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Mirella Simoncini is a ballet dancer, journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

and dance teacher.

Simoncini was born in The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

, Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

where she received her first ballet

Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...

training at the private school of her mother: Mabel Alter (former-dancer at the Nederlands Dans Theatre

Nederlands Dans Theatre

Nederlands Dans Theater is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague...

). At age 12 she was invited by balletmaster Ivan Kramar to join the vocational dance department of the Nederlands Dans Theater with teachers a.o. Benjamin Harkarvy

Benjamin Harkarvy

Benjamin Harkarvy was an American dance teacher, choreographer, and artistic director...

, Sonia Marchiolli and Phillip Taylor. She later studied in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

with Piotr Nardelli and at the Royal Ballet School in Antwerp.

She had a chance for a temporary career in radio and television. An injury

Injury

-By cause:*Traumatic injury, a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident*Other injuries from external physical causes, such as radiation injury, burn injury or frostbite*Injury from infection...

made her decide to stop dancing full-time. She did not dance for quite a few years and developed an interest in journalism

Journalism

Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

. Her first job was with the Dutch radio as a voice for 3FM

3FM

3FM is a Dutch radio station on the NPO which broadcasts popular music. It can be compared with BBC Radio 1.-History:3FM was created as Hilversum 3 by minister Maarten Vrolijk on 11 October 1965, to counterbalance the popular offshore station Radio Veronica...

DJ :nl:Frits Spits and the programme De Avondspits. She became DJ for Radio 538

Radio 538

Radio 538 is a Dutch commercial radio station aimed at young people. It has a broad format which includes Top 40, dance, R&B and recent hits...

with the Green Report and reading Popmusic news for Erik de Zwart

Erik de Zwart

Erik de Zwart is a Dutch radio and television maker, former D.J., former Music Box, The Music Factory and MTV V.J...

. Switched to the public channel as she got her own rock and metal show called 'Bad Grrrl' at 3FM

3FM

for the Dutch broadcasting foundation Nederlandse Programma Stichting

Nederlandse Programma Stichting

NTR is a Dutch public-service broadcaster. It supplies television and radio programming of an educational and cultural nature to the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system....

. She remained working for public broadcast companies for a while, with several radio and TV programmes including PARADISOlife live from Paradiso (Amsterdam)

Paradiso (Amsterdam)

Paradiso is an iconic rock music venue and cultural center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.-History:It is housed in a converted former church building that dates from the nineteenth century and that was used until 1965 as the meeting hall for a liberal Dutch religious group known as the "Vrije...

, listen to an interview by Mirella Simoncini with Candy Dulfer

Candy Dulfer

Candy Dulfer is a Dutch smooth jazz alto saxophonist who began playing at the age of six. She founded her band, Funky Stuff, when she was fourteen years old. Her debut album Saxuality received a Grammy Award nomination. Dulfer has released nine studio albums, two live albums, and one compilation...

here: NPS Output. She made radio documentaries for Radio 5 (Netherlands)

Radio 5 (Netherlands)

Radio 5 is a Dutch public-service network radio station operated by NPO. On weekdays between 06:00 and 19:00 it aims to broadcast an accessible mix of easy listening music, short interviews, and listener participation , together with brief news summaries and other public information items, to a...

(RVU, NPS) to find her way back to the professional dance/ballet

Ballet

scene, as she was making documentaries about dance and working for the Holland Dance Festival doing interviews in front of a live audience.

After leaving the radio and television scene, she became a balletteacher, a.o. for Danshuis Station Zuid and Danstraining Brabant, which is initiated by Productiehuis Brabant and organises daily professional dance classes. She also became the director of a well known private balletschool in The Hague

The Hague

.

Since 2003 she is artistic director

Artistic director

An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...

for Summerschool Den Haag, which is the first international Summerschool in the Dutch city of the Hague. The programme is offering repertory workshops by prominent dancers and rehearsal directors, teaching works by a.o. Itzik Galili

Itzik Galili

The Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili moved to the Netherlands in 1991 where he founded his own company. The Dutch Ministry of Culture nominated him in 1997 as Artistic Director of a new company with public funding, NND/Galili Dance based in Groningen...

, Mats Ek

Mats Ek

Mats Ek is a leading Swedish dance and ballet choreographer, dancer and stage director. He was the manager of the Cullberg Ballet from 1985 to 1993....

and Ton Simons.
And each year the Summerschool is collaborating with appreciated personalities in the international ballet scene. Guestteachers have been coming from a.o. the Nederlands Dans Theatre

Nederlands Dans Theatre

Nederlands Dans Theater is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague...

: Brigitte Martin, Fernando Hernando Magadan and Natalia Horecna. The Dutch National Ballet

Dutch National Ballet

Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many...

: Charlotte Chappelier and Tamás Nagy. the Royal Conservatory of The Hague

Royal Conservatory of The Hague

The Royal Conservatory of The Hague is a conservatorium of music, providing higher education in music and dance, it is located in The Hague, Netherlands.-The Conservatory:...

: Monique Sand and Shirley Essenboom. Scapino Ballet Rotterdam : Keith-Derrick Randolph. Dance Works Rotterdam: Sara Erens. Cullberg Ballet

Cullberg Ballet

The Cullberg Ballet is a Swedish contemporary dance company.It was founded by the modern dancer and pioneer choreographer Birgit Cullberg in 1967, who brought it to fame...

: Lisa Drake. And Béjart Ballet

Béjart Ballet

The Béjart Ballet Lausanne is a Swiss ballet company. It is based in the city of Lausanne, but tours other countries.The Béjart Ballet Lausanne was founded in 1987. It was established by Maurice Béjart, a well-known choreographer who had previously founded and managed the "Ballet du XXe Siècle" in...

: Yannick Boquin.

She has been committed to the Inspiration Project collaborating with Keith-Derrick Randolph (Scapino Ballet Rotterdam) and Maurice Causey (William Forsythe (dancer)

William Forsythe (dancer)

William Forsythe is an American dancer and choreographer resident in Frankfurt am Main in Hessen. He is known internationally for his work with the Ballett Frankfurt and The Forsythe Company...

and Netherlands Dans Theatre). Young dancers for this project came from different vocational dance schools including the Royal Conservatory of The Hague

Royal Conservatory of The Hague

The Royal Conservatory of The Hague is a conservatorium of music, providing higher education in music and dance, it is located in The Hague, Netherlands.-The Conservatory:...

, AHK

Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten

The Amsterdam School of the Arts is a Dutch vocational university of arts located in Amsterdam.The university consists of:* Academy of Fine Art in Education* Academy of Architecture* Conservatorium van Amsterdam - a music academy...

Nationale Ballet Academie Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

and Codarts/Dance Academy in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

. The project received support by KORZO and the Nederlands Dans Theatre

Nederlands Dans Theatre

Nederlands Dans Theater is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague...

who offered rehearsal space. By the end of 2005 the Inspiration Project was invited by the RVD to produce a performance for the Dutch Queen Beatrix and her family. Simoncini created a special version of the Coppélia
Coppélia
Coppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes. It was based upon two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann , and Die Puppe...

Spanish solo performed by dancer Charlotte v/d Reek (choreography by: Simoncini) after Marius Petipa

Marius Petipa

Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet that has ever lived....

. The performance was broadcasted live by the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting , English: Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation, is one of the broadcasters in the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system...

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