Over thirty contracts in the Netherlands and abroad

Published on June 27, 2016

An impressive number of National Ballet Academy students will be starting a contract in August/September with a professional dance company in the Netherlands or abroad. Khayla Fitzpatrick, Tim van Poucke and Jacob Roter are joining Dutch National Ballet’s Junior Company. Four other students are going on to their second year with the Junior Company and five current Junior Company dancers are making the transition to Dutch National Ballet. And NBA students will also be joining the ranks of Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Introdans and numerous foreign companies in the coming season. You’ll find the complete list under ‘read on’.

Moving up from the first or second year of the Junior Company:
Joey Massarelli - Dutch National Ballet, élève
Daniel Robert Silva - Dutch National Ballet, élève
Clara Superfine - Dutch National Ballet, élève
Emilie G. Tassinari - Dutch National Ballet, élève
Giovanni Princic - Dutch National Ballet, élève

Melissa Chapski - Junior Company Dutch National Ballet, 2nd year
Theo Duff-Grant - Junior Company Dutch National Ballet, 2nd year
Priscylla Gallo - Junior Company Dutch National Ballet, 2nd year
Hannah Williams - Junior Company Dutch National Ballet, 2nd year
Belle Beasley - Junior Company Zürich Ballett

Contracts for trainee students:
Khayla Fitzpatrick - Junior Company Dutch National Ballet, 1st year
Tim van Poucke - Junior Company Dutch National Ballet, 1st year
Jacob Roter - Junior Company Dutch National Ballet, 1st year

Portia Adams - Béjart Ballet Lausanne
Sara Barbieri - Mariinsky Ballet, Primorsky Stage
Tiago Barreiros - Introdans
Lauma Berga - Finnish National Ballet, corps de ballet
Dorian Browne - Béjart Ballet Lausanne
Simon Catonnet - Ballet du Capitole, Toulouse
Taylor Ciampi - The National Ballet of Canada, apprentice
Brandon Demmers - Junior Company Bayerische Staatsballett, 2nd year
Nina Dijkman - Augsburg Ballett, corps de ballet
Toon Lobach - Nederlands Dans Theater 2
Gaetano Signorelli - Junior Company Zürich Ballett
Kayla-Maree Tarontolo - Scottish Ballet, corps de ballet
Koyo Yanagishima - Columbia Classical Ballet, United States

Contracts for other hbo students:
Anna Bekirova - Arts Umbrella, Vancouver
Irene Blankestijn - Dutch Don't Dance Division
Dex van ter Meij - Arts Umbrella, Vancouver
Antoine Le Moal - Béjart Ballet Lausanne, apprentice
Clement Guillaume - Columbia Classical Ballet, United States
Patryk Lempicki - Columbia Classical Ballet, United States
Cristina Pastore - Introdans
Julie Wittenberg - Ballet West, trainee