Anything for which people enter a stage.
There will be another Bambierambam. Every few years, the two core members of theatre group Bambie (Jochem Stavenuiter and Paul van der Laan) and guest actors move into a theatre in the Netherlands for a few days to re-enact some old shows.
Eigenlijk is het nog veel te vroeg voor een recensie van Vulnicura. Björks nieuwe album laat zich niet in een paar dagen of luisterbeurten doorgronden. Maar omdat wél direct hoorbaar is dat hier iets bijzonders gebeurt, doe ik toch een poging deze nieuwe ontwikkeling in Björks kunstenaarschap te duiden. Björk is een artiest van wie ik ieder album met bovengemiddelde…
The children introduce themselves one by one. They build sets, make music and play scenes. A catastrophe is imminent. They speculate loosely: will it be a nuclear or biological attack, a plane or a missile, a tsunami or a bombing? In Next Day, shown last weekend at Theatre Frascati, they rehearse an attack by 'aliens'. That...
Georgian composer Giya Kantsjeli (Tbilisi, 1935) composes archaic-sounding, expressive works with slow progression, tremendous tension and heartbreaking melancholy. Characterised by fierce dynamic contrasts, his music often suddenly switches from an almost inaudible pianissimo to an oorsplitting fortissimo. On 23 February, Vredenburg's broadcasting series The Friday presents his monumental Styx for viola, choir and orchestra....
The Official Nominations for the first Dance Photo of the Year election have been announced. From 43 entries, Hans van Manen (choreographer) and Thomas Cott (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) compiled a top six. We couldn't think of a better jury for a preselection. Now we are curious to hear your vote. The Dance Photo of the Year election puts dance photographers and their work in the spotlight. Because.
The Official Nominations for the 2014 Dance Audience Award have been announced. Check out the 10 favourite dance performances and 10 favourite dancers of 2014. You can also vote for them. Varied entries For the Dance Audience Award, nearly 800 dance performance visitors sent in nominations of no fewer than 105 dancers and 65 dance performances. From Igone de Jongh of the Dutch National Ballet to the young Carlos Puts in...
Toneelgroep Centrum, Utrechtse Theater Inititatieven, Jeugdtheaterplatform Utrecht, Theaterplatform Utrecht, De Paardenkathedraal, De Nieuwe Paardenkathedraal, De Utrechtse Spelen. The ostentatious names for Utrecht theatre companies had run out of steam over the past 30 years. Not entirely unexpected, then, that the city theatre company of the Netherlands' fourth city opts for sobriety and clarity. Since Sunday 11 January, 5pm, De Utrechtse Spelen has been called...
After the annual lists, the recommendations for the new year. All dailies participate in it. Problem: much is not yet known. Festivals and companies present their programmes sometime in February, March. So we cannot yet give the tips for the whole of 2015. But we do have the tips for the coming month, in chronological order, because ranking performances we still have to...
It's raining annual lists and we're merrily joining in. As subjective as anyone, after all, no one sees everything, and opinions on taste can always differ. Of course, also in this list many performances in or from the Randstad, but half of them were not yet shown there. And all genres mixed together. As long as it is theatre. With the only limitation: no repeats, apologies Ring and Lohengrin (DNO), St John Passion (NRO). And no dance, because for that our partner dance audience.
What would the end of a year be without favourites lists? Therefore, herewith my choice of the three best CDs/DVDs of 2014. Unsuk Chin: 3 Concertos Korean-German composer Unsuk Chin is considered one of the most important composers of our time. She was awarded many times, including the prestigious Grawemeyer Award (2004) and the no less important South Korean Ho-Am...
Tonight (Thursday 18 December), the second season of TV programme 'Maestro' will have its finale. Dutch celebrities such as schlager singer Frans Duijts and presenter Sylvana Simons try to conduct a symphony orchestra under supervision. They will be judged by conductor Otto Tausk, violinist Isabelle van Keulen and double bassist Dominic Seldis. Letter writers and columnists tumble over each other in condemning the programme. 'Maestro' would be a knee-jerk...
Choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker sends out an alarming press release. Following the decision by the Brussels theatre De Munt/La Monnaie to stop programming dance, she wonders whether Rosas is still welcome in Brussels. "The news that the management of La Monnaie is scrapping all dance fills me with disbelief. Historically, ...
Hoe is het om wat je doorgaans met een grote groep mensen ondergaat in je eentje mee te maken? Zweedse televisie zocht het uit. Met als grootste finale een optreden van Bob Dylan voor één fan.
5:Echo, choreographer Nicole Beutler's most recent production, is a curious show. All focus is on two famous pioneers of Dutch dance in the 60s and 70s: Ellen Edinoff and Bianca van Dillen. Yet Echo mainly shows how impossible (and perhaps undesirable) it is to want to revive past glories. Dancer Kelly ...
Na de première van Puccini’s wellicht meest geliefde opera La bohème bij De Nationale Opera afgelopen donderdag, reageerden de critici verdeeld. Trouw roemde dirigent Roberto Palumbo, die ‘Puccini’s meesterlijke effecten kan maximaliseren’, Place de l’Opéra kapittelde de Italiaan omdat hij ‘wel erg veel vrijheid in de frasering van de melodieën’ nam. Collega Henri Drost van Cultuurpers hield het niet droog…
Eric de Vroedt will succeed Theu Boermans at the Nationale Toneel in The Hague in 2018. The company announced this in a press release today. This puts an end to speculation surrounding the future of theatre-maker De Vroedt. Indeed, he had long been mentioned as Alize Zandwijk's successor at the ro Theater in Rotterdam,...
What does the theatre of the future look like? That question Odeon De Spiegel Theatres posed to the FMT Workforce, the online brainstorming environment of our partner Fast Moving Targets. We also brought the message here. Odeon and De Spiegel are two theatres in Zwolle. Well-run theatres, but always looking for the new opportunities offered by new technologies and developments....
It is the most shameless and therefore ultimate tearjerker in operatic history: Puccini's La bohème. If the opera is performed even half right, by the end of the evening the entire audience leaves the hall with wet eyes and red cheeks, resistance is futile.
Danseres en choreografe Truus Bronkhorst instigeerde een samenwerking tussen het Antwerpse Kunst/Werk en het Tilburgse T.R.A.S.H. Het dubbelprogramma en duet combineert choreografiën van Marc Vanrunxt en Kristel van Issum. Ende der Zukunft is een wonderbaarlijke enscenering van gapende kloven geworden: van tijd van leven, van artistieke ervaring, maar vooral ook van artistieke opvatting. Intergenerationaliteit (oui, c’est un mot) betreft verhoudingen die…
Saturday 6 December sees the start of the first edition of Music Theatre Days, the successor to the annual Babel Festival. To present the work of young makers, the Ostadetheatre and production core Diamantfabriek joined forces again, for a programme that offers flash performances by conservatory students alongside world premieres by professional makers. Splendor's monthly Salon also takes place at the Ostadetheatre. Red thread...
In a sold-out Geertekerk in Utrecht, Camerata Trajectina exuberantly celebrated its fortieth anniversary yesterday. In those four decades, the ensemble has worked tirelessly to put the Dutch song repertoire from the Middle Ages to the Golden Age on the map, not only on stages, but also on sound carriers. Entirely in style, attendees were treated to a varied...
Georges Vermeersch comes home early from prison, where he was serving a sentence for incest with his daughter Christiane. In the meantime, his wife Jeanne has had a child by younger neighbour Erik. So how to move on? Casper Vandeputte directed an intense, haunting version of Hugo Claus' play Friday at the Nationale Toneel. Lead actors Stefan de...
Brian Ferry covert op zijn nieuwe album Avonmore Stephen Sondheidms Send in the clowns. Maar zijn versie illustreert boven alles de verzuchting die op ‘Isn’t it rich? Isn’t it queer?’ volgt: ‘Losing my timing this late in my career.’ Het lijkt zo makkelijk. Je hoeft niet zelf een goed nummer te schrijven, maar je neemt er een van een ander…
While Amsterdam languished for years with a plan for a Dance House, Chassé Dance Studios will open its doors in December. The former Chassé church has been transformed into a multifunctional centre with eight professional dance studios, 45 hotel rooms, a gym in the ridge, and a grand café. Lenny Balkissoon, ex-dancer and actor (Zeg 'ns Aaa) financed, designed and organises the construction. Cultural entrepreneurship in turbulent times. It can be done.
Among the audience at Korzo theatre in The Hague at the performance 'Here We Live And Now' are a striking number of dancers from Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT). No wonder, as many of their colleagues are involved in this performance. This annual programme featuring young choreographic talent is a co-production of NDT and Korzo. The addition 'The Hague' talent, by the way, may be taken with...
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