Dana van Dreven (born 8 July 1974), also known as DJ Lady Dana, is a Dutch

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and previously

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DJ and producer. Van Dreven was born in

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. She started playing

in 1993 and though it was never her intention to become a DJ, she did, and is now the most popular female DJ on the Dutch

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scene. For a long time, she was the only female DJ at hard dance events. She achieved the highest ranking spot as a hard dance DJ in the

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'' top 100, which she first entered at number fifty-five. She suffered a hiatus starting in 2010, after a series of medical conditions: she was first diagnosed with burnout after a series of anxiety episodes. After a year of recovery, she was discovered with a melanoma and had her

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removed. After the operation, she had pain in her shoulder, as a result of a

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, and she was diagnosed with

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, causing a constant pulsating pain in her left arm. After two and a half years, she returned to the last Thunderdome festival, where she performed a set using mostly one arm.

Albums (solo)

*2002 ''ID&T Presents Dana'' *2004 ''Dj Dana'' *2006 ''Just Dana'' *2008 ''Havido Dana''

References

External links

Danamite
— her own record label
"Official Facebook"
1974 births Living people Club DJs Musicians from Amsterdam Dutch DJs Women DJs Hardstyle musicians Electronic dance music DJs 21st-century women musicians {{DJ-stub