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Hanson Willy BlokWilly Blok Hanson Willy Blok Hanson Canadian dancer and choreographer Willy Blok Hanson (1914 – December 22, 2012) was a Javanese-born Canadian dancer and choreographer. The Toronto Star has called her a "Canadian dance legend."[1] Biography Personal life Hanson was born in Java, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) in 1914.[1] Her father was Dutch-Chinese while her mother was of French-Indonesian descent.[1] She studied dance and gymnastics at a dance academy in Vienna, Austria, but was forced to return to the Dutch East Indies with the outbreak of World War II.[1] She arrived back in Java during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. She was accused of spying and espionage by Japanese authorities and imprisoned for fifty-five days.[1] She… (Source: Wikipedia)
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