Born in Haarlem in the Netherlands , De Jongh became interested in ballet when she was six years old after seeing a performance of '' The Sleeping Beauty '' on television . She trained at the National Ballet Academy of Amsterdam and later at the Royal Ballet School in London . In 1996 , she was appointed as élève at the National Ballet in Amsterdam . In 2003 , she was promoted to First Soloist . In 2014 , the Dutch National Ballet reported that De Jongh was the only dancer currently working with the company who had gone through all the ranks , from aspirant ( 1996 ) to principal ( 2003 ) . De Jongh has danced many leading roles at the National Ballet including those in classical ballets such as '' Romeo and Juliet '' , '' Swan Lake '' , '' Giselle '' , '' The Sleeping Beauty '' and '' The Nutcracker '' . She has also starred in '' La Bayadère '' , in Bournonville 's '' La Sylphide '' and in Balanchine 's '' Agon '' , '' Apollo '' and '' Jewels '' as well as in ballets choreographed by William Forsythe , Ted Brandsen , David Dawson and Wayne Eagling . She also performed in the music video for Anouk 's song '' Birds '' , the official Netherlands entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 . Among De Jongh 's awards are the Arnold Haskell Award ( 1996 ) for promising young dancer , the Encouragement Award Dancers Fund Foundation ( 2002 ) and the Alexandra Radius Prize ( 2002 ) . In 2007 and in 2010 , she was nominated for the Prix Benois de la Danse Her partner was former soloist Mathieu Gremillet with whom she has a son . She is said to be the muse of Hans van Manen
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
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