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Nederlands Dans Theater confesses colour in dog poop case. Why only after exceptional pressure from the dance press?

Whether I was on champagne. Just a question from an acquaintance in the dance world. The occasion was Nederlands Dans Theater's announcement that it does not want to continue with top choreographer Marco Goecke until he really apologises for his assault on dance critic Wiebke Hüster of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. After all, the company had previously taken up the mantle of... 

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[PRESS RELEASE] Yara's Wedding PREMIUM interdisciplinary (almost) musical by NITE and Schauspiel Hannover, directed by Guy Weizman

Do we really dare to question our prejudices? Or have we become too politically correct? What can we learn from the silent voice? Framen Yara's Wedding is an interdisciplinary (almost) musical directed by Guy Weizman, with lyrics by Antigone Akgün, Rasit Elibol, Mohamedou Ould Slahi Houbeini and Rik van den Bos. Together, this unique group of writers, inspired by the... 

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[PRESS RELEASE] Dutch youth arts in the spotlight for a year in Italy

On Tuesday 21 February, Italy launches FuturoPresente, a year-long international programme that puts the spotlight on contemporary Dutch youth arts. This programme is an initiative of the Dutch Foundation for Literature, the Performing Arts Fund, See NL, the Cultural Participation Fund together with the Dutch embassy and consulate general in Italy. A selection of Dutch theatre makers, writers, illustrators, choreographers and... 

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Mahler 11: Song of Desire. Gustav and Alma Mahler come to life in successful piece by Bart Vieveen

Zo lang is het dus nog niet echt geleden, dat een wereldberoemd componist tegen zijn 20 jaar jongere geliefde kon zeggen dat zij moest stoppen met componeren, omdat hij niet tegen competitie kon. En dat ze dat dan ook doet. Het is een detail uit de geschiedenis van Gustav en Alma Mahler, die bij ingewijden allang bekend was, maar die… 

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[PRESS RELEASE] Brooding, gripping theatre about beautiful and dire sides of a care story

After the successful show 'You can tell me a secret' about the different sides of dementia, MATZER Theatre Productions now presents a new production: Broos. A musical and moving performance with Lottie Hellingman about how you can lose yourself in caring for someone else. The show, written and directed by Madeleine Matzer, will premiere on Friday 31 March.... 

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[PRESS RELEASE]Plein Theater and Puppetry Workspace present the second edition of the Queering Puppets Festival Amsterdam from 28 March to 2 April 2023! In doing so, Plein Theater celebrates a 40-year anniversary.

QUEERING PUPPETS FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM 28 March to 2 April 2023 Queering Puppets Festival Amsterdam has provided a stage for genre-transcending forms of visual theatre and puppetry since 2022. A fusion of craft and technology, dissolving traditional categories before the eye of the beholder. Plein Theater and Puppetry Workspace defy the norm with this festival full of garish visual excesses from... 

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Anne-Fays Reaspora makes tangible how the slavery past still echoes in our generations

Someday the diversity of theatre and the audiences that flock to it will be fine. On Thursday, 16 February, I sat in The Hague's Theater aan het Spui in an auditorium that was on average 50 years younger than the average theatre audience and also had all the colours of the rainbow. You guessed it: youth theatre. The theatre where... 

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Scheissegate #5: Hanover contract with assailant and choreographer Goecke dissolved. Nederlands Danstheater continues with him.

It was announced at a press conference at the Hanover State Opera this afternoon that the contract with choreographer Marco Goecke has been 'permanently terminated'. In addition, he has been denied access to the Opera's premises. This sanction follows a serious incident last Saturday at the premiere of a choreography by Goecke in Hanover, where he is ballet director. Because he behaved ... 

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'Marco Goecke fired from State Opera Hannover'

The Hannoversche Allgemeine, a local Hanover newspaper, has just announced that Marco Goecke, the dog-eared top choreographer, has probably already been fired by the prestigious Hannover Staatsoper company. An announcement on website T-Online reads: 'The dismissal of Hannover's ballet director Marco Goecke at the Hannover State Theatre may already be a done deal. According to the newspaper "Hannoversche Allgemeine... 

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Scheissegate III: Poopsmith Goecke says no sorry, but NDT thinks it's best

'If an NDT dancer had done this, they would have been thrown out on the street immediately.' Much anger and incomprehension on the Instagram account of leading Nederlands Dans Theater, after the company announced it was continuing its collaboration with Marco Goecke. Goecke, an associate choreographer with the The Hague company for many years, was discredited for leaving a reviewer from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung... 

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Scheissegate II: Albert Verlinde finds Hannover poop incident 'kind of funny'

'We all shouldn't make it too big a deal.' Dixit musical producer Albert Verlinde, this afternoon (14 February) in the Max programme Villa VdB on Radio 1. He is referring to the commotion in Germany - and the Netherlands - over the mistreatment of a dance critic by star choreographer Marco Goecke. Verlinde: 'I actually liked it.' With this... 

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Dog shit after negative review of NDT piece 'In The Dutch Mountains'. NDT: "acting is contrary to our values"

'In "In the Dutch Mountains", Marco Goecke's new ballet evening with the virtuoso Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague, the audience is alternately driven mad and killed by boredom.' Dixit Wiebke Hüster, dance critic of the Frankfürter Algemeine, one of Germany's largest quality newspapers. The critic did not have a good word to say about the premiere, last Thursday, in The Hague. Marco Goecke,... 

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So can a recorder. Go to Lucie in the Sky with Diamonds, by Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

Dankzij Bas Hoeflaak staat de blokfluit weer even in de belangstelling. De slappe lach veroorzakende scene gaat inmiddels de wereld rond, mede door het verre van virtuoze fluitspel van de amateurfluitist met stalen gezicht. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIkVov28ePo Dankzij een minstens even grappige speling van het lot zat ik woensdagmiddag bij een ‘vriendenrepetitie’ van Amsterdam Sinfonietta, druk bezig met de komende tournee met… 

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Nostalgia with Huub Stapel

At the end of the premiere at Haarlem's Stadsschouwburg, actor Huub Stapel (68) fills up several times as he talks about his parents. Silence falls. The performance Only Family is mainly a tribute to Stapel's parents from memories and reflections, but also personal confessions. The most prominent being his urinary problem due to a too-small bladder; many... 

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Potential of broadcasting ensembles could be better exploited

The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Groot Omroepkoor are of great value to the Dutch musical landscape as a whole and the Netherlands Public Broadcasting Service (NPO) in particular. But their potential could be better exploited. To seize the opportunities for live music on public broadcasting and reach a more diverse audience, new cooperation agreements are needed. Also, there should be... 

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My dear Gunsteling you don't want to see and must have seen

Assault and finally rape of a 14-year-old girl by a bonkers vet. An enjoyable evening at the theatre is different, until the applause of this arguably (once again) best Dutch theatre production of the year relieves you of the harsh struggle. Author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld and director Ivo van Hove emphasise that both 49-year-old vet Kurt and his minion, the farmer's daughter, are severely traumatised... 

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Treasury György Kurtág on 16 February - the perfect prelude to the Kurtág Festival

In the Schatkamer series, Asko|Schönberg takes you on a journey to the pearls of 20th-century music through live-played music, captivating guest speakers and visual and sound clips. The edition of Treasure Room on Thursday 16 February highlights the extraordinary world of György Kurtág (1926), the Hungarian composer known as the master of miniatures. His pieces consist of short,... 

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The butcher in Roelofarendsveen, his unwanted gay son and Annie M.G.

Sometimes you suddenly discover a gem of culture, banned from playlists by the tough theatre market. Like Wil van der Meer with his French chanson programme of translated songs by Annie Schmidt. As an actor, singer, director and teacher, Wil van der Meer is not first rate, but equally indispensable to Dutch culture. The numerous, indispensable roles... 

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4 coming revolutions involving art and money.

The Dutch government distrusts citizens. And that stands in the way of a healthy art sector. This emerged on 17 January during a well-attended symposium at Amsterdam's Veem House. The occasion was the essay published in book form by Renée Steenbergen, who also published articles on this site. At the event, co-organised by Veem and Platform Beeldende Kunst, many makers were... 

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Podium gift card sales in Corona year 2022 already back to 2013 level.

Nice message from the Theatre and Concert Visit Promotion Foundation: last year, we went out again quite often after the lockdowns, and also gave each other a unique experience as a gift quite often. 138,000 stage visits were gifted. That earned the SPTC a nice 6.6 million. That means the Pokadoka (Podium Gift Card) included an average gift of 48 euros.... 

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Evening of fun with relationship arguments in Family Game

Jacqueline Blom en Mark Rietman wekken direct de lachlust en treurnis op als vertwijfelde kinderen van gescheiden ouders aan het begin van Famiespel. De scherpe tragikomedie wordt echter allengs meer een klucht die goed is voor een avondje lachen. In Familiespel tonen Jacqueline Blom, Bas Hoeflaak en Annick Boer zich van hun beste kant als acteurs, en genoot ik het… 

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CLA retraining scheme for dancers declared universally binding

The collective labour agreement social fund Omscholing Dansers Nederland (CAO ODN) has been declared universally binding by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment with effect from 1 January 2023. This means that all dance companies based in the Netherlands that employ dancers are obliged to participate in the omscholing scheme. Since 1986, Stichting Omscholing Dansers Nederland (hereinafter: omscholingsregeling) has played an important role in... 

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Cinedans FEST '23 will take place from 24 to 26 March 2023 at Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam as well as online.

This 19th edition of the festival is the short three-day Practice & Potential edition of the Cinedans festival and focuses on the development of the dance film genre. For three days, Cinedans presents, the state of the art of Dutch dance film, the International Student Film Competition, special themed programmes and special documentaries. New Dutch Shorts A wide selection of... 

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Focus on Northern European composers in the ZaterdagMatinee: Tuning the ears with Bas Wiegers

Met een kring van bekenden – Bas Wiegers, Slagwerk Den Haag, Ensemble Klang en Katrien Baerts – werkt Asko|Schönberg aan de muziek van de toekomst. Dat gebeurt vanuit een rijke basis die gevormd wordt door ons 20ste-eeuwse erfgoed. De muziek van deze componisten verbinden we met de nieuwe generatie. In dit geval de Nederlandse Wilbert Bulsink, de Estse Helena Tulve… 

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The NUT explores the future of money in 2023

Utrecht, december 2022 – Het NUT (Nieuw Utrechts Toneel) onderzoekt in 2023 in alle theaterproducties die het maakt en speelt ‘de toekomst van geld’. Het is een feestjaar: het NUT viert de 10e editie van hun bekende zomervoorstelling op locatie, dit jaar is dat Goed goud geld (concept en spel: Greg Nottrot), te zien op festival Oerol op Terschelling en… 

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