Joke Visser

Biography

After working for ten years as a free-lance designer for places such as the Dutch National Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater and the Dutch Opera Foundation, Joke Visser o cially joined the NDT in 1987. In 1989, she was appointed head of the NDT costume department. Since that time, she has designed and created the costumes for almost all Kylián productions. She has worked on Kylián’s productions Bella Figura (NDT 1, 1995), Wings of Wax (NDT 1, 1997), A Way A Lone (NDT 3, 1998), One of a Kind (NDT 1, 1998), Indigo Rose (NDT 2, 1998), Half Past (NDT 1, 1999), Doux Mensonges (Opéra de Paris, 1999), Arcimboldo 2000 (NDT 1, NDT 2, NDT 3, 2000), Click-Pause-Silence (NDT 1, 2001), Birth-day (NDT 3, 2001), 27’52” (NDT 2, 2002), Claude Pascal (NDT 1, 2002), When Time

takes Time (NDT 3, 2002), Far too close (NDT 3, 2003), Last Touch (NDT 1, 2003), Sleepless (NDT 2, 2004), Toss of a Dice (NDT 1, 2005), Chapeau (NDT 2, 2005), Tar and Feathers (NDT 1, 2006), Vanishing Twin (NDT 1, 2008), Gods and Dogs (NDT 2, 2008) and Mémoires d’oubliettes (NDT 1, 2009). In addition to collaborating with other choreographers, she has also supervised and organised the making of the costumes for Kylián works around the world.