Masterclasses
Dancers have the opportunity to take masterclasses from well-known teachers from important institutions who share their knowledge and experience. Price is €17,50 per class
Schedule​
To be announced
2025 Edition's Masterclass Teachers
Ballet - Junior (12-15)
J Ryan Carroll
J Ryan has been a regular guest teacher at the Dutch National Ballet Academy since 2021, as well as Conny Janssen Danst, De Dutch Don’t Dance Division, Amsterdam University of the Arts Expanded Contemporary Division, ArtEZ Enschede, ICK, De Stilte and Henny Jurriens Studio, among others. In 2023, J Ryan represented Ernst Meisner and the Dutch National Ballet Academy as an adjudicator and teacher at both the Italian Dance Awards and YGP Semi Finals in Barcelona. Before moving to the Netherlands, Ryan was a regular guest teacher at Broadway Dance Center, Peridance, and Ballet Arts in NYC. He was also on the faculty at American Ballet Theatre Summer Program. In January of 2024, J Ryan taught a teachers training program at ArtEZ Enschede.
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J Ryan teaches ballet based on the Harkness Ballet Method - developed further by his mentor David Howard - and Yoga Narada®, developed by his mentor Hilary Cartwright.
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For a full bio please visit www.jryancarroll.com
Ballet
Date: Saturday 14th March 2026
Time: 09:30 - 11:00
Location: Podium Mozaïek - Stage
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Ballet
Date: Saturday 29th March 2025
Time: 09:30 - 11:00
Location: Podium Mozaïek - On Stage
Ballet - Juniors (12-15)
Esther Protzman
Esther studied at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp, Belgium. After a dancing career at Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp and as a soloist at Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam she did an Intensive Teachers Training at the Hungarian Ballet Academy. She deepened her knowledge by doing teachers courses at National Balletschool Toronto, Canada and with David Howard (NYC), Kalina Bogoeva (Bulgaria) en Frank Anderson (Bournonville style ~ Denmark). Esther has taught at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague since 2001, and has taught ballet at many ballet schools and companies around the world.
In 1989 she received the Dancersfund Prize by Alexandra Radius and Han Ebbelaar, for her excellent performance of Princess Aurora in “The Sleeping Beauty” at Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam.
In 2022 She was awarded the Special Prize at the Dutch Balletgala 2022, for all adaptions of the great classical ballets for children, for her 'knowledge, style and understanding' working with young kids at the Royal Conservatoire for more than 21 years.
Contemporary (Countertechnique) - Young Adult (16-26)
Nina Funk
After graduating from the ArtEZ School of Dance in Arnhem (The Netherlands), Nina studied Countertechnique intensively for several years and became an accredited teacher in 2018.
Dancing, choreographing, and teaching are three elements of equal importance for Nina. In each element, she finds inspiration to develop herself further and share her passion with others.
As a dancer, Nina has performed in the work of choreographers such as Wies Bloemen, Fleur Darkin, Lorenzo Borella, Adriaan Luteijn, Marc Brew.
Currently, she holds a teaching and rehearsal asisting position at the ArtEZ School of Dance and works as a freelance teacher and choreographer in various other places in The Netherlands and abroad. For several years she has been part of the education department of the contemporary ballet company Introdans and worked for them as a freelance teacher and dancer, where she performed in the inclusion work of Adriaan Luteijn for the first time. Since then Nina’s interest in working, making, and dancing with different groups, all kinds of dancers, ages, and cultural backgrounds, with and without disabilities has grown, and is still a big interest in her work.
Contemporary Young Adult
Date: Saturday 14th March 2026
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Location: Belcampo Loft Studio
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Ballet - Young Adults (16-26)
Carmen Rozestraten
CARMEN ROZESTRATEN
Carmen Rozestraten is a founding member of Alonzo King Lines Ballet and danced with the company from 1978-1996. She is a senior faculty member forLines Ballet’s education programs and teaches the company regularly. A native of Amsterdam, she has toured the world as a performer and educator, teaching at major ballet companies such as Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Opera de Lyon
Spain’s Company Nacional de Danza and Scapino. She also guested at Juilliard and Alvin Ailey. She has choreographed for Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Institut del Teatre, Barcelona, the Lines Ballet Training Program, the Lines Ballet Summer Program, and Lines Ballet BFA at Dominican University of California.
Carmen has also made three award winning dance films.
Ballet Young Adults
Date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Time: 09:30 - 11:00
Location: Podium Mozaïek - Studio 1
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Contemporary Young Adults
Date: 29th March 2025
Time: 10:00-11:30
free rehearsal time 11:30-12:30
Location: Belcampo LOFT
​https://cafebelcampo.nl/belcampo-loft/
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Contemporary - Young Adults (16-26)
Merel Lammers
Merel studied at the modern dance department of the Theaterschool Amsterdam from 2006-2010. She danced with Conny Jansen Danst (The Netherlands), Project Sally (The Netherlands) and Scapino Ballet (The Netherlands) before joining the Hofesh Shechter Company (UK) as a fulltime dancer in 2012 until 2019. There she toured internationally and taught numerous classes and workshops of the work of Hofesh Shechter.
She works as a freelance teacher and has taught at GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Skånes, Acadamy of Theatre and Dance Amsterdam, Codarts,the Henny Jurriëns Studio and elsewhere.
Contemporary
Juniors & Young Adults
Faizah Grootens
Grootens' work is characterized by the vulnerability, temperament, infinite, flowing circular movements and polyrhythms that emerge through her Creole body language in Contemporary choreographies.
Born and raised in Curaçao, Faizah graduated from the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten and the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba. As a choreographer, she has worked with Conny Janssen Danst, Battery Dance Company (NY), KIP Republic, Korzo, Holland Dance Festival, Laleget Danza (Mex), Taller Coreográfico Unam (Mex), Herman van Veen Arts Center, ARTEZ school of the arts and the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, among others. Her work has been presented both nationally and internationally at Julidans, CaDance Festival, Kalamata Dance Festival, Oriente Occidente, Chorea International Dance Festival, Amsterdam Museum, Tropenmuseum and in various theaters in Europe, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, New York, Curaçao and Aruba, among others. In 2022 she presented her duet While you're here - Tanten bo t'aki during the Here we live and Now program of Korzo and Nederlands Dans Theater and in 2023 her first full-length production Corpus Criolla premiered in collaboration with KIP Republic. Since the 2024 season she has been a Resident Maker at Korzo.
Grootens is the winner of the Leo Spreksel Award 2023.
​Contemporary Juniors & Young Adults (combined class)
Date: Sunday 15th March 2026
Time: 09:30 - 11:00
Location: Podium Mozaïek - On Stage
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