Jaap Flier (27 February 1934 – 18 March 2022) was a Dutch dancer and choreographer.
[1] Flier was born in Scheveningen, Netherlands, and studied with Sonia Gaskell.
Flier was a founding member of Netherlands Dance Theatre in 1959 and worked as one of its principal dancers.
He served as director of the Australian Dance Theatre from 1973 to 1975 and director of the Dance Company (NSW) in Sydney from 1975 to 1976.
[2] He then returned to the Netherlands where he worked teaching dance.