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Belgian choreographer (1950–2023)
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Olivia Geerolf
Born1950 (1950)
Bruges, Belgium
Died (aged 72)
Bruges, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupationchoreographer

Olivia Geerolf (1950 – 20 January 2023) was a Belgian choreographer. She founded the Bruges Ballet School in Bruges in 1970 (now named the Ballet Olivia Geerolf). Between 1971 and 2015, Geerolf was the permanent choreographer of the Procession of the Holy Blood and of the five-yearly Procession of the Golden Tree in Bruges. In 2015, the choreography of the Procession of the Holy Blood was taken over by her former student Jolien Smis.

She received the Van Acker Prize in 1980, for her work as a dance teacher, choreographer and for the social impact of her work.

Geerolf died at the AZ Sint-Jan [nl] in Bruges on 20 January 2023, at the age of 72.

References

  1. ^ "LEVENSVERHAAL. Topchoreografe Olivia Geerolf (72) is niet meer: "Van Bloedprocessie tot Boomstoet, van Kazachstan tot Spanje, ze zal altijd onze dansmama blijven"". PZC (in Dutch). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. ^ "In Brugge is topchoreografe Olivia Geerolf overleden". De Krant van West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. "LEVENSVERHAAL. Topchoreografe Olivia Geerolf (72) is niet meer: "Van Bloedprocessie tot Boomstoet, van Kazachstan tot Spanje, ze zal altijd onze dansmama blijven"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. "Jolien Smis vervangt Olivia Geerolf als choreografe van de Heilige Bloedprocessie". Focus en WTV (in Dutch).
  5. "Contact". Heilig Bloedprocessie Brugge (in Dutch).
  6. "Choreografe geeft na 44 jaar fakkel door". www.hln.be.
  7. "Daan ontvangt Van Acker Prijs 2014" (PDF). vanackerstichting.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. "Daan wint tweejaarlijkse Van Acker Prijs". Stadsomroep.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2023.


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