Education:

Igone de Jongh began her dance training with Ballet Studio Kennemerland. She continued her training, from 1988, with the Nationale Balletacademie, and in 1995, she went to The Royal Ballet School in London, graduating in 1996. In 1995, she was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne, and during her training in London she won the Arnold Haskell Award.

Career:

She joined the corps de ballet of Het Nationale Ballet in the 1996-1997 season, and was rapidly promoted to the rank of principal dancer (1999; coryphee, 2000; grand sujet, 2002; second soloist, 2003; principal dancer).

Prizes:

In October 2002, Igone received the Incentive Prize 2002 (Dansersfonds '79)

She also won the 2001/2002 Alexandra Radius prize.

Was twice nominated and invited to the Benois de la danse

The leading role in full evening productions:

Romeo and Juliet (Van Dantzig),Giselle (version by Wright), Swan Lake (version by Van Dantzig), Cinderella (Sir F. Ashton), Nutcracker and Mouseking (Eagling and Van Schayk), The Sleeping Beauty (version by Wright), Les Sylphides ( Fokine), La Sylphide (Bournonville), Bayadere (Makarova)...

From G.Balanchine : Agon, Apollon, Jewels, Kammermusik n2, 4 Temperaments, Violin Concerto, Symphony in 3rd Movement, Symphony In C, Concerto Barocco, Duo Concertant, Who Cares, La Valse, Brahms Schoenberg Quartet ...

2nd Detail, Approximate Sonata,Step Text (W.Forsythe), Continum (Wheeldon), Live, Six Piano Pieces, 3 Pieces For Het, 5 Tangos, F.Bridge Variations, Metaforen (H.Van Manen), Carmen, Light Journey, Stealing Time, Body, 4 Sections (T.Brandsen), Duet, Ruines Of Time, Sacre Du Printemps (W.eagling), Millions Kisses To My Skin, Grey Area, 00:00 (D Dawson), D.Giovanni, In Light And Shadow (K.Pastor)...