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Rudi van Dantzig


Born
in Amsterdam, Netherlands
August 04, 1933

Died
January 19, 2012

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Rudi van Dantzig (Amsterdam, 4 August 1933 - 19 January 2012), was a Dutch choreographer, ballet dancer and writer. Since 1965 he was co-artistic leader of Het Nationale Ballet (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). After Sonia Gaskell (left in 1969) and his other colleague left in 1971, he was the only artistic leader, till 1991.

In 1986 he wrote an autobiographical novel, Voor een verloren soldaat, about his love affair while a young boy with a Canadian soldier, which became a great success. It was awarded several times and a film was made of it. An English translation, For a Lost Soldier, was published in 1996. Van Dantzig published a biography of the Dutch artist and resistance fighter Willem Arondeus in 2003.

Van Dantzig died in 2012, aged 78 fro
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For a Lost Soldier

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Remembering Nureyev: The Tr...

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Herinneringen aan Sonia Gas...

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Afgrond

3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
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Het leven van Willem Arondé...

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De bruid staat rechts van u

3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1997
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Life Behind the Metaphor: R...

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Toen gij naakt en bloot waart

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Olga de Haas: Een herinnering

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Een eeuwig opnieuw beginnen

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“Are you alive, do you still exist?”
Rudi van Dantzig, For a Lost Soldier

“W isn't Wilhelmina: it stand for Walt! It's a sign specially for me ...”
Rudi van Dantzig, For a Lost Soldier