"Some of the strike leaders were arrested and imprisoned for hindering the war effort. As the command center of the French military and the French economy, Paris was a priority target for German espionage. The most famous spy was a Dutch citizen named Margarethe Zelle, better known as Mata Hari. Born in the Netherlands, she moved to Paris in 1903 and became first a circus horseback rider, then an exotic dancer, then a courtesan as the mistress of a prominent Lyon industrialist, Émile Étienne Guimet, the founder of the Musée Guimet of Asian art in Paris. When the war began,"
"glamour, seduction, and moral turpitude is Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, 1876–1917. While working as an exotic dancer, she took the stage name Mata Hari. Although she may have been innocent, she was accused of German espionage and was put to death by a French firing squad. After her death she became the subject of many sensational films and books. Other considerably famous ""femmes fatales"" are Isabella of France, Hedda Gabler of Kristiania (now Oslo), Marie Antoinette of Austria, and, most famously, Lucrezia Borgia. One traditional view portrays the femme fatale as a sexual vampire; her charms leech the virility and independence"
"May 1898 – 10 August 1919). The marriage was an overall disappointment. MacLeod was an alcoholic and regularly beat his wife, who was twenty years younger and whom he blamed for his lack of promotion. He also openly kept a concubine, a socially accepted practice in the Dutch East Indies at that time. The disenchanted Zelle abandoned him temporarily, moving in with Van Rheedes, another Dutch officer. She studied the Indonesian traditions intensively for several months and joined a local dance company during that time. In correspondence to her relatives in the Netherlands in 1897, she revealed her artistic name"
"no children. The family fell apart, and Margaretha moved to live with her godfather, Mr. Visser, in Sneek. Subsequently, she studied to be a kindergarten teacher in Leiden, but when the headmaster began to flirt with her conspicuously, she was removed from the institution by her offended godfather. A few months later, she fled to her uncle's home in The Hague. At 18, Zelle answered an advertisement in a Dutch newspaper placed by Dutch Colonial Army Captain Rudolf MacLeod (1 March 18569 January 1928), who was living in what was then the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and was looking"
"Greetje Donker Maria Margaretha ""Greetje"" Donker (December 13, 1906 – February 3, 1993) was a Dutch dancer. She was born in Amsterdam. She was associated with Florrie Rodrigo in the group Les Quatres Femmes Rodrigo. She also performed with Ballet der Lage Landen. She provided the choreography and costume design for ""Modeshow"" by the Scapino Ballet. Donker was a member of the editorial staff for ""De Vonk"", an underground socialist newspaper published during World War II. During the German occupation of the Netherlands, she hid Jews in her home and found shelter for others. In 1986, Donker was named Righteous"
"Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. Donker died in Amsterdam at the age of 86. Greetje Donker Maria Margaretha ""Greetje"" Donker (December 13, 1906 – February 3, 1993) was a Dutch dancer. She was born in Amsterdam. She was associated with Florrie Rodrigo in the group Les Quatres Femmes Rodrigo. She also performed with Ballet der Lage Landen. She provided the choreography and costume design for ""Modeshow"" by the Scapino Ballet. Donker was a member of the editorial staff for ""De Vonk"", an underground socialist newspaper published during World War II. During the German occupation"
"Zane in the 1980s. In 1961 Hoving started his own dance company which toured throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Among the best known works he created for the company is ""Icarus,"" which has been revived by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Jooss Company among others. He also choreographed for companies including Bat-Dor of Israel, Kulberg Balletten of Sweden, Grand Ballet Canadiennes of Canada, Ballet Nacional of Mexico, and the Ailey company. In 1971 Hoving was invited by the Dutch government to return to the Netherlands. There he assumed the position of Director of the Rotterdam Dansacademie,"
"Larsen. In a Royal Ballet career lasting over fifty years, Larsen made her final appearance at Covent Garden in arguably her best-known role, that of Berthe, mother of the eponymous heroine in Giselle, on her seventy-fifth birthday. Larsen was married to the British dancer Harold Turner from 1944 until his death in 1962. They had one child together, a daughter, Solveig, in 1952. She died in London in her 80th year. Gerd Larsen Gerd Larsen born Gerd Elly (19 February 1921 – 4 October 2001) was a Norwegian ballerina who performed frequently with England's Royal Ballet, in a career lasting"
"her stage name Pétro, on the Dutch Dada tour. During these evenings she played music by Satie and Rieti. After this tour, she played compositions by Arthur Honegger, Daniël Ruyneman, Francis Poulenc, Josef Hauer and Egon Wellesz during a 'Modern Soirée' on 12 March at the Lily Green dance school in The Hague. The Taste of Style Art by the composer Jacob van Domselaer also featured in her repertoire. In addition, under the pseudonym Cupera she made a number of paintings, in which influences from De Stijl can be recognized. In Paris she enjoyed some fame as a dancer as"
"Pier. The Mata Hari hall is dedicated to the life of the dancer and spy, who was born in 1876 in Leeuwarden as Margaretha Zelle. The museum has the largest collection of works by the local late 16th century portrait painter Adriaen van Cronenburg. The collection contains paintings by notable painters such as Wigerus Vitringa, Wybrand de Geest, Eelke Jelles Eelkema, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Gerrit Benner and Jan Mankes. Fries Museum The Fries Museum is a museum in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. The museum was founded on 13 April 1881 by the """"Provincial Friesch Genootschap ter Beoefening van Friesche Geschied-, Oudheid- en"
"the music and the dancing continued! Taught latin dance by the leading experts of the day, Monsieur Pierre (Pierre Zurcher-Margolle) and Doris Lavelle, Gwenethe and her partner Dimitri Petrides won the first Latin dance competitions. Gwenethe went on to become a key member of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. In particular, she helped to develop the technique of latin dancing and the framework for its teaching and competition assessment. Gwenethe Walshe Gwenethe Walshe (5 February 1908 – 22 January 2006) was a leading British Latin and ballroom dancer. Born in Wanganui, New Zealand, she lived most of her"
"Mathilde Santing Mathilde Santing (born Mathilde Eleveld, 24 October 1958) is a Dutch singer. Santing was born in Amstelveen, Netherlands. She started receiving national attention in 1981 after she appeared in a Dutch television program called ""Sonja Op Maandag"" hosted by Sonja Barend. Over the next 25 years, she released a steady stream of albums, making her a fixture in the Dutch music scene. In the 2006/2007 theatre season, she appeared in the role of Glinda in Joop van den Ende's production of the musical ""The Wiz"". In November 2012, she collaborated with Todd Rundgren and the Dutch Metropole Orchestra."
"Digital, Paul van Dyk's label. Dazzle has played at several major events such as Trance Energy, Dance Valley, Dancetour, Gigadance, Extrema Outdoor, Rockit Open Air, Frequence Outdoor and Impulz. As of August 2009 he has played solo five times on his own truck at the FFWD Dance Parade in Rotterdam, and in 2006 and 2007 he also mixed the official album for the parade. He has played in countries all over the world, including Israel, Norway, Russia, Spain, Poland, Mexico, Greece and the US. DJ Dazzle DJ Dazzle (born Martijn Wittenbols on 25 January 1977) is a Dutch electronic dance"
"Aarle-Rixtel. They have four children. Ans van Gerwen Anna Maria ""Ans"" van Gerwen (born 17 January 1951) is a former artistic gymnast from the Netherlands who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events. Her best achievements were 9th and 19th place in the team and individual all-around events in 1972, which was the best performance among West European female gymnasts at those games. She has a degree in physiotherapy. After marrying Cor Smulders, a fellow artistic gymnast, she changed her last name from van Gerwen to Smulders. They worked as gymnastic coaches and till"
"in the local newspapers in Spain"". Wheelwright went on to describe Zelle as ""... an independent woman, a divorcee, a citizen of a neutral country, a courtesan and a dancer, which made her a perfect scapegoat for the French, who were then losing the war. She was kind of held up as an example of what might happen if your morals were too loose”. Zelle wrote several letters to the Dutch Ambassador in Paris, claiming her innocence. ""My international connections are due of my work as a dancer, nothing else ... Because I really did not spy, it is terrible"
"against Anita Bryant and her anti-gay movement, and the Zangeres Zonder Naam performed her own song ""Luister Anita"" (""Anita, listen to me""), in which she compared Bryant with Hitler. Zangeres Zonder Naam Maria (Mary) Servaes-Beij (; Leiden, 5 August 1919 – Horn, Netherlands, 23 October 1998) was a Dutch levenslied singer. She performed under the stage name Zangeres Zonder Naam (English: Singer without a name). She recorded almost 600 songs over the course of her career. Servaes-Beij cared about the poor and disadvantaged, and often performed in prisons and hospitals. She was regularly in direct contact with her public, and"
"Corrie Hartong Hendrine Cornelia (Corrie) Hartong (23 February 1906 – 9 August 1991) was a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer in the Netherlands. Hendrine Cornelia Hartong was born in Rotterdam on 23 February 1906. She studied modern dance with Mary Wigman in Dresden. Mary Wigman's ""Ausdruckstanz"" expressionist modern dance style inspired Corrie Hartong and others to start their own dance schools and to develop performances themselves. Between 1928 and 1931 she taught in Chemnitz and Magdeburg. She then returned to Rotterdam to teach. In 1931 Hartong set up the Rotterdam School of Dance along with the German dancer and teacher"
"Martine van Hamel Martine van Hamel (born 16 November 1945) is a Dutch choreographer, director, teacher, retired ballerina and former Principal dancer at the National Ballet of Canada and American Ballet Theatre (ABT). She was a gold medalist at the biennial Varna International Ballet Competition, the most prestigious ballet competition in the world, held in Varna, Bulgaria. She is also a recipient of the Prix de Varna, a recognition rarely awarded, for best artistic interpretation in all categories. She was one of the leading classical ballerinas in America. Van Hamel studied classical ballet in Denmark, the Netherlands, Indonesia, and Venezuela."
"Zentveld & Oomen The Dutch DJs, Hugo Zentveld (a.k.a. DJ Renegade) and Aldwin Oomen, are behind a number of dance production projects, including Angel City, Boombastic, and Nightbreed. Angel City is a dance project by Zentveld and Oomen, led by British recording artist Lara McAllen. The majority of their songs are dance covers. The group were signed to Ministry of Sound record labels Boss Records and Data Records. Their hit ""Do You Know (I Go Crazy)"" sampled the instrumental track ""Children"" by Robert Miles, as well as the lyrics from ""Do You Know"" by Michelle Gayle. It was their biggest"
"Teddy Scholten Dorothea Margaretha ""Teddy"" Scholten (born van Zwieteren; 11 May 1926 – 8 April 2010) was a Dutch singer from Rijswijk, close to The Hague, Netherlands. In 1950, she was invited by The Coca-Cola Company to perform at a show in the United States. She was one of the first Dutch popular music artists to perform in the United States. In 1959, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 for the Netherlands singing """"'n Beetje"""" (A little bit), with music composed by Dick Schallies and lyrics by Willy van Hemert. With her husband, Henk Scholten, she recorded several albums,"
"repertory and dynamic new collaborations with internationally renowned artists. Works by or under the artistic direction of André Gingras: Dance Works Rotterdam/André Gingras Dance Works Rotterdam/André Gingras (dwrotterdam on social media) is one of the oldest dance companies in the Netherlands, founded in 1975 as Werkcentrum Dans. The company was founded by choreographer Käthy Gosschalk as Werkcentrum Dans. At that time, the company was mainly a centre for dance education and workshops. In 1988 Gosschalk changed the name to De Rotterdamse Dansgroep (The Rotterdam Dance Company). Gosschalk directed the company for almost 25 years, working with several acclaimed Dutch and"
"Madame Therese Madame Therese (floruit 1706-1729), was the professional name of a famous Dutch brothel keeper. She operated one of the largest and most famous brothels of her time in Amsterdam, with a reputed international list of powerful clients, and was often caricatured in the press. She is confirmed as active from 1706 until 1729. Few details of Therese's own background are known, but she is believed to have been from the Southern Netherlands and to have been a prostitute herself before becoming a procurer and the manager of a brothel. Her business as a madam is first formally documented"
"Nederlands Dans Theater Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT; literal translation Dutch Dance Theatre) is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague. In addition to the Lucent Danstheater, NDT performs at other venues in the Netherlands, including Amsterdam's Het Muziektheater and Nijmegen's Stadsschouwburg. NDT was founded in 1959 by Benjamin Harkarvy, Aart Verstegen and Carel Birnie together with a group of 18 members of the Dutch National Ballet (which was directed by Sonia Gaskell). Their intention was to break away from the more traditionally oriented Dutch National Ballet (Het Nederlands Ballet). NDT focused onto"
"Alana Dante Alana Dante (real name Christel Hoogewijs, born 1 December 1969) is a Belgium-born singer. Early in her life she went to a music academy to study violin and receive singing lessons. She would perform regularly at karaoke bars and clubs in Belgium before professional success. Alana started her professional career in 1997 with a dance version of Céline Dion's song ""Think Twice"". Her big breakthrough was with her 1998 hit ""Take me for a ride"". Her next single ""The Life of the Party"" became an even bigger hit. In 1999 Dante won the third semifinal of the Belgian"
"kept being asked ""where Frau Antje was"", the chief of the NZB decided there was commercial potential in the idea. He hired Kitty Janssen to be the first Frau Antje (1961), dressed in a supposedly traditional Dutch costume and wearing wooden shoes. Frau Antje's costume, which was designed specifically for her, does not represent any specific traditional Dutch costume, though the ""wings"" on the headdress are reminiscent of the traditional costume of Volendam: since Volendam is a well-known tourist destination, it can be said to represent ""Dutchness"" ""pars pro toto"". The name Antje was chosen (or retained) since it appears"
"movement in Germany that was prevalent at the time. However, in 1924, due to growing anti-Semitism in Germany, she returned to Amsterdam, where she taught dance during the day and performed in the evenings. In 1926, she became involved with the social democratic Instituut voor Arbeiders-Ontwikkeling. Her 1933 performance of ""Three Jewish Group Dances"" was the first time that she had incorporated her Jewish identity into her art. In the same year, she joined the Communist Party of the Netherlands. Following her performance of ""Schepelingen"", based on the bombing of the HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën by the Dutch, she fell"
"Anneke Grönloh Louise Johanna ""Anneke"" Grönloh (7 June 1942 – 14 September 2018) was an Indonesia-born Dutch singer. She had a successful career starting in 1959 that lasted throughout the 1960s, and scored a hit with ""Brandend Zand"", one of the best-selling Dutch songs of all time. Grönloh was born in Tondano, North Celebes, Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia), and spent her early years in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies in a Japanese concentration camp. Her father, an officer in the KNIL, had been interned before her birth. After the war, the family moved to the Netherlands, and Grönloh grew"
"Gemze de Lappe Gemze de Lappe (February 28, 1922, Portsmouth, Virginia – November 11, 2017 Manhattan) was an American dancer who worked very closely with Agnes de Mille and was frequently partnered by de Mille's favorite male dancer, James Mitchell. Born to daughter of Birch Wood de Lappe (an actor and teacher) and his wife, Maureen (an actress and drummer; maiden name, McDonough), Gemze was originally trained by Irma Duncan and Michel Fokine, de Lappe began her career in Fokine's company. Her Broadway musical theatre performance credits include Simon of Legree in the original production of ""The King and I"""
"Margaret Dale (dancer) Margaret Dale (30 December 1922 – 28 January 2010) was a British dancer who later became a producer and Director of Dance for BBC television. She was born as Margaret Elisabeth Bolam in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to John Howden Bolam and wife Gladys Margaret (Downs). She attended Dame Allan's School at Newcastle-on-Tyne and learned dancing from age 5. Between the 1940s and 1950s, she showed a flair for comedy, and sparkling technique when the company toured Europe and North America after World War II ended. She danced lead and soloist roles. One of Dale's greatest achievements came when she"
"roles in ""Giselle"", ""The Sleeping Beauty"", ""Swan Lake"", and in the ballet ""King Christian II"", created especially for her by Danish choreographer Harald Lander. With the Dutch company she toured extensively in Europe (France, UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal) and South America (Brazil, Argentina, Perú, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico). From 1968 to 1970 she joined with New York City Ballet, by invitation of its director George Balanchine, She danced successfully the main roles in ""Apollo"", ""The Four Temperaments"" and ""Symphony in C"". From 1971 to 1974 she was invited to be principal dancer with the Harkness Ballet, directed by Rebekah Harkness."
"Netherlands. The Netherlands is one of the leading countries in the Brazilian version of zouk (a successor to lambada). The reality show and competition Dancing with the Stars has popularized Ballroom dancing and the Dutch version of So You Think You Can Dance helps the popularity of modern dance in the Netherlands. Ice dance has been popularised by the TV shows Dancing on Ice and Sterren Dansen Op Het IJs. Dance in the Netherlands 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 practise"
"Belgium. Artists with North African, Caribbean or Middle Eastern origins have strongly influenced this genre. Since the 1990s, Dutch electronic dance music (EDM) gained widespread popularity in the world in many forms, from trance, techno and gabber to hardstyle. Some of the world's best known dance music DJs hail from the Netherlands, including Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Dash Berlin, Nicky Romero, W&W, Don Diablo and Afrojack; the first four of which have been ranked as best in the world by DJ Mag Top 100 DJs. The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the world's leading electronic music conference"
"She eventually went on to train at Canada's National Ballet School before joining the professional dance company, the National Ballet of Canada, as a soloist in 1963. She danced briefly with the Joffrey Ballet, then known as the City Center Joffrey Ballet, before joining ABT in 1970, one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. She co-founded the New Amsterdam Ballet with Kevin McKenzie which toured and performed during the ABT off-season. Van Hamel left ABT in 1992 to dance with the Nederlands Dans Theater III until 1997. Van Hamel was the recipient of the ""Cue"