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Benois de la Danse nominee
She studied dancing at National Ballet academy in Amsterdam and Royal Ballet School in London. In 1996 she joins Dutch National Ballet. Having successfully passed all the steps of the ballet theatre career, in 2003 she becomes the principal dancer of the company.
He has performed the main parties in the ballets: Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake (Van Dantzig), Giselle, TheSleeping Beauty (version by Wright), Cinderella (Sir F. Ashton), Nutcracker and Mouseking (Eagling and Van Schayk), Les Sylphides (Fokine), La Sylphide (Bournonville), La Bayadere (Makarova). She dances the ballets by G. Ва\апсЫпе: Agon, Apollon, Jewels, Kammermusikn2,4 Temperaments, Violin Concerto, Symphony in 3rd Movement, Symphony In C, Concerto Barocco, Duo Concertant, Who Cares, La Valse, Brahms Schoenberg Quartet.
Her repertoire also includes pieces by W. Forsythe,T. Brandsen, W. Eagling, D. Dawson, K. Pastor. She was awarded by Arnold Haskell Award (1995), Incentive Prize Dansersfonds'79 (2002) and Alexandra Radius Prize (2003).