![]() ![]() Van Dantzig published a biography of the Dutch artist and resistance fighter Willem Arondeus in 2003. An English translation, For a Lost Soldier, was published in 1996. 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, receiving several awards, and a beautiful film, of the same name, was based on it. Van Dantzig's best-known ballets include Four last songs, Monument for a dead boy, Onder mijne voeten and his versions of the full-length classics Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake. For many of his ballets, Van Dantzig collaborated with Toer van Schayk, who designed the sets and costumes. His ballets are often narrative in character with a high degree of social criticism. He created three ballets for Rudolf Nureyev at the legendary Russian dancer's own request. Throughout his career, he created over fifty ballets, which are still regularly performed by companies in the Netherlands and all over the world. In 1971, he was the only one left and he remained sole artistic director of the company until 1991. This was followed by the foundation of the Dutch National Ballet, under the leadership of Gaskell, where Rudi van Dantzig became resident choreographer and in 1965 one of the three artistic directors. ![]() ![]() He choreographed his first work, Nachteiland, for the Nederlands Ballet, a company that had grown from Gaskell's Ballet Recital. REUPLOAD - BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE For a Lost Soldier (Dutch: Voor een Verloren Soldaat) is a 1992 Dutch coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Roeland Kerbosch, based on the autobiographical novel of the same title by ballet dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig. ![]()
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