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In 1933 High school gym teacher Ethel Perry trained twelve students to perform Dutch folk dances. The dancers were called the Dutch Villagers .Originally the dancers costumes were delft blue with white organdy caps and aprons. Today's dancers wear costumes patterned after the traditional dress of the Dutch provinces. Each costume is handmade by local seamstresses and carefully inspected before it can be worn in the Klompen dance performances. There are over 1,100 Klompen Dancers.

The Netherlands have multiple musical traditions ranging from folkdance to classical music and ballet. In the 21st century people with an African or Middle Eastern background have also had a profound effect, most notably in hip hop and rap. Much more so than most non-English speaking European countries, the Netherlands has remained closely in tune with American and British trends ever since the 50's.

Aruba and the five main islands of the Netherlands Antilles are part of the Lesser Antilles island chain. Their music is a mixture of native, African and Dutch elements, and is closely connected with trends from neighboring islands like Barbados, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago and Guadeloupe, as well as the mainland former Dutch possession of Suriname, which has exported music to great success on the islands. Curacao and Bonaire likely have the most active and well-known music scenes.

Dutch and Flemish were generally seen as one people. Due to religious wars and the Eighty Years War, a split slowly started to take place.Historical Flemish and Dutch art are hard to separate. Most artists of the period are described as Flemish, even though they might have been born in the present day Netherlands.

Best Dutch Dancers