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- Died
- Birth namePaula Gombert
- Lea Daan was born on October 27, 1906 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. Lea is known for De dans van de reiger (1977), Boechout's mooiste dag (1953) and De nacht van de moordenaars (1970). Lea died on May 14, 1995 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium.
- Lea Daan was a Belgian dancer, choreographer and pedagogue.
- She took piano and singing lessons at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and studied architecture and plastic arts.
- She taught movement theory at the Studio Herman Teirlinck and the Royal Conservatories of Antwerp and Ghent.
- Her parents were West Flemings who had fled to Antwerp.
- She was the pioneer of Flemish modern dance and popularized the dance that had been quite elitist until then.
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