Jens van Daele

Jens van Daele (1972 — 21 June 2020) was a Belgian born dancer and choreographer, who moved to the Netherlands. He started his career at Ballet royal de Wallonie, Belgium. Later he moved to the Netherlands and danced at “Introdans” in Arnhem and at other places. For his role in “Spring van Rogie&Company” he was awarded the “Zwaan” award (nl) in 2004, this being the most prestigious dance award in the Netherlands.[1]

From 1999 he started making his own choreography.[1] In 2008 he stopped dancing to focus fully on making choreography.[2]

Personal

Van Daele was born in Belgium. He had four sisters and one brother. He died from esophagus bleeding on 21 June 2020, aged 48.[3]

References
  1. "Prijswinnende danser en choreograaf Jens van Daele (48) onverwachts overleden". Omroep Gelderland.
  2. "Over Jens van Daele | Jens van Daele's Burning Bridges".
  3. Embrechts, Annette (June 23, 2020). "Jens van Daele was als kunstenaar compromisloos, in dans en in choreografie". de Volkskrant.
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