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

Tableau 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

Hans van Manen

Associate artists

David Dawson

Alexei Ratmansky

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

Peggy Olislaegers

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

vacancy

senior cutter

vacancy

assistant cutter

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

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 & online marketing

Mattijn Hallers

data manager

Just van der Horn van den Bos

data scientist

Tim Mallant

digital innovation manager

Emma van den Berg

team lead marketing

Leah Hamans

Casey Rietbergen

Kimberley van Gelderen

marketeers

Anne Akkerman

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 audiences 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