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Every company 50,000 euros more. Youth theatre in the Netherlands should be very happy with the letter culture minister Bussemaker sent to the chamber last Monday. After years of squeezing under Halbe Zijlstra, finally more air for the makers. But the investment of 4 tonnes a year turns out to be a cutback. In fact, Bussemaker is only giving a gift to eight companies. Company...
Where minister Bussemaker tries to sell the same overall budget as "an extra investment of 18 million" with the new "cash shift" and municipalities like Amsterdam use the old-fashioned cheese slicer to make cuts, the municipality of Enschede uses the blunt axe. Despite fierce opposition and 27,000 signatures from concerned citizens, the city council agreed to an additional annual cut of 600,000 on the library and...
It is a niche sector in marketing, but cultural marketing is fast becoming mature. In recent years, cultural organisations have had to be creative and inventive with increasingly limited budgets. This often manifested itself in sensational marketing of performances, exhibitions and festivals. Not without results: these five marketing cases have bravely drawn attention last cultural season....
Minister Jet Bussemaker's letter will keep tongues wagging for a long time to come. There are considerable gaps here and there between the Culture Council's advice and the minister's letter. Also in the field of film and media. A list of differences. Bussemaker notes that the film sector is changing considerably. Media consumption is changing due to the rapid rise...
Bussemaker invests 18 million in the arts and a symphony orchestra for pop and jazz added. It seems too good to be true. And so it is. Because in return for that one extra orchestra, two other orchestras will be cut. At least, that's how the minister's letter can easily be read. That's how I read it too, at least. Currently...
The repair of cultural subsidies by more than 18 million, announced by culture minister Bussemaker on 8 June 2015, mainly concerns a perpetuation of earlier patchwork. That patchwork was necessary in recent years to smooth the crudest consequences of the cuts by her predecessor Halbe Zijlstra. That predecessor is now in the chamber as a coalition partner, to ensure...
‘Urbo Kune’ is esperanto voor ‘gemeenschappelijke stad’. Klangforum Wien presenteert vandaag in het Muziekgebouw 24 uur hedendaagse muziek en ideeën met als uitgangspunt de toekomst van Europa en ideeën over de ideale hoofdstad van de Verenigde Staten van Europa. https://vimeo.com/129976101 Om 12:12 hedenmiddag startte de manifestatie met een onbegrijpelijk statement vanaf het dak. Burgemeester Van der Laan, Arnon Grunberg, Francine Houben wisselen…
The new format of the Holland festival puts the spectator first. Plenty of visible events, free performances and being in the middle of the city. It's director Ruth McKenzie's trademark. It is therefore not surprising that she does not shy away from the digital universe. After all, what better way to share than digital art? But what then is digital art...
Geïnspireerd door verhalen van Borges, wiens weduwe bij de lancering van het online interactieve muziekstuk tijdens het Holland Festival aanwezig was, heeft The Book of Sand toch nog het meeste weg van een uitgebreide, hele chique videoclip. Is dat erg? “Neither the book nor sand possess a beginning or an end.” Het verhaal van Borges, waarnaar de titel verwijst, gaat…
Ik ben een idealist, aldus Bero Beyer, de nieuwe directeur van het Filmfestival Rotterdam op het Voorjaarsoverleg.
Op 5 juni opent in Eye een bijzonder filmprogramma: Where do we go now? Arabische vrouwen achter de camera. Wie aan het Midden-Oosten en Noord-Afrika denkt, denkt wellicht aan conflicten en IS, misschien aan de oorsprong van de algebra, maar waarschijnlijk niet aan vrouwelijke filmmakers. Toch zijn zij flink in opkomst. Was in 1994 Les Silences du Palais van Moufida…
What happened to the five million Overijssel gave the orchestra in 2011 to 'get more money from the market'? This was also what councillor Van Abbema wondered, and the answers the province gave her mostly raise more questions. What is abundantly clear is that the province wants to keep the orchestra no matter what and of no merger
Het eerste weekend van juni is er iets spannends te beleven in Den Haag. Voor avontuurlijk ingestelde mensen. Door avontuurlijk ingestelde mannen. Op een podium. Door musicerende mannen wel te verstaan. Mr. Cello Eén van die mannen zag ik ooit (ergens jaren negentig in Groningen) wild tekeer gaan op zijn instrument. Met een vrijwel kale strijkstok, ’n snaar missend, maar…
A young blonde woman climbs a staircase in a round, windowless room and emerges into a desert. She runs laps around a red cloth, singing "everything's repeated many times". Or: the same young woman lies in the same windowless round room, but now in a different dress and with a curious machine. "everything's repeated many times". Or: the same...
Het is een feest om M.U.R.S. binnen te stappen. Dit is de smart city, de stad van onze nabije toekomst. Communicatie-electronica en fun regeren. Het heeft veel weg van een een kermis of een enorme disco. Opzwepende stemmen verwelkomen je. Je dwarrelt met de massa mee naar binnen. Iedereen doet mee. Je telefoon heeft contact. Cheerleaders staan op een podium,…
THE Symphony Orchestra is as good as bankrupt. The 2014 figures show that. So it is total nonsense that responsible minister Jet Bussemaker reported in her answers to questions by MP Jacques Monasch less than a month ago that the orchestra was well within the own income norm of 21.5%. Not only did she already use incorrect figures in her answers, now...
As Big as the Sky I am looking forward to Arnoud Noordegraaf's new multimedia project, As Big as the Sky, with sets by Ai Wei Wei. Noordegraaf is a master at blurring the boundaries between film and reality. His music is elegant and appealing and serves the story. As Big as the Sky, op...
Summer at home. Six film theatres are experimenting with an extra room online from 4 June. Here's how it works. Suppose you'd like to see Summer. The modest but atmospheric coming-of-age drama that earned Sigrid ten Napel a Golden Calf best actress nomination. About a summer in which, for a 16-year-old village girl, everything changes. But you are unlucky. Your favourite film theatre does show Summer, but just not on that night...
Visiting M.U.R.S. without the app on your smartphone is a challenge. The performance by the infamous Barcelona-based theatre collective is a commentary on how people are unwittingly becoming part of a SMART society run by international corporations via all sorts of gadgets. Are you in or out? Is there actually anything to choose? According to Jürgen Müller, one of the founders of...
Filmfestival Eerste Wereldoorlog in De Cacaofabriek, Heerlen.
Een prachtlijst. Anders kan de officiële juryselectie van het Nederlands Theater Festival niet omschreven worden. Keurig opgedeeld in grotezaal- en kleinezaalproducties, met ook nog eens een mime- en een locatieproductie. Tegelijkertijd slaat de selectie helemaal nergens op. Want ja, het Theater Festival geeft toe dat het voornamelijk naar toneel kijkt. En zijn er immers niet allerhande prijzen voor opera, jeugdtheater,…
It is a special year for Ann Van den Broek as she celebrates a 15-year anniversary as a choreographer. That the performance Q61 Cemetery of dance collective WArd/waRD would cause so much noise she probably did not foresee.
For the sixth time in its history, the Tour de France will start in the Netherlands: on Saturday 4 July, the cyclists will start their three-week war of attrition under the Dom in Utrecht . A day earlier, the Britten Youth String Orchestra kicks off its own Tour de France, in home town Zwolle. In one week, the young musicians will give seven concerts in La...
Tonight, the Arnhem city council will take an important decision on the renovation of Musis Sacrum, the monumental concert hall located at a prominent point in the city. But the real news is not in what will be decided tonight, but in the far-reaching consequences. Musis Sacrum dates back to 1847 and is part of the cultural heritage. The venue complex is in dire need of refurbishment and with...
The only one really remembered in Jan Wolkers' novel 'The Peach of Immortality' is former resistance fighter Ben Ruwiel. On 5 May 1980, the entry of the Canadians from 35 years earlier was celebrated in Amsterdam. The crowds, not far from where Ben lives, fill him with disgust. It is unreal. The people, wrapped up by welfare society, have no concept of...
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