Jaap Flier

Dutch dancer and choreographer (1934–2022)

Jaap Flier (27 February 1934 – 18 March 2022) was a Dutch dancer and choreographer.^[1]

Life and career

Flier was born in Scheveningen, Netherlands, and studied with Sonia Gaskell. He made his debut as a dancer in 1950 with Ballet Recital and then took a dance position with Netherlands Ballet. He made his debut as choreographer with The Trial in 1955. He also appeared as a dancer in the film Karneval in 1961.

Flier was a founding member of Netherlands Dance Theatre in 1959 and worked as one of its principal dancers. He served as director of the Australian Dance Theatre from 1973 to 1975 and director of the Dance Company (NSW) in Sydney from 1975 to 1976.^[2] He then returned to the Netherlands where he worked teaching dance.

In 1968, he was honored as Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.^[3]

Works

Selected works include:

• Nouvelles aventures (music by Ligeti, 1968)
• Hi-kyo (music by Kazuo Fukushima, 1971)

References

1. "Balletdanser Jaap Flier op 88-jarige leeftijd overleden". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
2. "Dance Company (NSW), The (1965 - 1979)". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Jaap Flier about the movie of musician Barend Schipper and filmmaker Arno Cupédo". Retrieved 25 January 2012.