Artistic Director
Summerschool Den Haag
Director & Pricipal teacher
Studio Simoncini more…
Mirella received her education at the Royal Balletschool of Antwerp, Codarts Rotterdam and the Young Talent Class Nederlands Dans Theater under the supervision of Ivan Kramer.
She has been leading the international private school ‘Studio Simoncini’ since 2002 and in the same year she inititiated Summerschool Den Haag which became the 1st international summer school in her city.
Her collaboration with appreciated personalities in the international ballet scene and the approach regarding small classes and the possibility of creating an individual schedule for each student made Summerschool Den Haag one of Holland’s most appreciated schools for the personal touch in dance training..
Guest Teaching
In 2012 she began as a guest teacher for Britain’s national dance company Rambert (artistic director Mark Baldwin). A year later the company moved into a new building and Mirella was invited to teach the company class for the Open House Event with audiences watching class. Since than she returned many times to Rambert and has been a guest teacher at De Dutch Don’t Dance Division (artistic directors Thom Stuart & Rinus Sprong), SALLY Dansgezelschap Maastricht (artistic directors Ronald Wintjens & Stefan Ernst), Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures (Artistic Director Sir Matthew Bourne) and Studio Wayne McGregor (artistic director Wayne McGregor).
Ballet during COVID-19 CRISIS
As a result of the corona pandemic unprecedented measures were taken in the Netherlands in March 2020. With all schools, buildings and social traffic largely shut down, Mirella was one of the first teachers in the Netherlands to convert the complete schedule at her school into a high quality modified online dance training with the unique feature of direct live contact between teacher and student.
Helping Young Talent to get the most out of themselves
Mirella enjoys supporting the Dutch dance scene making available scholarships for future dancers a.o. The Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam, ArtEZ Dansacademie in Arnhem and international dance competitions.
Find out more about the Guest Teachers at Summerschool Den Haag here…
