Douwe Dekkers
After Dutchman Douwe Dekkers joined the Norwegian National Ballet in 2011, he has danced roles such as Lensky in Cranko’s Onegin, the Prince in Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, Benvolio in Corder’s Romeo and Juliet, Don José in Scarlett's Carmen, Basilio in Don Quixote, Des Grieux in MacMillan’s Manon and Count Vronsky in Spuck’s Anna Karenina. He was appointed Principal Dancer in 2017, after his role as Don José.
«In Sleight of Hand, Maiko Nishino and Douwe Dekkers prove themselves as almost otherwordly dancers,» wrote the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen about their acchievement in A Night of Dance with León and Lightfoot in 2016.
Dekkers has also danced prominent parts in Giselle, Scarlett’s Firebird and Vespertine, Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Agon, Allegro Brillante and Theme and Variations, Tetley's The Rite of Spring, Ekman's Cacti and in Kylián’s Petite Mort, Sarabande, Sechs Tänze and Sweet Dreams. In 2020, he danced the Norwegian premiere of McGregor’s Chroma and in the new creations Gomennasai (Øyen) and C aura (Lynch).
Dekkers studied at The Royal Conservatoire in The Hague in his home country, and at the Royal Ballet School in London, where he graduated in spring 2011. His collaboration with Samantha Lynch has, among other works, resulted in the duet for: jake, which in 2019 was selected for Royal Ballet's international platform for emerging choreographers, International Draft Works.
Douwe Dekkers / Photo: Erik Berg
Performances
Selection of previous acts
- 1. pas de deux in MATS EK: She Was Black + A Sort Of
- 2. pas de deux in MATS EK: She Was Black + A Sort Of
- Alan Lucien Øyen in A Night of Dance x 12
- Allegro Brillante in Lyset på Nasjonalballetten
- Bolero in Faun/Boléro/Canvas
- Bronseidol in La Bayadère
- Cacti Soli Par in Ekman / Haagenrud / Kylián
- Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty
- Chroma in A Night of Dance x 12
- Eilert Løvborg in Hedda Gabler
- Flight Pattern Duet in Crystal Pite
- Gods & Dogs in A Night of Dance x 12
- Gods and Dogs in Ekman / Haagenrud / Kylián
- Hilarion in Giselle
- Hovedpar in Balanchine: Jewels
- Knot A Duet in Portner/Kylian/Balanchine
- Lenskij in Onegin
- Levin in Anna Karenina
- Medvirkende in Alan Lucien Øyen: Nothing Personal
- Menn in MATS EK
- Menn in MATS EK …
- Menn in Stigma
- Nøtteknekkerprinsen in The Nutcracker
- Nøtteknekkerprinsen in The Nutcracker
- Par in Klassisk Mesteraften: Swan Lake Act 2, Raymonda Suite, New Work
- Passage Duet 2 in Crystal Pite
- Polonius in The Hamlet Complex Redux
- Polonius in The Hamlet Complex Redux
- Prinsen in Cinderella
- Red in Portner/Kylian/Balanchine
- Resonance in Baroque Movement
- Roger in Diamonds: León & Lightfoot/Balanchine
- Symfoni i C - 3. sats in An Evening with the Masters: White Nights
- Symfoni i C - 4. sats in An Evening with the Masters: White Nights
- Vespertine in Baroque Movement
- Voluntaries Pas de trois in A Night of Dance x 12
- Vronskij in Anna Karenina
- Wall in Portner/Kylian/Balanchine
- Yellow in Portner/Kylian/Balanchine