Olivia Geerolf Explained

Olivia Geerolf
Birth Place:Bruges, Belgium
Death Place:Bruges, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Occupation:choreographer

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).[1] [2] [3] 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.[4] In 2015, the choreography of the Procession of the Holy Blood was taken over by her former student Jolien Smis.[5] [6]

She received the Van Acker Prize in 1980, for her work as a dance teacher, choreographer and for the social impact of her work.[7] [8]

Geerolf died at the in Bruges on 20 January 2023, at the age of 72.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LEVENSVERHAAL. Topchoreografe Olivia Geerolf (72) is niet meer: "Van Bloedprocessie tot Boomstoet, van Kazachstan tot Spanje, ze zal altijd onze dansmama blijven". PZC. 22 January 2023. 22 January 2023. nl.
  2. Web site: In Brugge is topchoreografe Olivia Geerolf overleden. De Krant van West-Vlaanderen. 22 January 2023. 22 January 2023. nl.
  3. Web site: 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. 22 January 2023. 22 January 2023. nl.
  4. Web site: Jolien Smis vervangt Olivia Geerolf als choreografe van de Heilige Bloedprocessie. Focus en WTV. nl.
  5. Web site: Contact. Heilig Bloedprocessie Brugge. nl.
  6. Web site: Choreografe geeft na 44 jaar fakkel door. www.hln.be.
  7. Web site: Daan ontvangt Van Acker Prijs 2014. vanackerstichting.be. nl. 22 January 2023. 13 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160813163522/http://www.vanackerstichting.be/uploads/1/7/8/2/1782365/persbericht_daan_ontvangt_van_acker_prijs_2014.pdf. dead.
  8. Web site: Daan wint tweejaarlijkse Van Acker Prijs. Stadsomroep.com. 22 January 2023. 1 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013118/http://www.stadsomroep.com/Detail.asp?NUM=37405. dead.

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