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Trajal Harrell associate artist Holland Festival 2025

De associate artist voor de 78e editie van het Holland Festival in juni 2025 is de Amerikaanse choreograaf Trajal Harrell (Douglas, Georgia, V.S., 1973). Harrell is een van de belangrijkste internationale hedendaagse choreografen. Zijn unieke stijl bevat elementen uit verschillende danstradities, mode, muziek en beeldende kunst. Met universele menselijke emoties en thema’s als verbondenheid, tragiek, tederheid en kwetsbaarheid raken Harrells… 

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Amsterdam Museum launches 'This City is a Museum' campaign

Het Amsterdam Museum lanceert in september en oktober 2024 de corporate campagne This city is a museum. Met de campagne plaatst het Amsterdamse stadsmuseum de hele stad op een voetstuk en brengt het een eerbetoon aan Amsterdam dat vanaf 27 oktober haar 750-jarige bestaan gaat vieren. Heel Amsterdam heeft museale waarde “Met onze campagne This city is a museum nodigt… 

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Conductor turns out to be dancer: Miho Hazama leads KC Jazz Big Band

Op vrijdag 20 september leidde Grammy-genomineerd componist Miho Hazama in de Conservatoriumzaal in Amare de big band van het Koninklijk Conservatorium. En hoe. Dancer in nowhere Een sprongetje. Een plié op een been. Een relevé op de tenen. Een plié op twee benen. Het hoofd opzij en als een klok ritmisch naar de andere kant en terug. Een halve arabesque… 

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These are the winners of screenwriting award the Silver Curly Tail

De Zilveren Krulstaarten zijn zaterdagmiddag 21 september tijdens de Dag van het Scenario op het Nederlands Film Festival uitgereikt aan de schrijvers van de beste film- en televisiescenario’s van 2023. Ooit begonnen als geuzenprijs vanwege het ontbreken van een Gouden Kalf voor scenario, zijn de Zilveren Krulstaarten inmiddels uitgegroeid tot dé Nederlandse vakprijzen voor scenaristen. De winnaars worden jaarlijks gekozen door leden… 

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Wim Landuyt wins NK Poetry Slam 2024

Wim Landuyt won the 2024 Dutch Poetry Slam Championships in Utrecht, beating seven other finalists. He received the Gouden Vink trophy and €1000. The event, part of the International Literature Festival Utrecht, was judged by both audience and jury. The NK Poetry Slam celebrated its 22nd edition.

'Cabinet still allocates extra money for Twente museums', Tubantia cried. But that is not so

Het was een opmerkelijk bericht, vanmorgen. Volgens dagblad Tubantia was het nieuwe kabinet alsnog bereid om extra geld beschikbaar te stellen voor regionale musea in Twente. Het zou gaan om een bedrag van 1,5 miljoen euro, bestemd voor het opzetten van een gemeenschappelijke presentatie van de geschiedenis van Twente door De Museumfabriek in Enschede en Techniekmuseum Oyfo in Hengelo. Volgens… 

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Press release 20 September 2024: Winfred Voordendag interim business director Maas theatre and dance

Winfred Voordendag will take over the business directorship ad interim from outgoing director Bernadette Stokvis from 1 November 2024. Winfred has worked as a business leader or director in the arts sector for 25 years and is looking forward to starting work at Maas. Cobi van Beek, chairman of the Supervisory Board of Maas theatre and dance, on the... 

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Cultural objects returned to country of origin Indonesia again

Nederland geeft op verzoek van Indonesië 288 objecten uit de Rijkscollectie terug. Tijdens de koloniale periode zijn deze voorwerpen, die van culturele betekenis zijn voor Indonesië, onterecht naar Nederland meegenomen. Minister Eppo Bruins (OCW) heeft tot de teruggave besloten. Hij volgt daarmee adviezen op van de Commissie Koloniale Collecties onder voorzitterschap van Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You. De werken bevinden zich… 

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Blood Sister: sharp and humorous musical theatre about identical twins

From 17 October to 21 December, Blood Sister - Same and Different in Everything tours the country. Top actresses Wendell Jaspers and Lotte Dunselman, on stage together for the first time, play identical twins in this sharp, humorous and musical performance by MATZER Theatre Productions. The text is by Maaike Bergstra, Madeleine Matzer directs. The premiere is Saturday 19 October at De Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch. If... 

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PRRRT PRRRT FLAP FLAP - New toddler performance by Maas theatre and dance

On Saturday 19 October, Maas theatre and dance's new toddler performance PRRRT PRRRT FLAP FLAP (3+) will premiere at the Maaspodium in Rotterdam. Creators Sara Giampaolo and Esther Schouten build on the line of toddler theatre that Maas has developed in recent years: big themes brought in a playful way. After the premiere, the show will tour until February 2025 

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VAT on underpaid artists benefits 'working middle income'

There are finer ways to wake up than with the finance minister. This Eelco Heinen was speaking to the Radio 1 News on Wednesday 18 September, and he really felt like it. Cheerful, perky, and full of good cheer, he told how they were going to energetically implement VVD policies in the Schoof Cabinet. And then followed the next... 

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No direct cuts to culture. Ministry of OCW does get heavy austerity task

The cultural sector can breathe a sigh of relief. Apart from the damning increase in VAT on everything beautiful and fragile from 9 to 21 per cent, the Basic Cultural Infrastructure (BIS) has been secured for the next four years. With the inclement winds coming from the corner of PVV, VVD and BBB, this can be called a windfall. There is even a modest increase coming,... 

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Minister Bruins (OCW) adopts the Culture Council's recommendations for the allocation of state subsidies to 115 institutions in the cultural basic infrastructure 2025-2028.

Decisions Cultural Basic Infrastructure 2025-202817 September 2024 | 15:39 Bruins adopts the Council for Culture's advice to grant 117 applications, from a total of 115 institutions, for the Cultural Basic Infrastructure (bis). At 13 institutions, the council gave a conditionally positive advice. Those institutions must meet the required conditions by 1 November 2024. The national cultural funds jointly honour 306... 

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November Music presents festival sections FAQ and MOODZ

With a large number of composition commissions and some 100 concerts, November Music will showcase the diversity and vitality of cutting-edge music during its 32nd edition. November Music 2024 will take place from 8 to 17 November at various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch. With the festival sections FAQ (8 to 11 November) and MOODZ (Fri 15 Nov), there will also be a stimulating range of... 

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Monster coalition stunts against VAT increase during Royal Parade

- 20-metre-long 'receipt for society' rolled out on Budget Day- many experts and experience experts present including Splinter Chabot and Marit Bouwmeester. A broad alliance of organisations from culture, sports, events, media, books and accommodation will campaign against the VAT increase on 17 September. Two venues affected by the VAT increase, on and near the Royal procession, will be... 

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Rent increase for Utrecht music teachers raises questions

Thirty-five euros an hour for a space that can barely hold a piano or a drum kit. That is the rent charged by the municipality of Utrecht to music teachers who wanted to continue their practice on Utrecht's Domplein after their cooperative went bankrupt. For many of the teachers who thus became victims of their board's mismanagement, that means a cost increase 

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November Music presents MusiMatrix on 15 September and MusicRoute on Sunday 10 November in 's-Hertogenbosch

With a large number of composition commissions and some 100 concerts, the 32nd edition of November Music shows how diverse and vital cutting-edge music is. November Music 2024 will take place from 8 to 17 November at various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch. This year, the annual MusicRoute is on Sunday 10 November. In MusiMatrix, you will discover the brand new Theater aan de Parade... 

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Letter to House of Representatives: Positively Advised Cultural Institutions at Risk

Dear members of the House of Representatives,Dear cultural spokespersons, On 3 July this year, it was D-Day in the cultural sector. The Performing Arts Fund and the Cultural Council both issued their advice for the next four years. A celebratory moment, you might think. But it wasn't, after all. Of course: institutions whose applications are honoured are relieved. But happy? 

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Removal of Silence grant affects 40,000 children annually  

Youth dance threatens to lose national coverage BREDA - The Council for Culture's proposal to completely end the subsidy of dance company de Stilte by 2025 has major consequences for 40,000 children across the country. "It has disastrous consequences for the cultural development of children, especially in less accessible regions and outside the Randstad," argues business... 

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Uncoordinated pile of cuts to arts and culture leaves 350 million barren

Increase in VAT and gambling tax + reduction in municipal and government subsidies disastrous The cabinet's proposed cultural policy will result in a €350 million haircut and a negative domino effect in the arts and culture sector. This is shown today in an analysis of data from private funders, municipalities and the arts and culture sector. "Just before Budget Day, we as a consortium are sounding the alarm.... 

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Amsterdam Museum and Imagine IC organise international ICOM event

Staff of city museums around the world come to Amsterdam This year, the Amsterdam Museum, together with Imagine IC, is organising the International Conference of City Museums and Contemporary Heritage Practice. This event is initiated from ICOM, the International Council of Museums. Each year, a different museum gets the honour of hosting the event. After Moscow (2015), Mexico City (2017),... 

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Important things happened in Utrecht during Gaudeamus Festival 2024 

On Saturday, I caught myself having a wonderfully sexist thought. Not surprising, probably, as sexist thoughts appear to be in the standard package of the product 'man'. But there I was, sitting in a not so very full auditorium during the Gaudeamus Festival at For Real by Andrea Voets. There, the idea struck me that it was pretty weird to see a woman concentrated... 

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ZID Theatre presents ROOTS & WINGS - a mosaic of worldly stories and personal memories

Welcome to the multidisciplinary collage performance Roots & Wings on 27 September at 20.00 at ZID Theater Amsterdam! Roots & Wings is a co-creation from ZID Theater Amsterdam and Antwerp-based Madam Fortuna. The performance combines short solo performances by six different dance and theatre makers who each unleash their personal interpretation on the theme Roots & Wings. 'Where are my roots, and where do I want to go? As a maker, as a human being, as an individual'. In a mix of dance, storytelling and theatre, each maker takes the audience on a ten-minute intimate solo performance inspired by personal experiences and memories. 

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