Rudi van Dantzig

Rudy van Dantzig (1979)

Rudi van Dantzig (4 August 1933 – 19 January 2012) was a Dutch choreographer, ballet dancer and writer. From 1965 until his death he was the artistic co-leader of the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam.[1]

Life

Van Dantzig was born in Amsterdam. After Sonia Gaskell (left in 1969) and his other colleague left the Dutch National Ballet in 1971, he was the only artistic leader until 1991. The book became a great success and received several awards; an English translation, For a Lost Soldier, was published in 1991.

In 1992 a Dutch movie with the same title (English version: For a Lost Soldier) was based on it. Van Dantzig also published a biography of the Dutch artist and resistance fighter Willem Arondeus in 2003.[2]

References

  1. "Rudi van Dantzig". The Daily Telegraph (London). 2 February 2012. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/dance-obituaries/9057493/Rudi-van-Dantzig.html. 
  2. Redactie. "Choreograaf Rudi van Dantzig overleden". Trouw.nl. Retrieved 2012-01-19.

More reading

  • Utrecht, Luuk: Rudi van Dantzig: a controversial idealist in ballet. Zutphen, 1992. ISBN 906011776X

Other websites

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