Costume designer
After ten years as a free-lance designer for places such as Het National Ballet Amsterdam, Nederlands Dans Theater (1, 2 and 3) and the Dutch Opera Foundation, Joke Visser joined Nederlands Dans Theater officially in 1987. In 1989, she was appointed head of the NDT costume department. From this year onward, Joke Visser worked closely with Kylián and designed and fabricated the costumes for numerous works by him. Her design catalogue includes over 25 costume designs of Jiří Kylián’s choreographies and numerous more with other choreographers. She also supervises and organizes all costume logistics of Kylián works around the world.
