Roger Van der Poel

Roger Van der Poel

Date of birth
19th of September 1983

Place of birth
Portimão, Portugal

Nationality
Portuguese, Dutch

Education
Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional [Lissabon]

Professional experience
Ballet Gulbenkian, Portugal [2003-2004]
Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Switzerland [2004-2006]
NDT 2 [2006 – 2009]
Joined NDT 1 on the 1st of August 2009

Nominations & awards
Encouragementprize 2007 Dansersfonds ’79.
Swan for ‘most impressive dance performance’ for his role in Simple Things by Hans van Manen. This award was granted to him by VSCD in Oktober 2008.

In: 'Singulière Odyssée' - Sol León & Paul Lightfoot. Photo: Rahi Rezvani.
In: 'Walk the Demon' - Marco Goecke. Photo: Rahi Rezvani.