Hans Snoek
Johanna Rosine Snoek, known as Hans Snoek, (December 29, 1910 – September 27, 2001) was a Dutch dancer, choreographer and ballet director. She founded the . The daughter of Leonard Salomon Snoek and Henderika Gerarda Trina Johanna ten Bruggencate, Snoek was born in Geertruidenberg. She studied dance with Kurt Jooss and Sigurd Leeder. During World War II, she staged performances in secret in support of the Dutch resistance. She founded the Scapino Ballet in 1945 and the affiliated school Scapino Dansschool in 1951. The school later merged with Balletstudio Nel Roos to form the Dutch National Ballet Academy. She retired  as ballet director for Scapino in 1970. She choreographed a number of ballets including: Snoek also founded Assitej Netherlands and the youth theatre . In 1960, she was named an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. Snoek was married twice: first to Nicolaas Wijnberg, a dancer, in 1939 and then, in 1951, to television director . In 2001, she died in Amsterdam at the age of 90. The Hans Snoek Award was established by the Dutch Association of Theatre Directors.