Van 13 t/m 17 november 2024 vindt in het Plein Theater het Pauline de Groot Festival plaats. Een unieke gelegenheid waarbij de legacy van danspionier Pauline de Groot in het volle licht wordt gezet. De betekenis van haar werk als dansvernieuwer in Nederland verdient bijzondere aandacht: radicaal en eigenzinnig gaf ze mede vorm aan het danslandschap vanaf de jaren ’60.…
Met Ben Okri heeft het Internationales Literatur Festival Berlin (ILB) de grootmeester van de hedendaagse literaire vertelkunst binnengehaald. ‘Zie de magie van de dingen om je heen.’
Festival Circolo mag terugkijken op een zonovergoten en soepel verlopen 12e editie. In de herfstvakantie nam het grootste circusfestival van Nederland hartje Tilburg over om harten van mensen sneller te laten kloppen. Meer dan 10.000 betaalde bezoekers ploften neer in het pluche en op de tribunes om te genieten van hedendaags circus in prachtige, grappige en bloedstollende voorstellingen. Met extra…
Van 7 tot 9 november sluit The European Pavilion 2024: Liquid Becomings van espaço agora now af met een artistiek evenement in oost- en noord-Lissabon. Gedurende drie dagen staan in een multidisciplinair programma over de toekomst van Europa artistieke creatie en culturele reflectie centraal. Ee belangrijk onderdeel van het programma zijn dialogen tussen kunstenaars en wijkbewoners in Lissabon. Eén van…
Large spinning steel behemoths, mowing blades or relentless hands of a clock, which grind you as a human being if you don't duck, or jump, or roll away in time. There were two of them during Festival Circolo in Tilburg, this year, and it always impresses. It happened at Un Loup pour l'homme in the Spoorpark and at La Chute des Anges in...
Music theatre brings 17th-century painting from the Rijksmuseum to life in a conversation about female indomitability On the occasion of the kick-off of the anniversary year Amsterdam 750, we are pleased to announce in advance a festival performance focusing on the complex history of the city and the country. With this performance, the Holland Festival aims to draw from the arts - painting, music, theatre and design - to...
Theatre Group Alum will tour from 4 December 2024 with the famous tragedy by Sophocles. In a world where power, principles and justice clash daily, Antigone poses questions that are more urgent today than ever. The play, directed by Erik Snel exposes the eternal struggle between laws and moral obligations, touching on themes that directly address contemporary...
"We all want to play, but labels sometimes make that difficult. Then you start doubting your qualities." Instead, Dutch and Brazilian choreographer Guilherme Miotto (45) wants to break down boundaries and make art accessible to everyone. On Thursday 24 October, his double performance 'Unpunished Youth x Poles' can be seen at Festival Circolo in Tilburg. Guilherme Miotto is more interested in what makes us...
This morning, the Boekman Foundation announced the shortlist for the Boekman Dissertation Prize. After a careful procedure, three dissertation writers have now been selected from the longlist of nine dissertations that have a chance of winning the prestigious prize that will be awarded for the sixth time. The winner will be announced in April 2025 during the Culture as Problem Solver conference, in cooperation with theErasmus University Rotterdam...
This November, the Square Theatre is the meeting place for dance lovers! With four different programmes, we will show the versatility of modern dance, ranging from adventurous performances to intimate stories. We start the month with two multidisciplinary Triple Bills, performed and curated by young, promising makers. And from 13 to 17 November, we present a tribute to dance pioneer Pauline de Groot with...
Biogas. It works. In Tilburg, they have taken a big step in making circus romance more sustainable. The campfires, from the first edition the anchor of Circus Festival Circolo, have been modified. No longer fuelled by increasingly soggy firewood, beautiful yellow flames now play around glowing chunks. The wood fire became a gas fire, but designed by a pyrotechnician with circus experience. The flames...
Quantum entanglement, supersymmetry. The nerd in me could not get around the mystery of cosmic twins, which hundreds of billions of light years apart yet simultaneously take over each other's state when one of them is seen. Or something like that. In Blood Sister, Matzer's latest play, it's not billions of parsecs, it's an Atlantic Ocean and 17 years of life that those two identical sisters...
From 24 to 27 October, you will find the Meisner Theatre Festival in 's-Hertogenbosch. Over four days, you can enjoy 17 acts at the theatre on Lucas van Leydenstraat. The performers come from the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and Taiwan. Better-known names include Flemish Boris-Johannes De Keyser, who previously competed in the Camerettenfestival, and Iris Heusschen and Ksenia Marasanova....
She sometimes sees people drop out when she tells them that her performance is inspired by burlesque. "They often have certain preconceptions about this and think it's 'something only dirty men want to see'." It remains difficult to convince people to take the first step and attend a burlesque show, says Baines. The twenty-two-year-old South African loves...
Supreme court rules: renovation to start The Council of State has given the City of Amsterdam the green light on appeal to renovate the main location of the Amsterdam Museum on Kalverstraat. The Amsterdam Museum will have more and much better space for collection and public, become more sustainable and fully accessible. The renovation, which is due to this ruling by the Council of...
On tour along Dutch theatres - for young and old from 6 years old After a successful premiere in spring 2024 and performances for more than 1,600 children at primary schools in and around Utrecht, the light and loving family show Oma Eindbaas, produced by the NUT (text: Floor Leene, direction: Lara van Hoof), is now touring throughout the Netherlands. This extraordinary performance...
I remember it well, it was during a meeting of the magazine industry, sometime in 2012 or 2013. There was a grave mood in the Amsterdam debate centre De Balie, because the circulation and turnover figures of the major magazine publishers (plural at the time) had just been announced. The downward trend that had started years back had nothing to do with the crisis, but...
Asko|Schönberg presents two new compositions at the Cello Biennale. Commissioned by Asko|Schönberg, innovative composer Silvia Borzelli creates new work with earthbound that breaks the traditional coordination between left and right hands. Composer Guus Janssen is commissioned by the Cello Biennale to write a new composition for ensemble and four cellists. In addition to these two new works, the ensemble will play the classic Biennale Galop 2016 by...
It is mouse-still in the studio auditorium of Korzo in The Hague. A few dozen spectators in the stands, a tangle of bodies on stage, shuffling, sighing and exerting their utmost strength, sliding, climbing and balancing on, over and under each other. Impressive, sensual too, this continuous movement that does not run from applause moment to applause moment, but rather lets you breathlessly follow how it...
Eye Filmmuseum turns the spotlight on the American avant-garde film of the 1960s this autumn. An explosion of form experiments in a turbulent era. A movement that still inspires.
Nieuwe Noten Amsterdam celebrates its fifth anniversary this season! To celebrate, we have a special offer: students and professional musicians and composers can go to any Nieuwe Noten concert for only €10. Every month in Plein Theater, you get the unique chance to experience new music in an intimate setting. Nieuwe Noten Amsterdam offers a stage for contemporary chamber music....
Amsterdam, 8 October 2024 - The "Don't let the curtain fall" campaign has successfully collected more than 30,500 expressions of support from loyal audiences. The initiative was launched by 59 members of the NAPK (Dutch Association for Performing Arts), which are in danger of closing down due to the lack of multi-year subsidies. Campaign results The signatures were presented on 8 October to the culture spokespersons of...
Delft, Tuesday, 8 October, 2024 - The 14th edition of Delft Fringe Festival opens its doors to new makers with an open call. In 2025, there are 25 play spaces to be filled at the festival. With exciting, hilarious, moving, surprising, disruptive and innovative performances. The festival loves to be surprised by all the untamed talents, artistic experiments and cool new makers. You can apply until 30...
In the normally quiet museum hall, she uttered a cry of excitement. Amidst all the artworks stood a work of art made especially for her. Next to it, her partner was on her knees. Anjulie was proposed to by her friend Geraldine at the Amsterdam Museum. On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Anjulie unsuspectingly visited with her partner Geraldine, living in Amsterdam...
The less real theatre is, the better it works. That insight dawned on me again this weekend, in Utrecht's Stadsschouwburg. Twice, in fact. Friday with the reprise of Aluin's Twelfth Night, Saturday with Koning Krump, the masterpiece by Het Nut. Two Utrecht groups, once sprung from the same theatre school, and drunk in the same theatre cafe, where...
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