The 16-year-old Myrthe Jenniskens from Gennep is training during the week at the ArtEZ school in Venlo and during the weekend she travels to The Hague to follow class at Studio Simoncini.
“My future dream is Introdans” says Myrthe. When she was a little girl she saw Introdans on stage, this is what inspired her to audition at the ArtEZ school. “Last week I was staying with Introdans for a whole day, seeing rehearsals and class!”
Mythe says cheerfully “The rehearsals were exactly as I imagined. And I met the dancers, it was fantastic”.
In between the dancing, Myrthe works hard on her school exams and when she has time left she goes sailing. ′′I’m not hanging around in a boat′′ Myrthe explains. “I do sports sailing and that has many similarities with ballet. The discipline is a must. You must know exactly what you are doing. And it’s quite physical. I’m in a small boat so, when there is a strong wind and the sail comes over, you immediately have to bend and jump from side to side. You need strong abdominal muscles and you have to stay active continuously”.
When doing ballet Myrthe has the same energy, discipline and a lot of passion. She travels back and forth from Gennep to The Hague for almost two hours every weekend to follow Sundayclass. In addition she regularly takes Coaching with Mirella Simoncini. “Since I follow coaching I am working more consciously. Last time we have been looking at the use of muscles for several classical movements and more specifically where the movements exactly are coming from. Coaching very intensive but I love it.
For the following season Myrthe was accepted at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.
