Bregje van Balen

<strong>Bregje van Balen</strong> was a prominent dancer for 18 years with the Netherlands Dance Theatre (NDT) I and II. She received her ballet training at the National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam. While she was dancing, she began a second career as costume designer in 1995, when she created her first costumes for the annual NDT Workshop.

After her dance career, van Balen entered the Baruch Mode Academie to pursue work as a designer. Since then, she has been invited to work for dance companies including NDT 1 and 2, the Norwegian National Ballet, Gothenburg Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, Introdans, Gyori Ballet, Iceland Dance Theatre, Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Bolshoi Theater, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She has worked with choreographers Patrick Delcroix, Jorma Elo, Medhi Walerski, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Kaloyan Boyadjiev, Alexander Ekman, Johan Inger, Jo Strømgren, Lukas Timulak, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Eduardo Zuniga, Garrett Smith, and Ina Christel Johannessen.