Jan Linkens
Royal Conservatoire The Hague
Jan Linkens, born in Maastricht/Netherlands, received his dance education at the Dance Department of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague/Netherlands. In 1977 he joined the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam to work there for almost 17 years as a dancer and later also as a choreographer and ballet master. He made his first choreography in 1979 und has created more than 60 ballets. From 1994 to 1999 Jan Linkens was Artistic Director and resident choreographer of the Tanztheater der Komischen Oper in Berlin/Germany, jointly together with Marc Jonkers. After 1999 he worked as a freelance guest choreographer and ballet teacher with many companies around the world. He became director of Royal Conservatoire Dance in 2014.
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