Titia Royackers, Tiina Salmi, Rosemarie Samaritter, Svea Staltman, Ida Stamhuis, Lisa Wiesemüller, Matthijs Wils
1982
Wies Bloemen, Annemarie Blom, Nettie van den Bosch, Rita Elias-Knaup, Maria Spaans, Jaana Turunen, Marianne Wolfseher, Marja Ypeij
1981
Ché Fa Chen, Lida Kaandorp, Gonne Kooy, Susanne Reitz, Quinta Snel, Sjoukje van Vijmen
1980
Kate Price, Margo Snepvangers, Paula Wang
1979
Vivienne Deddes, Cari Garcia, Mickey de Haan, Desmond Niles, Anke van der Pluym, Susan Senduk
1978
Ria Higler, Barbara Masbeck, Wies Merkx, Trees Presser, Annie Schats, Margie Smit, Lettie Zwaan
1977
Truus Bronkhorst, Annelies van Dooren, Taina de Haan, Ellen Kool, Annelies Kuypers, Janine Weber, Tineke van Woudenberg