Nationality South African Known for Dance, choreography | Spouse(s) Jacques Coetzer Name Lean Coetzer | |
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Full Name Lean Hickey Bakker Awards Aardklop National Arts Festival - Most Ground Breaking Production, 2001Nominated for FNB Vita Award for Best Production, 2001 Website www.leancoetzer.co.za; www.bodysong.co.za | ||
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. 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.
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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. In 2014 she qualified as a Voice Movement Therapy Practitioner through the IAVMT, International Association for Voice Movement Therapy.
Exhibitions
Dance Experience
Community Festival Project
"Die Locals is Lekker" was innitiated 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.