104 Ballet Dutch National Ballet Director Dutch National Ballet Ted Brandsen (until 1 August 2026) Ernst Meisner (from 1 August 2026) Associate artistic director Rachel Beaujean (until 1 August 2026) Artistic director Junior Company Christopher Powney (from 1 August 2026) Business manager Anne Douqué Associate Artists David Dawson Alexei Ratmansky Creative Associates Kalpana Raghuraman Milena Sidorova (until 1 August 2026) Ballet masters Freek Damen Guillaume Graffin Michele Jimenez Larisa Lezhnina Judy Maelor Thomas (until 1 August 2026) Jozef Varga Choreologist and répétiteur Sandrine Leroy Senior ballet teacher Rinat Gizatulin Ballet master Junior Company Caroline Sayo Iura Musical director/principal conductor Dutch Ballet Orchestra Koen Kessels Principal guest conductor Matthew Rowe First pianist Ryoko Kondo Pianists Elena Kim Clément Rataud Viktoriya Ryapolova Minjung Seo Head of Planning and production Lydia Buisman Head of Costume department Oliver Haller Head of Medical support Sofia Ornellas Pinto Clinical Lead Benji Soerel Dancers Dutch National Ballet (as of January 2026) Principal dancers and soloists (see opposite page) Grand sujets Luiza Bertho Khayla Fitzpatrick Kira Hilli Erica Horwood Chloë Réveillon Laura Tosar Romero Connie Vowles – Leo Hepler Daniel Montero Real Daniel Robert Silva Coryphées Koko Bamford Nancy Burer Emma Mardegan Alexandria Marx Sebia Plantefève-Castryck Lore Zonderman – Luca Abdel-Nour Manu Kumar Fabio Rinieri Rafael Valdez Koyo Yamamoto Corps de ballet Isadora Bless Mila Nicolussi Caviglia Anastasia Cheplyansky Victoria Glazunova Nicola Jones Ana Luísa Negrão Sangwon Park Skya Powney Staff and dancers Laura Rosillo Yvonne Slingerland Antonina Tchirpanlieva Hà Nhi Trân Louisella Vogt Marta Zabirynnyk Bo-Ann Zehl – Diego Altamirano Sander Baaij Patrik Benák Bela Erlandson Vincent Fell Robin Park Tristan Simpson Soshi Suzuki Guillermo Torrijos Francesco Venturi Sven de Wilde Élèves Ella Kolpakov Soyoung Lee – Alexander Álvarez Silvestre Vincent Vivet Junior company Second year Eva Bakker Sophia Bielik Gabrielle Brett Annabelle Eubanks Rosa Cabrera Nuesi Léa Sauvignon Amber Skaggs – Javier Becerra Cubero Joseph Birtles Clarke Jenson Blight John Murch Darius-Oriol Tamosi First year Eliza Vigoren Mariam Potskhishvili – Edward Cooley Elia Roger-Viviès See operaballet.nl/en for up-to-date information Photo: Altin Kaftira Dancers Dutch National Ballet, including the Junior Company, season 2025 – 2026
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