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Dantzig is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lex van Delden, born Alexander Zwaap was a Dutch composer and the father of actor Lex van Delden.
Nederlands Dans Theater is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Amare building in The Hague. NDT also performs at other venues in the Netherlands, including Amsterdam's Het Muziektheater and Nijmegen's Stadsschouwburg. NDT comprises three dance companies: Nederland Dans Theater I, Nederland Dans Theater II, and Nederland Dans Theater III.
Leopold "Leo" Smit was a Dutch composer, murdered during The Holocaust at the Sobibor extermination camp.
Rudi van Dantzig was a Dutch choreographer, company director, and writer. He was a pivotal figure in the rise to world renown of Dutch ballet in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Hans Arthur Gerard van Manen is a Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer and photographer.
There is great variety in dance in the Netherlands. The traditional dance is the Dutch folk dance; however, this is hardly practiced anymore. Many Dutch practice ballroom dancing, but also tango has a large following.
The Dutch National Ballet is the official and largest ballet company in the Netherlands.
Altin Kaftira is a former danseur with the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He danced with the Ballet from 1995 on, and from 2000 to 2007 was the Ballet's principal dancer, and has danced in almost a dozen George Balanchine ballets. In 2007, he left to pursue a career as a filmmaker. One of his first film assignments was the production and direction of the 75th anniversary gala for Hans van Manen.
Benjamin Feliksdal is a Dutch ballet dancer. He has danced as soloist and principal dancer with Het Nederlandse Ballet 1960, Het Nationale Ballet 1961/1971, and with the Royal Ballet of Flanders 1972/1973.
Rob du Bois was a Dutch composer, pianist, and jurist.
Rudolf Escher was a Dutch composer and music theorist. He left compositions for chamber orchestra and orchestra, vocal and one electronic composition. Escher was also a poet, painter and writer.
Sonia Gaskell was a Lithuanian-Dutch-Jewish dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, ballet and dance director.
Alexandra Mary Theodora (Lex) Radius is a retired Dutch ballerina.
Willem Jeths is a Dutch classical composer.
Bartholomeus Ruloffs was a Dutch conductor and composer.
Anna Tsygankova is a Russian ballet dancer. After terms with the Bolshoi and the Hungarian National Ballet, she joined the Dutch National Ballet in 2008 where she is a principal dancer.
Toer van Schayk is a Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer, scenic and costume designer, painter, and sculptor. Along with Rudi van Dantzig and Hans van Manen, he is one of the creative triumvirate that brought the Dutch National Ballet to international prominence in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Nadia Yanowsky is a Spanish ballet dancer.
Monique Sand is a French ballet dancer, best known for her work as a principal dancer with the Dutch National Ballet from 1971 to 1982.
