Person

Ivančan, Ivan

1927–2006

Croatian Wikipedia, June 13, 2017 (Ivan Ivančan; born June 15, 1927, Molve, died August 3, 2006, Molve; Croatian ethnologist and ethnochoreographer; longtime CEO and artistic director of Ansambl narodnih plesova i pjesama Hrvatske LADO). Zagrebački folklorni ansambl Dr. Ivana Ivančana WWW site, June 13, 2017 |b (Dr. Ivan Ivančan Ph.D.; born June 15, 1927, Molve, Podravina, died August 3, 2006, Molve; worked in Zagreb; received a degree in chemical technology from the Technical School of the Zagreb University in 1963, a B.Sc. in ethnology from the Philosopy Department of the Zagreb University and a Ph.D. with his thesis on the origins and ties of the Kumpanija in the island of Korčula; worked in the Ethnology Museum, Institute of Ethnology and Folkloristics, in the Republic Committee for Education, Culture and Physical and Technical Culture, as the art director and general manager of the "Lado" Ensemble, and as a general manager of the "Arto" company; expert on Croatian dance culture)