Cathedral
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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Cathedral
A wondrous journey into tomorrow's world and a search for what makes us human. A revival of the successful production by choreographer Marcos Morau. -
Anima Obscura
Anima Obscura is a sumptuous total artwork that fuses choreography, video performance, animation, holograms, costume design and live music. -
Origin
An absurdist satire and search for hope in dark times. Origin is created by three emerging avant-garde dance makers with a socially critical perspective in their work.
Makers season 24/25
News
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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. -
Filip interviewed by OPEN Rotterdam
For an item on Eastern European migrants settling in Rotterdam, OPEN Rotterdam interviewed and followed our dancer Filip Wagrodzki for a day -
Scapino makes Rotterdam dance on King's Day
This year, the King celebrates his birthday and ten years of kingship in 010. We have the honour of paying tribute to the King and our city with a special dance. -
Nanine Linning new artistic director Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
Dutch choreographer Nanine Linning will be the new artistic director of Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. She succeeds Ed Wubbe who set the artistic course for 30 years -
Ellen Landa wins award Dansersfonds
Dancers' Fund '79's annual Incentive Award is presented to Scapino dancer Ellen Landa.