Jacqueline de Kuijper is a dance scientist and co-founder of Change Your Rhythm, a consultancy that aims to increase employee well-being through movement in the workplace. Her interests include the importance of movement for cognitive and mental well-being and the relevance of dance to society.
Most young artists only find out after their studies that they lack important entrepreneurial skills. That is why ELIA, the network organisation for colleges of arts in Europe, is organising the conference: Making a Living From the Arts. On 14 and 15 September, academics, cultural entrepreneurs and artists from different countries will gather in Amsterdam. Together, they will discuss creative solutions for...
Veel dansstudenten hebben een eenzijdig beeld van wat een succesvolle danscarrière inhoudt. Namelijk: dansen bij het dansgezelschap van je dromen, in een theater, op een podium. Dat vertelt Ulrika Kinn Svensson, artistiek adviseur van de Fontys Dansacademie in Tilburg tijdens Inclusive Dance Event. Maar wegens de zwakke arbeids- en inkomenspositie, mede door wegvallende subsidies, gaat die droom niet altijd op. Er is…
'What is the relevance of dance?' Since the conference The Relevance of Dance in March 2016, this question has been haunting my mind. Above all, I want to know why more people should dance. Therefore, I decide to put the question to inspiring and progressive dance teachers. The second one I question is Andrew Greenwood, who six months ago...
'What is the relevance of dance?' Since the conference The Relevance of Dance in March 2016, this question has been haunting my mind. That weekend, the main topic of discussion was the relevance of dance as a performing art to watch. An approach that left me unsatisfied, because my main interest myself is to know what the relevance of dance as an activity...
Tongue kissing, pole dancing, strap-on dildos and anal penetration I don't usually associate with the art of dance and don't expect in a city theatre, but for Florentina Holzinger and Vincent Riebeek nothing seems too crazy. "Europe's most provocative performance duo" - in the words of Rainer Hofmann, artistic director of Spring festival - allowed themselves to be cast for 'Schönheitsabend' inspired by their predecessors, who reinvented dance with taboo-breaking choreographies in the early 20th century. In three acts, Holzinger and Riebeek present themselves as continuers of that tradition, exploring the boundaries of theatre.
Hoe breng je kinderen in beweging? Hoe stimuleer je hun creativiteit? Hoe leren kinderen dansen als ze weinig ervaring hebben met dans, of andere expressieve kunstzinnige uitingen? ICKamsterdam ontwikkelt hiervoor een toolkit voor dansdocenten in het basisonderwijs: Sensorium. Door de verschillende zintuigen te prikkelen – ogen, oren, tast en neus – wordt het lichaam uitgenodigd te reageren met beweging. Ik ben in een…
Last weekend's workshop The Relevance of Dance, organised by Dansmakers Amsterdam and the European Dance House Network, sought to answer the question: What is the relevance of contemporary dance art for audiences? Suzy Blok, general director of Dansmakers Amsterdam, opened the atelier by talking about the desire of production houses to bring dance more to the...
Following the exploration of the labour market in the cultural sector made by the Social and Economic Council (SER) and the Council for Culture last month, there was a lot of attention on the low earning self-employed in the cultural sector. Promising headlines such as "Everyone gets paid except the artist" (NRC) and "It's a matter of waiting every month to see if I earn enough" (Volkskrant) could account for recognition...
Sinds de financiële crisis en de daaropvolgende bezuinigingen wordt de cultuursector gedwongen zichzelf te legitimeren. Met wetenschappelijk onderzoek moet het maatschappelijk resultaat van kunst en cultuur aan worden getoond. Om de culturele sector daarin bij te staan is het Landelijk Kennisinstituut voor Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst (LKCA) daarom de zogeheten ‘feitenfabriek’ begonnen, een cijfermatig overzicht van de kerngegevens en ontwikkelingen in de…
Ik heb even getwijfeld of ik wel verslag zou doen van de theaterworkshop die maandag 9 november, in het kader van Dancing on the Edge, door Koon Theatre aan Syrische vluchtelingen werd aangeboden. Tijdens de workshop bereiden de vluchtelingen een korte presentatie voor die vrijdag 13 november, voorafgaand aan de theatervoorstelling Above Zero, in Stadsschouwburg Utrecht wordt getoond. De reden…
Some think dance has nothing to do with politics. German theatre maker Helena Waldmann clearly thinks otherwise. Waldmann makes socially engaged dance theatre and uses her work to point out the 'social sore spots' of different cultures and sees transcultural similarities in them. Made in Bangladesh is a haunting and poignant performance that draws a parallel between the poor working conditions...
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