Dutch dancer, choreographer, writer and artistic director Rudi van Dantzig died last week at the age of 78.
Van Dantzig started dancing late but then became very succesfull as dancer and later as choreographer of some 50 still performed ballets. One of his best known ballets is 'Monument for a deceased boy'. For Rudolph Nureyev he created three ballets. Together with Hans van Maanen and Toer van Schayk he was responsible for the remarkable quality of Dutch modern ballet.