No work by Kylián at NDT: a masterstroke?
The announced change of course at NDT is keeping minds busy. Starting with The Hague Central, to the Volkskrant to
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The French are coming, but are these choreographers that good?
France, the birthplace of ballet, is producing top choreographers by the continuous stream. At least six of them are coming to the Netherlands soon:
Cannes opens with The Great Gatsby, but the novelty is already off
Would Gilles Jacob, the director of the Cannes Film Festival, see it as a godsend or a knee-jerk reaction to American studios? That Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby Wednesday's opening film certainly means spectacle and a lot of attention. But it is not a world premiere,
World country the Netherlands: Rotterdam, Delta Works, Cows, Tulips, Flatboats and Mills.
We are quite happy with the Netherlands, if only because of the language. After all, we can write in Dutch here, and then there are quite a few people who can read us, and understand us when we speak. In Thailand
For some artists, people are scary
As an art journalist, art makers give me VIP treatment: free tickets, separate desks, they say YOU to me and hang on my every word when I tell them something. That's a
Selection Theatre Festival 2013 marked by audience-friendly performances
De Verleiders, last season's big theatre hit, heads the jury selection of The Theatre Festival 2013. The by a group of actors and cabaret artists, including Pierre Bokma and
Wagner in Düsseldorf: opera jewel or publicity stunt?
When both nu.co.uk, BBC news and virtually every German newspaper simultaneously cover an opera, something must be going on. And there is: Nazis! Wagner! Outraged spectators! More than that: doctors had to be called in!
NDT opens door to future without Kylián with 'School of Thought'
Programme V is NDT1's last programme this season. It seems to be a final chord in more ways than one.
Op de premièredag ging een officieel bericht uit dat choreograaf en ex-artistiek leider Jirí Kylián na 36 jaar betrokkenheid zijn handen aftrekt van NDT. Van september 2014 tot 2017 zal daarnaast geen werk van
VPRO honours Reinbert de Leeuw
On 8 September next, pianist, composer and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw hopes to turn 75 and this will be celebrated with a range of events. These include a three-day festival dedicated to him in The Hague and Amsterdam at the end of September, and next season he will be
Research shows: nothing so immutable as the art public
More people go to popular art than 'high' or 'canonical' art. Researcher Andries van den Broek has researched this. Therefore, there are now figures explaining the word 'popular' and 'elite'. So
Will broadcast library collection be saved?
Hilversum, 1-5-2013 - On Labour Day, the VARA programme spent The Guide on Radio 1 focused on the impending abolition of the library of the broadcaster, causing some 10 highly specialised and dedicated staff to lose their jobs. Although this immense and unique archive, which houses some five kilometres of scores, parts and books, can be kept afloat for half a million euros, it will still be disbanded from 1 August.
NSB officer Tobie Goedewaagen and subsidies: the faulty founder of a good system
The Dutch system of art subsidies was set up in 1942 by NSB leader Tobie Goedewaagen, who also founded the Kultuurkamer. Typical of a fact that
Finally another Dutch film in competition at Cannes: Borgman by Alex van Warmerdam
A major frustration of the Dutch film world has come to an end. After 38 years, we again have a film in the main competition at Cannes. The new film by
Revolt against art partly caused by museum-less era?
More than a decade without national pride does a lot to a country. Could it be true that the simultaneous closure of Stedelijk Museum and Rijksmuseum helped lead to the
Writer Kier-La Janisse at Imagine symposium on women and madness
The symposium on disturbed women in horror films held at the Imagine Festival this Sunday afternoon was actually quite a reassuring gathering. You don't have to be disturbed yourself to have a fascination with horror. At least you could infer that from
Film summit on boosting film production in the Netherlands takes steps in the right direction
Yesterday, the long-awaited Film Summit was held. At this private meeting, ministers Bussemaker (OCW) and Kamp (Economic Affairs) met a large number of representatives of the film sector. The consultations covered
Culture Council delights ministers with nice note
Vrijdag 12 april is er een ‘Filmtop‘ in Eye, Amsterdam. Overheid, producenten en financiers praten er een dagje over wat er moet gebeuren om de Nederlandse filmindustrie de winter door te helpen. Deze Filmtop is er gekomen op verzoek van
Plea for Fall Fund shows lack of realism theatre sector
Nothing worse than having to play an unsuccessful play thirty, or a hundred times, just because the show has been sold to theatres so many times. That's why it would be nice if companies could decide not to do it. Because now they wouldn't be able to.
Cronyism at Codarts: 175000 euros.
That things were not going well at Codarts, Rotterdam's University of the Arts, was already known. Board chairman Jikkie van der Giessen had to step down in 2011 after
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert died
It will take some getting used to he clicking 'external review' on the Internet Movie Database no longer to come across Roger Ebert's name. This legendary critic
Roland Sohier: 'I push boundaries and sow unrest'
Not Miffy herself, but her mischievous and defiant cousins are the focus of the exhibition At miffy's attic by artist Roland Sohier. In the dick bruna house, he created an exciting attic where
Rebuilding Rijksmuseum 'within financial constraints'
Time for some good news about art. The renovation of the Rijksmuseum may have taken years longer than expected, and also caused much more discussion than would have been necessary: the case is
Niko Koers renewed Amsterdam on Beethoven
Advertorial On 12 April 2013, urban renovator 'in retirement' Niko Koers and pianist Herman Rouw will present a unique combination book and CD about Beethoven and what it tells us about
Thirty thousand euros for young top talents
The concentration is enormous, the mastery great. The boys and girls standing here dancing can do something. The apparent ease with which these 12-year-olds demonstrate their dance moves shows at the same time how difficult ballet is. After all, the movements have to be performed perfectly, and splashily. Moreover, of this group, only a few will make it to the world's top: The National Ballet. Students of the...
Minister finds important advice from Culture Council too pricey
The Council for Culture, recently reinforced with new members with a lot of management talent and business acumen, has to accept defeat. Indeed, culture minister Jet Bussermaker is disregarding a key pillar of the council's latest advice.
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