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Rudi van Dantzig (born August 4, 1933 in Amsterdam ; † January 19, 2012 ) was a Dutch dancer , choreographer and writer.
Rudi van Dantzig, who was heavily inspired by the work of Martha Graham , made his debut in 1952 with the Nederlands Ballet, which later became the Dutch National Ballet ( Het Nationale Ballet ). From 1965 he became co-director, u. a. together with Hans van Manen . From 1971 to 1991 it was the sole head of the National Ballet Company of the Netherlands.
Dantzig is the author of several books, including a 1986 autobiography entitled Voor een Verloren Soldaat ( For a Lost Soldier ), for which he was awarded the Golden Dog-Ear in 1987 and which was made into a film in 1992.
Ballets
- 1955: Night Island
- 1958: The Family Circle
- 1961: Jungle
- 1965: Monument for a Dead Boy
- 1968: Moments
- 1970: On the Way
- 1971: Colored Birds
- 1973: Here Rests: A Summer Day
- 1973–1977: Four Last Songs
- 1979: Life
- 1981: Under my Feet
- 1983: No Man's Land
- 1987: Sans armes, Citoyens!
- 1990: Archangels Butcher the Heavens Red
Awards
- 1969 Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- 1982 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1985 Sonia Gaskell Award
- 1991 Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- 2002 Prix Benois de la Dance , for his life's work
Works
- The lost soldier , German by Helga van Beuningen, Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1988, ISBN 3-499-18239-4 , new edition 1994, ISBN 3-499-13389-X
- For a lost soldier , translated from the Dutch by Arnold J. Pomerans, Swaffham: Gay Men's Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-85449-237-4
- Remembering Nureyev - the trail of a comet , translated from the Dutch by Katie de Haan, Gainesville, Fla. [u. a.]: Univ. Press of Florida, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8130-3209-2
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudi van Dantzig in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rudi van Dantzig in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudi van Dantzig. Choreographer. In: operaballett.nl. “Het Nationale Ballet” of the Netherlands (Dutch National Ballet), accessed on May 14, 2020 (English).
- ^ Prix de Benois History (2002) ( Memento of March 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dantzig, Rudi van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch dancer, choreographer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 2012 |