Roger Van der Poel

Roger Van Der Poel is a Portuguese-Dutch dancer who completed his dance training at the National Conservatory of Lisbon and danced with Ballet Gulbenkian, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Nederlands Dans Theater. His repertoire includes creations by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, Crystal Pite, Jiří Kylián, Gabriela Carrizo, Franck Chartier, Marco Goecke, Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, and Mats Ek. He has also worked as a guest artist in Triptych: The missing door, The lost room & The hidden floor with the Belgian company Peeping Tom, where he interpreted his role created for him at NDT. He now works as a choreographic assistant and studies works by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, Crystal Pite, and Marco Goecke worldwide. He is a ballet master and educator at NDT as well as a freelance artist, and has been a regular lecturer at the NDT Summer Intensive since 2011. In 2008, he received the Dutch Zwaan for the best dance performance, and in 2007, the Encouragement Prize from the Dansersfonds'79 Foundation.