Program Books/Annika Verplancke
Annika Verplancke, a woman with olive skin and long, dark, wavy hair, smiles slightly into the camera

Annika Verplancke

dancer

Annika Verplancke (Belgium) was born in 2000 in Brussels, Belgium and is half American with Filipino roots. She studied at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in France from 2016 until 2018. In 2018, Verplancke was a guest dancer with Nuremberg Opera House in Germany before attending the Juilliard School from August 2018 until May 2019. In August 2019, she joined Nederland’s Dans Theater 2, 
where she was involved in numerous new creations, performances, and international tours for three years. She joined the Batsheva Ensemble in 2022 and Batsheva Dance Company in 2024.