Staff and crew
Dutch National Opera & Ballet
Board of directors
Louise Fresco
– chairperson
Gaby Allard
Jacobina Brinkman
Rochdi Darrazi
Bernard Foccroulle
Maarten Gelderman
Sadik Harchaoui
Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi
Monique Vogelzang
Management
Stijn Schoonderwoerd
– general director and chairman of the management team
Sophie de Lint
– director Dutch National Opera
Ted Brandsen
– director Dutch National Ballet
Bob Brandsen
– deputy director (technology and production)
Executive secretariat
Hanna Marije Booij
– policy secretary Dutch National Opera & Ballet (interim)
Naomi Teekens
– coordinator diversity and inclusion
Lisette Mes
– executive secretary Dutch National Opera & Ballet
Ida Marie Pettersen
– executive secretary Dutch National Opera
Ties Evers
– executive assistant to director Dutch National Ballet
Dutch National Opera
Management
Sophie de Lint
– director Dutch National Opera
Business management
Jaap van Hellenberg Hubar
– business manager
Kennard Reinders
– assistant
Maartje van Eijndhoven
– manager audiovisual operations
Artistic affairs
Damià Carbonell Nicolau
– head
Lisa Verhey
Ruud Burgering
– assistants
Kathinka Hamburg
– assistant orchestra affairs
Emma Becker
Sonja Heyl
Vere van Opstal
– artistic planning
Ineke D'Hont
Marjan Hoekstra
– contract managers
Jan-Paul Grijpink
Ernst Munneke
– répétiteurs
Aldert Vermeulen
Boudewijn Jansen
– assistant conductors
Meisje Barbara Hummel
Astrid van den Akker
– assistant directors
International collaborations
Imogen van Santvoort
– manager
Dramaturgy
vacancy
– head
Niels Nuijten
Laura Roling
Jasmijn van Wijnen
– dramaturges
Eveline Karssen
– surtitles director
Jan Hemmer
Irina Trajkovska
Maxim Paulissen
– surtitles operators
Opera Forward Festival
Niels Nuijten
– deputy artistic director/dramaturge
Music library
Rudolf Weges
– senior music librarian
Johan Ausma
Joukje de Boer
– assistants
Chorus
Edward Ananian-Cooper
– artistic director
Ad Broeksteeg
– assistant chorus master
Maartje de Wit (ad interim)
– chorus manager
Anja Polstra
Jacqueline Serry
Guus Voogt
– assistants
Chorus Members
Dutch National Opera Studio
Rosemary Joshua
– artistic leader
Jesper Nass
– assistant
William Kelley
– répétiteur/musical coach
Dutch National Ballet
Management
Ted Brandsen
– director Dutch National Ballet
Rachel Beaujean
– associate artistic director
Ernst Meisner
– associate director talent development
Business management
Anne Douqué
– business manager
Evelyn Prohn
– business management assistant
Resident Choreographer
Associate artists
Creative associates
Kalpana Raghuraman
Milena Sidorova
Artistic staff
Guillaume Graffin
Michele Jimenez
Alan Land
Larisa Lezhnina
Judy Maelor Thomas
Jozef Varga
– ballet masters
Sandrine Leroy
– choreologist/repetitor
Rinat Gizatulin
– senior ballet teacher
Wiard Havenaar
– artistics logistics coordinator
Samira Ouazine
Tara Richard
– assistants artistic staff
Priya Shriemissier
– coordinator tableau affairs
Ramy Tadrous
– creative filmmaker/content coordinator
Junior Company
Ernst Meisner
– artistic director
Caroline Sayo Iura
– ballet master
Samira Ouazine
– assistant
Priya Shriemissier
– coordinator tableau affairs
Henk Vrehen
– volunteer
Planning and production
Lydia Buisman
– head
Sterre Haverkamp
Donald van der Zwan
– production administrators
Music Staff
Koen Kessels
– music director/chief conductor
Matthew Rowe
– principal guest conductor
Aiske Fonda
– coordinator music
Dutch National Ballet | Dutch Ballet Orchestra
Ryoko Kondo
– senior pianist
Elena Kim
Viktoriya Ryapolova
Minjung Seo
– pianists
Associate on research & development
Dancers
Tableau dancers
Tableau Junior Company
Medical Support
The dancers of Dutch National Ballet are medically supervised by De Sportartsen Groep.
Laura Hillenius
– head medical support
Amanda Kok
– coordinator medical support
Sofia Araujo de Ornellas dos Santos Pinto
Benjamin Soerel
– physiotherapists/manual therapists
Frans Birnie
Sandra Cosijn
Erik Wiggelinkhuizen
– masseurs
Leila Kester
– pilates coach
Judy Maelor Thomas
– rehabilitation teacher
Sefton Clarke
– high performance coach
Central Departments
Integral planning
Tine Haze
- planning manager
Studio Boekman
Jonne ter Braak
– programme coordinator Studio Boekman
Technology & Production
Bob Brandsen
- director of technology & production
Pieter Huijgen
- deputy director of technology & production
Technical Management Support
Cor van Donkersgoed
– minutes secretary
Debora Feenstra
– director assistant Technology & Production
Tessa de Groot
– planning/application management
Production Workshop
Rolf Hauser
– head
Rudolph Valentina
– assistant
Sieger Kotterer
Valerie Smalen
Mark van Trigt
– production supervisors
Drawing office
Gerko Min
– head
Cathrine Andresen
Nicky Hageman
Boaz Wielinga
– CAD draughtsmen
Hiba Darras
– work planner
Carpentry Department
Paul Horn
– head
Ahmed Derraze
Eddo Verheij
– senior scenic carpenters
Floris Barends
Willem Konings
Richard Mittemeijer
Henk Nab
Lianne Nixon
Simon Tol
Philip Vane
– scenic carpenters
Decoration Department
Denis Klijnsma
– head
Vanessa Kluge
– senior painter/decorator
Awik Balaian
Marieke van Heist
Rieneke Ostheimer
– painters/decorators
Niall O'Donovan
– senior plastic materials sculptor
Construction Shop
Thom de Wildt
– head
Lester Windhouwer
– senior construction fitter/welding inspector
Udo Bakker
Rene van Schaarenburg
Vincenzo Zijp
– construction fitters
Production Workshop Logistics
Ton Kuijper
– head of purchasing and logistics
Walter Cheung
Hugo Halewijn
Menno Mijwaart
Martin Prins
– managers purchasing and logistics
Stage Machinery Maintenance
Dirk Bakker
– head
Willem Jan Ernsting
– deputy head
Rick van den Pol
– system administrator
Igor Milosavljevic
– project manager
Bart Haakman
– specialist/coordinator NEN3140
Ben Kruisdijk
– technical purchaser
Oscar Andreasson
Ed Buch
Ronald Caarls
Oleg Dadochkin
Henke Frenning
Erdal Kilickaya
Ron Pronk
Tom Resink
Tonny Taams
– maintenance technicians
Loet van den Bosch
Mees Breed
– pupils
Stagecraft
Joost Verlinden
– head
Antje Bartholly
– assistant head
Caroline Peek
– CAD draughtsman
Mathilde van der Horst Jansen
– administrative assistant
Marcel Appelman
Frank Dijkstra
– store and logistics managers
Peter Brem
Jeroen Jaspers
Wim Kuijper
Jop van den Berg
Edwin Rijs
– senior carpenters
Arjen Koch
Dimitry de Groot
Sjors Henselmans
Arno Koopmann
Jeroen de Vree
Arjan de Wolff
– carpenters
Maarten Heijdra
– technical coordinator Studio Boekman
Ruud Boots
Niels Broekman
Jimmy Goudberg
Trinus Hertroijs
Steven den Houdijker
Carl Kassenaar
Zeth Pattinama
Nico Tabak
Michel van Veen
Ruben Venema
– operators
Wendy Budel
Emiel Duijves
Nina Pronk
Xander Ruijzing
Damiën Smidt
Caspar Smulders
Sven van Staveren
Sanne van de Vooren
– all-round technicians rigging
Gert Alles
Sammy Dehkordi
– stage technicians plus
Dick Hendriks
Marco van der Poel
– craftsmen
Peter de Boer
Kai van Doorne
Solaiman Hammar
Luuk Mugge
Ellen Oosten
Janusz Pawlak
Maurice Potemans
Bob Scheewe
Joost Visser
Isabel Voorbij
Emily Zayed
– all-round technicians stagecraft
Lighting department
Andi Krijgsman
- head
Antje Bartholly
– assistant head
Richard ten Hof
– project leader light and video
Wijnand van der Horst
– ballet lighting supervisor
Mathilde van der Horst Jansen
– administrative assistant
Wasilis Dimeris
– draughtsman and work planner
Ianthe van der Hoek
Coen van der Hoeven
Cor van den Brink
Angela Leuthold
Peter van der Sluis
– senior lighting managers
Jos van Schaik
Bram Schipper
Joep Schoenmakers
Eline Zomer
– lighting managers
Mark Berghoef
Juan de Ferrari Montoya
Michiel van den Heuvel
Fred Kooring
Merijn Schipper
Erik Vrees
Reynoud Wieringa
– light and video programmers
Jasper Paternotte
– operator light
Patrick Hussem
Bas Lemmens
Michael Poelwijk
Berry van Raaij
– lighting craftsmen
Gaia Delogu
Matthijs Gulien
Anita de Jong
Anton Kool
Oleg Polianski
Joshua Sahanaja
Brian Tjon Ajong
Jip van ’t Veer
Lennart Vroomans
– all-round lighting technicians with specialisation
Ariane Kamminga
– follow spotters coordinator
Panos Mitsopoulos
Carola Robert
– follow spotters
Audio, video & media
Jonna van den Berg
– head
Frederik Furnée
– deputy head
Jella van Eck
– AV-coördinator
Paul Lardenoije
Ramón Schoones
Wibo Vermeulen
– senior sound engineers
Florian Jankowski
David te Marvelde
Juan Verdaguer
– sound engineers
Geert Braam
– video director
Raymond Roggekamp
Sjoerd Dijkstra
– image technicians
Props Department
Carolien Meijer
– head
Koen Flierman
– supervisor special effects and development
Andries Swart
Peter Visser
– special effects craftsmen
Niko Groot
Peter Paul Oort
– senior props managers
Jolanda Borjeson
Remko Holleboom
Jurgen van Tiggelen
– props managers
Niek Gersen
Robert-Jan Ruijl
– props craftsmen
Carlijn Boot
Marita de Vries
Quani Wolters
– props crew
Rob van den Berg
– general assistant
Opera Costume Department
Ute Werner
- head costume department opera
Jojanneke Gremmen
– head costume production
Channah Zwaaf
– assistant head
Imke Reinecke
– assistant costume department opera
Diane Zahn
– coordinator planning and
budget control
Claire Nicolas
Lars Willhausen
Mariama Lechleitner
Maarten van Mulken
– costume supervisors
Onno Conde Nieto
Leone Eltink
Joan Schrijver
– buyers
Women's Costume Workroom
Anette Schneider-Lax
– head
Eveline ter Beest-Meeuwissen
Rebecca Ward
– senior cutters
Hannie van Nuland
Leontien Thomassen
Maryse Roelfs
Ingrid de Keijzer
– assistant cutters
Kimberly Franken
Laura Steenge
– cutters
Men's Costume Workroom
Jan Willem Porringa
– head
Fred van Gestel
Mark Steenbrugge
– senior cutters
Ida Meijlink
Dorine van der Woude-Bakker
– assistant cutters
Marjon Beindorff
Ilse van Rhijn
Yeliz Sahan
Anouk van der Zee Penido
Renata Szewczyk
– cutters
Milliners & Costume Workroom
Ton Joling
– head
Sarah van den Heuvel
– milliners
Luuk Bijnen
– second milliner / plastic designer
Dye Shop
Rosalinda Lourens
– senior dyer
Rosalie Spruijt
– dyer
Shoemakers' Shop
Pia Klepper
Hansje van Tuijl
– senior shoemakers
Dressers' Department
Jenny Henger
– senior dresser
Jazmin Blaton
Huub Metselaar
– dressers
Costume Store
Theo van de Laar
Esmeralda Plompen
Anna Maartje Musch
– costume store managers
Ballet Costume Department
Oliver Haller
– head
Marijn van Immerzeel
– assistant head
Michelle Cantwell
Eddie Grundy
– costume supervisors
Women's Costume Workroom
Manon Harzevoort
– senior cutter (interim)
Jan van der Heijden
– assistant cutter
vacancy
– cutter
Men's Costume Workroom
– senior cutter
vacancy
– assistant cutter
vacancy
Dressers Department
Andrei Brejs
– senior dresser
Jacqueline Baggelaar
vacancy
– dressers
Michel Diderich
– work planner dressers
Wigs & Make-up Department
Annette Stiller
– head
Annetta Willemse
– assistant head
Frauke Bockhorn
– workshop coordinator
Isabel Ahn
– coordinator wigs and make-up DNB/senior wigs and make-up artist
Marelva de Bruin
Trea van Drunen
Carlijn Spee
Pim van der Wielen
– senior wigs & make-up artists
Alina Gundacker
– wigs and make-up team leader
Sasja Brasser
Linda Vreeburg
Joyce Zuijdwegt
– wigs & make-up artists
Vincent van den Dungen
Romee van Nielen
– wig maker
Production & Stage Management
Barbara Wittebol
– head
Jan Schlichtenhorst
– general assistant
Doris Dekker
Harvey Sambo
– assistants production management
Nicky Cammaert
Joshua de Kuyper
Maaike Ophuijsen
Emiel Rietvelt
Anu Viheriäranta
– production managers
Marjolein Bergsma
Emma Eberlijn
Merel Francissen
Pieter Heebink
Roland Lammers van Toorenburg
Marie-José Litjens
Kees Prince
Joost Schoenmakers
Wolfgang Tietze
– stage managers
Charlotte Sickler,
– production coordinator Studio Boekman
Marketing, communication and audiences
Kate Harriman
– head
Marijn Maas
– deputy head
Mirjam Braam
– PA & department assistant
Data and online marketing
Mattijn Hallers
– data manager
Just van der Horn van den Bos
– data scientist
Tim Mallant
– digital innovation manager
Marketing
Emma van den Berg
– team lead marketing
Anne Akkerman
Leah Hamans
Casey Rietbergen
Kimberley van Gelderen
– marketeers
vacancy
– corporate marketeer
Esker Sterneberg
– digital marketeer
Rodrigo Escobedo Trejo
– CRM/email marketeer
Marc Klis
– product owner website
Anke van Lith
Stan Schreurs
– web editors
Eva Geerdink
– community manager/social media coordinator
Alina Bijl
– junior social media content creator
Public Relations
Richard Heideman
– team lead PR
Thijs Faas
– press manager opera
Emma Pompe
– PR specialist
Content & creative studio
Lenny Gerdes
– team lead content and creative
Saskia van Dongen
– production coordinator print media
Rosalie Overing
– content editor
Lune Visser
– copywriter
Cynthia Schlötter
– creative producer
Hannah Stradmeijer
– online content editor
Mathieu Gremillet
– creative filmmaker
Altin Kaftira
– photographer/creative filmmaker
Han Jansen
– visual designer
Bibi de Bruijn
Ariane Weltevreede
– designers
Henrik Lillin
– archivist
Jan de Kater
Jan van Beekum
Tonnie Porringa
Minou Bijl
Anneke van de Vlugt
Dhian Siang Lie
Sonja Geerlings
Joan Termeer-Blom
Jeske Reijs
Nelleke Reijs
– archive volunteers
Visitor experience
Bas Schotsman
– head catering, front of house and customer service/box office
Maarten Stoops
– head of kitchen
Stanley van Buren
Abrenda van Raam
– cooks
Suzan van Bijlert-Rooijers
Erica van Kuijk
– senior buffet assistants
Jorge Arbert
Olav Röben
– buffet assistants
Lianne Bakker
Paul Hoekman
Frans Reinders
Hedwig van Mechelen
Yuki Shibata
– duty managers
Arthur Siemerink
– coordinator
Sjaak Meerdink
– shop assistant
Nicoline van der Heijden
Mariella Mascini
– tour guides
Our enthusiastic front of house staff (40) and buffet staff (20) work in changing teams to assist the audience at performances.
Carla Tensen
– coordinator customer service & box office
Harm Scholten
Milarka Tirtokromo
René de Graaf
Mirjam Midderham
– customer service & box office assistants
Floor Terpstra
José de Valk
Paulien Veldhuis
– additional customer service & box office assistants
Education, participation and programming
Mechteld van Gestel
– head
Tine Kolbjørnsen
– department assistant
Barbara Gautschi
Monika Kösters
Myrthe Kuipers
Renée Legebeke
Pim Luitjes
Christine Timmer
– executive producers
Sitara Alakhramsing
– project organiser
Lin van Ellinckhuijsen
– programme maker dance education
Ineke Geleijns
– programme maker opera education
Wout van Tongeren
– dramaturge
Fundraising & Corporate Relations
Roos Bernelot Moens
– head
Heleen ten Heggeler
– manager private donors
Nadja van Deursen
– manager private fundraising DNB
Marthe Seydel
– manager private fundraising DNO
Anke Hofstra
– relationship manager Young Patrons Circle
Margrethe van Wassenaer-van der Gang
– private fundraising & relationship marketing assistant
Emma Patijn
– coordinator DNO&B Fund
Laurina Krommendijk
– administrative assistant
Rosa Haker
– manager institutional fundraising
Anna Helfrich
Sophie Vroegop
– institutional fundraising
Wessel Padberg
Yukie Spruijt
– relationship management and invitees policy
Ronald Lunel
– secretariat and invitees policy
Pieter Cool
– manager sponsoring & partnerships
Adriaan van Maurik
Lara Prins
– sponsoring & partnerships
Jan van Beekum
Els Borghols
Danny Bruinsel
Jannie Fransman
Jan de Kater
Elisabeth Koopmans
Tineke Mulder
Heleen Pennings
Ingrid Prinsen
Jan Spaans
Jan Veerman
Henk Vrehen
Michelle de Wit
Isabella Zijp
– volunteers
Finance
Martijn van Gestel
- director finance & control
Lindsey de Boer
– manager business control
Rogier Boddendijk
– business controller
Chantal Gerritsen
Viola Scholten
– controllers
Willemijn Vink
– interim controller
Michelle Wiegerinck-Walsh
– salary specialists
Rodrigo Vieira Vivian
– manager financial administration
Bastiaan de Vogel
Robalt de Winter
– project administrators
Martin Mollee
Joëlla Reket
Tomi Tominaga
– salary administrators
André Baijens
– creditor assistant
Human resources
Sanneke van Breemen
– head
Carmen Mersch
– project leader human resources
Joke Manson
Susan van der Meulen
Maaike Postma
– advisors human resources
Hilde Manus van der Jagt-Ruygt
– advisor internal communication and change
Nick Bol
– coordinator prevention
Carola Angenent
Tyra van Donselaar
Nicole van Tol
– assistants human resources
Bo Windeij
– assistant internal communication & change
Facility & Building
Suzanne van de Wolfshaar
– head
José Keijzer
– project management/CAD draughtsman
Tony Hofman
– project manager renovation
Gé van der Drift
Sophie van den Elzen
– facility & building coordinators
Julie Fuchs
– project manager sustainability
Walid Aljaf
– technician
Arnoud Hoogendoorn
Ariel Matos Perez
– caretakers
James de Vries
– manager front desk
Stella Denier van der Gon
Bing Gagliardi
Jenetay Hatko Ulutasli
David Heyl
Liesbeth Kaemingk
Job Kramer
Sita Manichand
Paul Overste
Nora Proost
Ireen Roozekrans
Anne Ruitenberg
Isa Skolnik
– receptionists
Information management & information supply
Leon Backbier
– head
Lizz van Huizen
– information manager
Edwin de Bie
– infrastructure manager
Ivan Krassovski
– service desk assistant
Germen Engel
Benedetta Malagoni
Jolanda Müller
– application managers
Works Council
Frederik Furnée
– chairperson
Adriaan van Maurik
Sterre Haverkamp
– vice chairpersons
Marelva de Bruin
– general executive committee member
Thomas de Bruijn
Sophie van Egeraat
Wendy van den Haak
Igor Milosavljevic
Paul Overste
Damiën Schmidt
Wolfgang Tietze
Christine Timmer
James de Vries
– council members
Noor Bank
– administrative secretary