Penney de Jager

Wilhelmina Maria (Penney) de Jager (born 2 January 1948 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch dancer and choreographer.

De Jager received her training with Rotterdam's Scapino Ballet, and was then hired by the Dutch National Ballet. She achieved national fame when she began dancing and doing choreography for the jazz ballet of the popular television show TopPop (1970–1985). A reporter described her choreography 40 years later as striking, though somewhat monotonous, characterized by fluttering costumes and hair.

She founded the Penney de Jager Ballet (later called "Holland Show Ballet", with production assistance from Frank Wentink ) and ran a dance school in Utrecht. In 1971 she got married (for a short period) to Rick van der Linden, then the keyboard player for Ekseption, with whom she had a son, Rick Jr.

De Jager had another son, David, who was adopted by a couple from the United States; later she followed him there. In the US she did choreography for TV ads and music videos. Having returned home for a vacation, she was not allowed to re-enter the US and stayed in the Netherlands.

De Jager appeared in Playboy magazine in 1985.