Leán Coetzer Explained

Leán Coetzer
Birth Name:	Leán Hickey Bakker
Birth Date:	1 July 1969
Birth Place:	Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Nationality:	South African
Field:	Dance, choreography, Voice Movement Therapy, performance art
Awards:	Aardklop National Arts Festival - Most Ground Breaking Production, 2001 Nominated for FNB Vita Award for Best Production, 2001^[1]
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Leán Coetzer (born 1969) is a South African dancer and choreographer. Her dance career officially began as founder member of the PACT Dance Company in 1988.^[2] Since then, Coetzer has performed and choreographed around South Africa, including the creation of several performance art pieces in various exhibitions and festivals. She works as a Voice Movement Therapy Practitioner.

Education

Coetzer studied at the Pretoria school for Art, Ballet and Music, where she concentrated in ballet. She has been trained in the Royal Academy of Dance style and passed the advanced level in Classical Ballet and the intermediate level in Modern Dance.^[1] In 2014 she qualified as a Voice Movement Therapy Practitioner through the IAVMT, International Association for Voice Movement Therapy.

Career

Exhibitions

• Kingdom exhibition at Equus Gallery on Cavalli Estate, 2015
• Darling Voorkamerfest, 2014
• Pieces and Puzzles at the Lovell Gallery, 2013
• Infecting the City, 2012

• Angels, Grand Provence, Franschhoek 2011
• Spier Contemporary, 2010
• Mullineux Cellar, Riebeek-Kasteel, 2010
• Deveron Arts, Scotland, 2008^[3]

Dance Experience

• 1988 -1991: Founder and Choreographer of the PACT (Performing Arts Council Transvaal) Dance Company
• 1992: Performed with the John Felter group
• 1992 - 1994: Principal dancer in the Bophuthatswana Dance Company under direction of David Krugel.
• 2002: Solo dance performance at FNB Dance Umbrella^[1]
• 1998 - 2002 Theatre of the Messiah (TOM) dance company^[4]
• Grahamstown National Arts Festival 2012
• A Boat Called "Me" - Solo Performance at Darling Voorkamerfest 2014

Community Festival Project

"Die Locals is Lekker" was initiated in 2010 by Leán Coetzer in Riebeek Kasteel. It is a celebration and promotion of local performing artists and groups from the Swartland area.

Regular performances were staged from 2010 until 2015 in Riebeek Kasteel.

External links

• Performance art: http://www.leancoetzer.co.za/
• Dance: http://www.leancoetzer.co.za/dance.htm
• Infecting the City: https://www.flickr.com/photos/infectingthecity/6845918389/
• Voice Movement Therapy: http://www.bodysong.co.za/
• "Die Locals is Lekker" http://www.bodysong.co.za/locals
• Art of Presenting: www.artofpresenting.com

Notes and References

1. Leán Coetzer, artist CV, http://www.leancoetzer.co.za/CV.htm
2. Infecting the City, Leán Coetzer, http://www.infectingthecity.com/2012/artists/lean-coetzer
3. Web site: Leán Coetzer - Maypole. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820045626/http://www.deveron-arts.com/wb/pages/artists/lean-coetzer.php. dead. 20 August 2008. Deveron Arts. 11 April 2012.
4. Web site: Dance and movement theatre at Aardklop. April 10, 2012.