Song of the dark forest
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
Scapino lives dance, breathes dance, is dance. But when the company began, it didn’t set out with the aim of creating and performing dance.
Scapino was founded in 1945 by Hans Snoek. She (yes, Hans was a woman) dreamt of ‘bringing colour back to the cheeks of children after the war.’ And it’s because of her belief in the power of dance to make that happen, that Scapino came to be. The drive to bring change through dance – to bring joy, life, colour – still moves us today.
Productions
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Pinocchio Effect
Dance, theatre, live video and blunt performances in a family production for everyone between the ages of 10 and 110. -
Origin
For Origin, Ed Wubbe brings two extraordinary, international choreographers to The Netherlands: Gong Xingxing and Lior Tavori. -
Song of the dark forest
A moving, compelling and comforting performance, performed by the complete group of dancers of Scapino, an opera singer and live music by the DoelenEnsemble. -
HERFST
A hopeful ritual for an approaching end in this co-production HERFST created by Ryan Djojokarso. -
Oscar
A tribute to Oscar Carré with dance, theatre, circus and live music by Blaudzun. With Oscar, artistic director Ed Wubbe bids farewell to Scapino after 30 years.
News
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Success show Oscar returns in 2024
With this new series, artistic director Ed Wubbe bids farewell to Scapino after 30 years. -
After 25 years with Scapino Mischa van Leeuwen is quitting
He is best known to the general public for his character roles in productions such as TING! and OSCAR. Mischa van Leeuwen, Scapino's best-known dancer, is quitting after 25 years with the company where he started in 1998. -
Auditions season 2024/2025
You can now apply for the upcoming auditions for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. -
Personal portraits of our dancers
Get to know the dancers of Scapino Ballet Rotterdam better with a new video series. -
25 years of Scapino for Mischa
Mischa van Leeuwen celebrates his anniversary. -
Bonnie at De Nieuws BV
What would you put in a time capsule? What is so improbably important that it should be preserved for the next generation? That's what De Nieuws BV on NPO Radio 1 today asked former dancer Bonnie Doets, who retired this year after 30 years as a dancer with Scapino Ballet. -
DigitALL support for digital Dance Archive
Together with Conny Janssen Danst and Dansateliers, we are joining forces to open up our archives to the public. Thanks to the grant from culture desk DigitALL, we can now get to work on this! -
Joint class 2023
The moment that is now invariably circled in red in our diaries: every year, Scapino dancers & crew members join a Move Well class by Annemarie Labinjo in our dance studios, together with her 1stmove dancers. -
Treasurer Brandy Sanmoeradi
Who takes care of the Scapino-archive? For their new item in which they interview archivists from cultural institutions, podiumkunst.net sat down with our 'treasurer' Brandy.