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Jan Zoet's leadership sets an example for generations

Toen de Rotterdamse Schouwburg het programma bekendmaakte voor het jaar (2001) dat de stad Culturele Hoofdstad van Europa zou zijn, organiseerde directeur Jan Zoet dat in de Amsterdamse Stadsschouwburg. In de voortdurende 010-020 strijd best een statement. Zoet wist dat de landelijke pers zetelde in de hoofdstad en zelden bereid was buiten de stadsgrenzen te kijken. Hij wist ook dat… 

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Culture Council still dissatisfied with Reisopera and LKCA plans 

"LKCA only partially meets the first condition: providing insight into the activities to be undertaken for the 2025-2028 grant period. The requested planning and budget are missing. The addendum gives a picture of which activities will be divested, but only partly clarifies how these activities will be secured elsewhere and how the acquired knowledge will be safeguarded." The... 

IN PERSPECTIVE #23: The artist as shareholder

The meeting room in the attic of the building on Brouwersgracht began to fill. Prior to the meeting, Director Geert Dales of the Fonds Beeldende Kunst, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst (BKVB) retreated with the chairman of the Fund Council. He wanted clarity on the role of that Fund Council by now. Where did the representatives of... 

Something is shining in the north thanks to Explore The North

In the first version of Explore The North's new website, the builders had forgotten to mention in which city the festival would take place. This has since been remedied with a beautiful 'about us' page, so that even non-Leeuwaars know where to go. The production house cum festival is in the Basic Cultural Infrastructure from the next edition. That means that... 

Make more music yourself! (What I learnt from November Music 2024)

When I think of new music, I have never thought of fun. Rather, you think of seriousness, subtlety, taste to be acquired and listening experiences that you might later find ordinary. But not yet. So this year during November Music, I did laugh a lot. Not roaring (an occasional one), but simply, with happiness. While in the world... 

Why we should never talk about the 'earning power' of culture again.  

"Strengthening earning capacity is a necessary condition to improve the labour market position of workers in the sector. Martin Verboom is happy to share what came out of the evaluation of the Cultural and Creative Sector Labour Market Agenda in this area. Platform ACCT is forging a coalition with partners in the sector to take up the priorities for the coming years." This was why... 

Finance minister 'not happy with some details in VAT measure', but sees no alternative

After a morning debate in the Lower House, Cabinet Schoof's tactics are clear. At least, when it comes to the controversial plan to selectively increase VAT on culture. In response to all questions from the House about why, Finance Minister Eelco Heinen replied that it should not be about details, but a "total package". Therefore, he wants... 

Laura Bowler wrote Advert: on the tattoo as the ultimate expression of your own power

A piece of music in which the vocal soloist is given a tattoo in the last fifteen minutes, live on stage. In Laura Bowler's Advert, performed by Laura herself together with the Hamburg-based Decoder Ensemble, you can experience just that. Not unexpected when you realise that Bowler trained not only as a composer but also as a theatre maker. She studied after the conservatoire at the Royal... 

Enno Poppe looks for the most elementary particle of the drum kit #novembermusic

The drum kit is pop music's most important instrument. German composer Enno Poppe, who grew up without pop music, has a fascination for percussion. A new work can be heard during November Music this year: Streik. Composed for 10 drums. I spoke to the 1969-born composer about this work and his inspiration. Listen to the podcast: What immediately... 

Circolo turns the growing pains between sport and theatre into something beautiful

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... 

'Scenes' only now no longer appears in print. Why that's pretty special.

I remember it well, it was during a meeting of the magazine industry, sometime in 2012 or 2013. A grave mood hung 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... 

What if everyone is the boss? Acrobats find confidence in working collectively on 'Meander'

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... 

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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… 

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

It was a remarkable report, this morning. According to newspaper Tubantia, the new cabinet was still willing to make extra money available for regional museums in Twente. It would be a sum of 1.5 million euros, earmarked to set up a joint presentation of Twente's history by De Museumfabriek in Enschede and Techniekmuseum Oyfo in Hengelo. According to... 

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

De cultuursector kan opgelucht ademhalen. Behalve de vermaledijde verhoging van de BTW op alles wat mooi en kwetsbaar is van 9 naar 21 procent, is de Culturele Basisinfrastructuur (BIS) voor de komende vier jaar veiliggesteld. Met de gure wind uit de hoek van PVV, VVD en BBB is dat een meevaller te noemen. Er komt zelfs een bescheiden verhoging aan,… 

Rent increase for Utrecht music teachers raises questions

Thirty-five euros an hour for a space that can just fit 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 

Paradiso debate 2024: We should thank NSC on our knees for VAT increase

At 1 hour and 50 minutes, it happens. That's when Nicolien van Vroonhoven, culture spokesperson for the governing NSC party, makes it clear what the fuss is about. "The cultural sector should also take a look at itself, because there are whole groups in society that have nothing to do with culture." Venue: pop temple Paradiso in Amsterdam; the occasion: a church early... 

What They in Weimar can learn from We in Rotterdam

‘Plattenbau’, zegt de chauffeur met enig afgrijzen als we langs wat dichtgespijkerde betonnen portiekflats komen. De door de DDR uit de grond gestampte flatwoningen liggen in Alt Schöndorf, twee kilometer buiten het historische centrum van Weimar. Al jaren dichtgespijkerd, en ook krakers keken er niet naar om. Een gehate erfenis, maar meer door het westen dan door het oosten.  De… 

ITA breaks with Ivo van Hove

The management of ITA (International Theatre Amsterdam) is terminating its collaboration with Ivo van Hove with immediate effect. The world-famous director of high-profile, often rather serious performances, had become discredited. An unsafe working climate had developed under his management. Not only the strict leadership by van Hove himself, but also the transgressive behaviour of his life partner and regular designer Jan Versweyveld was... 

'Paris' was wonderful, but has everything to gain when you add 'Den Bosch'. 

Over het randje gaan, grenzen verkennen en verleggen, het uiterste vergen van het bevattingsvermogen van de omstanders, prestaties leveren die niemand verwacht. En kabouters door een bos zien lopen. Of dingen in het water lezen. Een half jongetje de wereld zien redden. De eerste 11 dagen van augustus 2024 waren legendarisch, om nooit te vergeten. En dat allemaal in de… 

Boulevard-dagboek #3: basilicum verbindt de wereld

Het leuke van festivals als Boulevard in Den Bosch is dat je na een paar dagen vanzelf verbinding legt tussen alles wat je meemaakt. Niet dat alles op elkaar gaat lijken, zoals in de sport. Daar bepaalt een enkele chromosoom of honderdste van een seconde het verschil tussen wereldvrede of de apocalyps. Daar moet alles zo gelijk zijn dat over… 

Boulevard-dagboek #2: Bossche street culture is anders

Vlak bij de Sint Jan, naast het Torenpodium waar Theaterfestival Boulevard zijn talkshows en gratis live concerten houdt, staat ‘Tent Paars’. Die tent is anders, dit jaar. Buiten staan kids in baggy trainers breakmoves te maken, binnen is het bloedheet. Gedurende tien dagen is Tent Paars Cypher HQ, het onderkomen van de Bossche hiphop- en street culture, ook bekend als… 

Boulevard diary #1: Den Bosch has a cosy little village there

Gisteren vertelde iemand uit Amsterdam me dat hij van Boulevard lang had gedacht dat het een provinciale variant op een Amsterdams roséfeestje was: veel gezelligheid, eten, drinken en matige kunst. Gelukkig was hij al na één bezoek overtuigd dat er de afgelopen veertig jaar in Den Bosch iets is gegroeid dat niet te vergelijken is met andere Nederlandse festivals. Er… 

International Theatre Amsterdam makes report on sickened working climate public 

"As for the victims, it was mainly employees with managerial duties who experienced the cross-border behaviour. This seemingly contradictory result with the discussed hierarchy is explicable from the fact that the perpetrator of the transgressive behaviour in the majority of these cases is (a) board member(s) or other manager(s)." Ivo van Hove suddenly left as director last year 

De inzet van Schoof 1 is duidelijk: Cultuur, Sport en Vrije Tijd. 

Met het nieuwe extreemrechtse kabinet is ook een nieuwe werkelijkheid voor de kunsten aangebroken. Net als eerder in Brabant, waar de provinciale staten kunst en cultuur niet langer bij wetenschap en onderwijs onderbrachten, zet Schoof-1, ondanks een NSC-minister op Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Cultuur in het kopje ‘Cultuur, Sport en Vrije Tijd’. Dat blijkt uit de nieuwe indeling van de… 

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