Netherlands' first video ballet proves fascinating online too. Live.
Since Saturday 10 October, you can watch the Dutch National Ballet's ballet Live online for 2.95 euros. I did it. It was worth it.
Seung-Won Oh writes Bosch Requiem: Korean death ritual in western jacket
The title YeonDo refers to a death ritual by which Catholic Koreans bid farewell to their loved ones. The play will have its premiere at the Jheronimus Bosch Art Center in 's Hertogenbosch on 6 November.
Three actresses and a hijab. That's all Alum needs for chillingly beautiful Bakchanten
Alum plays classics 'unplugged' once in a while. That means no fuss, just the story and the players. With Bakchanten, 2,500 years old but never surpassed in eloquence since, they have gold in their hands.
Circolo 2020 goes ahead after all - Festival Circolo: THE ALTERNATIVE at Poppodium 013 & Koepelhal Tilburg
In total, Festival Circolo: The Alternative presents 11 performances including four (world) premieres. Tickets are on sale from Friday 9 October via the Festival Circolo website.
TWO FANTASTIC DAYS
Insayno was city poet for two days - you involuntarily think of that commercial in which a temp says at his grand farewell party, "It was two fantastic days" - and in doing so probably set a record as the shortest-serving city poet in history, with one city poem to his name ("sister of the capital"). What was the problem?
'God-given' realism impresses Henk Helmantel - Master Painter in Drents Museum
The chance of encountering a hedgehog or an (abandoned) nest with eggs in real life is unfortunately getting smaller and smaller with the shrinking area of nature and the extinction of many animal species, but the 'realness' of Helmantel's paintings still lets you enjoy these beautiful phenomena.
TivoliVredenburg presents programme on US election night - Historic election live on 3 November
On Tuesday 3 November 2020, America goes to the polls. TivoliVredenburg in
Utrecht presents a live programme around these exciting elections. From
the Great Hall to monitor exit polls, enter scientists, journalists and
campaigners take the stage and call in several Americans. The programme will be
'coronaproof' produced.
The Mondrian Fund made no bones about its own saw line. That is unfortunate for those who fall by it.
Strictly speaking, prioritisation is another word for wielding a saw line, but it feels different. 'Prioritisation within the applicable criteria', as stated on the site, smacks of possible arbitrariness, as nowhere is it indicated which criteria were given how much weight.
'I had to bring the ghosts in this house to life.' Stefan Hertmans on his new novel De opgang
Those who read De opgang begin to understand more about Belgium: the country's gigantic split, the friction between the two parts of the country, and the rise and success of the Vlaams Blok. Hertmans has also come to a better understanding of how deep the cleavages and "the sorrows of Belgium" run.
THE STORY OF OTHERS: PREMIERE FRIDAY 9 OKTOBER - A new performance for 8+ by Ryan Djojokarso.
'The story of Anders' (8+) is the new Dance Theatre AYA performance created by Ryan Djojokarso, new resident choreographer with the company. A performance full of dance, absurd humour and crazy twists. Sometimes you just have to look at things differently.
Festival Circolo 2020 cancelled
The festival is scrambling to find ways to still present parts of the programme in the short term. This is an exciting puzzle because it is not clear how long the restrictive measures will remain in place or perhaps be extended.
Hanna Kulenty composes new piece for Bass Clarinet Festival: 'I'm making a collage of emotions'
Polish-Dutch Hanna Kulenty (Białystok, 1961) writes music that gets under your skin. Whether it is early works like Fourth Circle for violin and piano (1994), the opera Mother of Black-Winged Dreams about multiple personality syndrome (1995), or more recent compositions like the Viola Concerto (2015) and her Flute Concerto No.3 (2018), irrevocably you are taken on an exhilarating journey with a...
PLEIN THEATER starts petition due to threat to survival.
Titled "Keep the theatre on the square!", the PLEIN THEATER has started a petition! And calls on culture lovers, visitors, local residents and anyone with a heart for PLEIN THEATER to sign for the survival of the theatre
FROM WHAT WILL WE REASSEMBLE OURSELVES
A group exhibition conceived by Anna Dasović and curated by Natasha Marie Llorens. Exhibition design by Arna Mačkić and Studio L A.
Boys we were, but reading boys
How to get young people to read again (or more)? Writer Bas Steman (49) succeeded in getting a group of adolescents to really like reading.
Landru: French Bluebeard with Flemish accent
The performance is outstanding, a lot of time has clearly been spent on it. However, this cannot prevent the performance from slumping a bit halfway through.
Netherlands Film Festival 2020 - Pushing boundaries with Directors' Forum
The 40th edition of the Netherlands Film Festival pushes the boundaries. Corona makes everything go differently. Now in more than 100 theatres across the country, and also online. For groundbreaking work, there is the sixth instalment of the Directors' Forum.
Prize of Criticism 2020 for Theatre Festival Boulevard
Under the leadership of Viktorien van Hulst, Boulevard Theatre Festival has grown into a regionally rooted festival of national importance. Each year, Boulevard manages to strike a smart balance between entertainment with substance and joyful innovation, with a keen eye on inclusivity.
Everyone saved? Only a few festivals suffered heavy damage.
The total of eight festivals that were given a place in the Basic Cultural Infrastructure thanks to vigorous political lobbying are in the clear. They do not benefit from the extra millions released by the Cabinet on Budget Day to rescue the Performing Arts Fund, because they are not (or no longer) covered by it.
Free producers minimise programmes until next autumn Heavy blow for zzp'ers in performing arts.
Further postponement and downsizing of commercial theatre productions means a severe blow to the countless self-employed who have work in the smaller roles and accompaniment.
Kaija Saariaho central composer at November Music: subtle timbres paint inky black scenario
Pièce de résistance will be the brand new Reconnaissance (Rusty Mirror Madrigal) for choir, percussion and double bass. Saariaho composed it commissioned by November Music and the Donaueschinger Musiktage. The first performance was scheduled at the German festival, which, however, was also cancelled. - A stroke of luck for November Music.
Radio Futura: Why the subsidy system needs the most radical overhaul possible.
The hybrid German-English model combines the best of three worlds. But it also involves major changes. Artists will no longer all live in Amsterdam, but in one of eight or 10 urban cultural regions.
And the winner is... These are the five contenders for the 2020 Thea Beckman Prize
The scope of the stories that stand a chance of winning the Thea Beckman Prize awarded by the Archeon today is wide. The five contenders on what Thea Beckman's work and nomination for the prize mean to them.
Marije Vogelzang makes you look at food differently at Maas' Wild Kitchen.
Marije Vogelzang is food designer: 'It's about getting people to take a different look at things they think they know, that they deal with every day and therefore overlook.'
It's official: 15 million extra for Performing Arts Fund
As this is D66 culture minister Van Engelshoven's presumably last budget year, the press release once again emphasises that a total of 95 million extra has now come into the culture budget during her tenure. It is too early to draw far-reaching conclusions.
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