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The European Pavilion 2024: Liquid Becomings – Bootreizen op vier Europese rivieren van start

Kunstenaars verbeelden de toekomst van Europa Op 27 augustus is in Baja (Hongarije) de eerste van vier boten met een artistieke bemanning die deelnemen aan The European Pavilion 2024: Liquid Becomings de Donau opgevaren. Dit markeert de start van vier zeiltochten over vier Europese rivieren – de Donau, de Wisla, de Rijn en de Taag – die 11 landen doorkruisen… 

ZID Theater presenteert de vierde editie van FATE: talentontwikkeling en training voor creatieve nieuwkomers!

ZID Theater lanceert vol enthousiasme de vierde editie van FATE, hét talentontwikkelingstraject voor jonge, creatieve nieuwkomers en makers met een vlucht- of migratieachtergrond! Ambitieuze podiumkunstenaars tot 30 jaar krijgen de kans om hun talenten te ontwikkelen en hun artistieke dromen waar te maken door middel van flexibele trainingen, coaching en unieke presentatiemogelijkheden. FATE opent deuren naar het Nederlandse kunst- en cultuurlandschap en biedt een springplank naar professionele carrières. Kent u talenten? Deel dit initiatief en zorg dat zij zich snel aanmelden voor dit bijzondere programma!

Sopraan Elisabeth Hetherington wint de Nederlandse Muziekprijs

Elisabeth Hetherington is uitgeroepen tot winnaar van de Nederlandse Muziekprijs. De onderscheiding is de meest prestigieuze erkenning voor een musicus in de klassieke muziek, toegekend door het Fonds Podiumkunsten namens het ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap. Minister Eppo Bruins zal de prijs op vrijdag 4 oktober 2024 overhandigen in concertgebouw de Doelen in Rotterdam. De commissie over Elisabeth Hetherington… 

Festival Circolo 2024: intiemer dan ooit tevoren

Grootste circusfestival van Nederland lanceert programma 14de editie Van 18 tot en met 27 oktober verandert het Spoorpark in Tilburg wederom in het bruisende festivalhart van Festival Circolo. Tien dagen lang presenteert het grootste circusfestival van Nederland hedendaags circus op topniveau. Vandaag lanceert Festival Circolo het programma van haar 14de editie, waarin het de intimiteit opzoekt tussen bezoeker en performer.… 

Gaudeamus Festival opens with reaction to The State of Andriessen

21/5/2024 | Van 6 t/m 10 september 2024 vindt in Utrecht het Gaudeamus Festival plaats. Het festival omvat meer dan 45 concerten, interdisciplinaire performances, de Gaudeamus Award, workshops, lezingen en een seminar. Onder de hoogtepunten onder meer de openingsavond in TivoliVredenburg, waarin het iconische werk De Staat van Louis Andriessen centraal staat en ook een gloednieuw stuk van componist Oscar… 

Gaudeamus Festival announces full programming

7 augustus 2024 – Het Gaudeamus Festival heeft deze week de volledige programmering bekendgemaakt. Het festival, dat plaatsvindt van 4 t/m 8 september op talrijke locaties in Utrecht, omvat meer dan 45 concerten, interdisciplinaire performances, de Gaudeamus Award, workshops, lezingen en een seminar. Festivalhoogtepunten Nieuwe aankondigingen Hashtag Ensemble – Second:ary Het Poolse Hashtag Ensemble ontwikkelt in samenwerking met vrijwilligers en… 

The State and reflections on it - 4 Sep to 25 Nov

Asko|Schönberg opent het nieuwe seizoen met het programma De Staat, in samenwerking met Gaudeamus Festival, Ensemble Klang, Muziekgebouw en Musica Festival Strasbourg. In de jaren ’70 schreef Louis Andriessen het meesterwerk De Staat. Als muzikaal en politiek rebel gaf hij met deze compositie een kritisch signaal af. Hij verzette zich tegen het gevestigde muziekleven en tegen het symfonieorkest in het bijzonder. Dit alles geheel in lijn… 

Square Theatre presents Summer of Music and artist-in-residence Kate Moore

Plein Theater provides a stage for contemporary music. Adventurous and small-scale performances, new compositions and leading musicians; in the Nieuwe Noten Amsterdam series, audiences are given monthly opportunities to experience this unique concept in an intimate setting. In the summer of 2024, Plein Theater will open its doors wide. In the Summer of Music in and around... 

Amsterdam Museum collects odes to women

Anyone can create an ode to add to the city's story The Amsterdam Museum is launching a digital platform where anyone can share a story about a woman who has had an impact on Amsterdam. For centuries, women have been underrepresented in the city's story. The Amsterdam Museum thinks it is high time to change this and calls on everyone, from within... 

Cloudless 40th edition of Theatre Festival Boulevard

The return to downtown Bossche, the beautiful weather, 48,000 visitors to performances (37,000 tickets sold, 11,000 visitors to the free programme) and a total of 100,000 visitors to the festival crowned the 40th anniversary of Theatre Festival Boulevard. 'A homecoming experienced by the team, artists and visitors. The central location of the festival centre on the Parade... 

Launching cultural INTROWEEK MBO

The Amsterdam Platform Cultuureducatie MBO, on the initiative of the cultural coordinators of ROC Amsterdam and Flevoland and Mediacollege Amsterdam, together with the Amsterdam Museum, Stichting Museumnacht Amsterdam, MOCCA expertise centre for cultural education and CJP, is organising the first cultural introduction week especially for MBO students in Amsterdam. The cultural INTROWEEK MBO will be festively launched on Tuesday 3 September 2024 at the Amsterdam Museum in the presence of... 

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International research facility for Holocaust research step closer

The arrival of an international research facility for Holocaust research - headquartered in the Netherlands - is a step closer. So write Minister Bruins (Education, Culture and Science) and State Secretary Karremans (Health, Welfare and Sport) in a letter to the Lower House. The cabinet has submitted the plan for this on behalf of several countries, and in cooperation with the NIOD, among others... 

Artist Jonas Staal explores (neo)fascism and own family history

Staal is artist-in-residence at KNIR in 2024 Artist and propaganda researcher Jonas Staal is artist-in-residence at the Royal Dutch Institute Rome (KNIR) in 2024. Here, he will spend three months researching the role family plays within (neo)fascism and investigating his own family history. Mussolini in the Family Under the title Mussolini in the Family, Staal presents the... 

New toddler show PRRRT PRRRT FLAP FLAP (3+) premieres at 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 

ROTTERDAM CHILDREN PENETRATE THE FIBRES OF THE MAAS STAGE

ROTTERDAM CHILDREN PENETRATE THE FIBRES OF THE MAASPODIUMIN PERFORMANCE WE (8+) CHILDREN SHARE THE STAGE WITH PROFESSIONAL PERFORMERS. From 24 August to 1 September 2024, the performance WIJ (8+) plays at the Maaspodium, Rotterdam. The performance is a theatrical route through the Maaspodium and explores the power of change. A group of Rotterdam children dabble in the fibres of theatre and... 

A giant water giant, the world's biggest spinning top and joyful bicycle acrobatics at Porto Circolo 2024

Street theatre festival in Tilburg's Piushaven is about to start Festival Circolo is proud to present the second edition of Porto Circolo, the free street theatre festival taking place during the Tilburg Fair. On Saturday 20 July and Sunday 21 July, the Piushaven in Tilburg will be transformed into a vibrant stage for circus, dance and theatre, suitable for young and old. Throughout the weekend,... 

Director Tessa Smeulers leaves Boulevard after 15 years

This summer, the fortieth edition of Theatre Festival Boulevard will be celebrated in 's-Hertogenbosch, with new names and old acquaintances. For director-director Tessa Smeulers, this special anniversary year is a moment to change her tack. After 15 years, she will bid farewell to Boulevard on 1 September. Head and heart "For years, my head and heart have been linked to Theatre Festival Boulevard. With great... 

Nominate new members for the Academy of Arts

Who will be the new members of the Academy of Arts? For 2025, the Academy is again looking for outstanding artists from all disciplines who have distinguished themselves on the basis of demonstrable artistic achievements. Do you know any eligible artists? Nominate them! Nomination deadline is 15 September 2024, 23:59. New members The Academy of Arts brings distinguished... 

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Star actress Sigrid ten Napel says 'yes' to King Krump

Star actress Sigrid ten Napel can be seen in theatre this autumn in Het NUT's (Nieuw Utrechts Toneel) new play: King Krump. Koning Krump is a breathtaking Shakespearean king's drama in a modern twist that can be seen in Dutch theatres at the time of the US presidential elections. The new play is by Jibbe Willems, directed by Greg Nottrot. Besides... 

Ticket sales for all ILFU 2024 programmes launched

New names confirmed: including David Nicholls, Tommy Orange, Maggie Stiefvater, Teun van de Keuken and Carolina Trujillo. ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht takes place this year from 21 September to 5 October. Some 200 writers and over 20,000 visitors visit ILFU every year. Earlier, ticket sales started for major festival events such as the Night of Poetry, Exploring Stories, the Belle... 

Boulevard on the Parade

Positive opinions for Theatre Festival Boulevard

This week, Fonds Podiumkunsten and the Province of North Brabant announced that Theatre Festival Boulevard will also receive subsidies for the next four years. On Wednesday 3 July, the Performing Arts Fund issued its advice on national cultural subsidies for the period 2025-2028. Theatre Festival Boulevard is extremely proud of the Fund's positive advice. Thank you to the committee who gave us... 

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NAPK launches campaign 1TP5Don't drop the cloth

Amsterdam, 4 July 2024 - Yesterday, the decisions and opinions of the Performing Arts Fund, Fund for Cultural Participation and the Council for Culture were announced. Besides a huge budget over-demand, we see major shifts in terms of new inflow and disciplines. This affects more than 50 companies affiliated to the Dutch Association for the Performing Arts (NAPK). If there is no budget... 

QUEER BALLROOM CULTURE COMES TO NIEUW-WEST, AMSTERDAM

A call for more queer activities sounds from Nieuw-West and will be answered on 29 July. On the first Monday of Pride Amsterdam, The Kiki Kiki Ball will take place at Space for Dance Art, organised by Deion Versace and supported by ICK Dans Amsterdam, and creator Robin Nimanong. The Kiki Kiki Ball is putting on their very first edition big with workshops, live performances and most importantly a line-up you won't... 

We remain the most humble theatre group in the world!

Theatre Group Alum welcomes the many newcomers in the new Arts Plan. That this is at the expense of Aluin, among others, we find surprising and of course very unfortunate. Of course, we can now report on our bewilderment at so much injustice but, after all, getting a subsidy is not a right. Although it sometimes feels that way when you have so many talented... 

Granting multiannual subsidy Fonds Podiumkunsten for Delft Fringe Festival

Delft Fringe Festival receives positive advice for policy period 2025 - 2028 by Fonds Podiumkunsten Delft, Thursday 4 July, 2024 - On Wednesday 3 July, the opinions of the Council for Culture and the State Cultural Funds were published. Delft Fringe Festival received a positive advice for the policy period 2025 - 2028 by Fonds Podiumkunsten. This means a four-year grant award.... 

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