After graduating from the Royal Ballet School Antwerp in 2008, Jan began his professional career at the Royal Ballet of Flanders under the direction of Kathryn Bennetts.
In 2012, he joined the Semperoper Ballet Dresden as a Coryphée for 2 years. He has then been First Soloist with the Ballett Zürich in Switzerland for 9 years.
A versatile dancer, he is just as talented in the role of a prince as he is in modern and contemporary pieces. He was invited by the English National Ballet to dance David Dawson’s “Faun(e)”, which he performed at Les Hivernales de la Danse for the very first edition of the Gala in 2012.
In 2019, Jan was awarded “Dancer of the year” by the German TANZ Magazine.
His repertoire spans works by leading international choreographers such as Christian Spuck, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan, George Balanchine, Marcia Haydée, Alexei Ratmansky, Hans van Manen, Marco Goecke, David Dawson, Marcos Morau, Edward Clug, Crystal Pite, the duo Paul Lightfoot / Sol León, Jacopo Godani, Alexander Ekman, Wayne McGregor, Stijn Celis and Craig Davidson, among others.
Alongside his performing career, Jan works as a freelance teacher and choreographic assistant with junior companies, schools, and summer programs across Europe. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in dance pedagogy at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden.
