About Hans Snoek
Lived 1910 – 2001 (aged 90). Hans Snoek was a Dutch dancer, choreographer and ballet dancer.
Johanna Rosine Snoek, known as Hans Snoek, (29 December 1910 – 27 September 2001) was a Dutch dancer, choreographer and ballet director. She founded the .
The daughter of Leonard Salomon Snoek and Henderika Gerarda Trina Johanna ten Bruggencate, Snoek was born in Geertruidenberg. She studied dance with Kurt Jooss and Sigurd Leeder. During World War II, she staged performances in secret in support of the Dutch resistance. She retired as ballet director for Scapino in 1970.
In 1960, she was named an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Snoek was married twice: first to Nicolaas Wijnberg, a dancer, in 1939 and then, in 1951, to television director .
The Hans Snoek Award was established by the Dutch Association of Theatre Directors.
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Who was Hans Snoek?
Dutch dancer (1910-2001)
When was Hans Snoek born?
Hans Snoek was born on 29 December 1910.
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Hans Snoek died on 27 September 2001 in Amsterdam.
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Hans Snoek was a dancer, choreographer and ballet dancer.
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Hans Snoek was Dutch.
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