Dingen die we doen voor leden en partners.
For Mark Rutte, this must be a defeat, or else a U-turn of sorts. Although, there are indications that he is taking a milder view. In 2016, his speechwriter actually managed to cycle the K-word into the speech from the throne
How nice it would not be if the Culture Council really 'got its hands on' supporting freelancers and self-employed people! There is a possibility.
Mijn mondkapje is niet-medisch. Dat vind ik een prettig idee. Want daardoor zorgt mijn mondkapje voor een vals gevoel van veiligheid. En als ik een vals gevoel van veiligheid heb, ben ik veel beter op mijn hoede dan bij echte veiligheid.
More than 20 years ago, David Grossman's phone rang. A woman named Eva Panić Nahir had some things to say about an article he had published in an Israeli newspaper. Grossman smiles at the memory. 'What my piece was about I don't remember, I do remember that she thought I had not gone far enough in my criticism of the government. I did find it refreshing to be attacked for once by someone from the left, instead of - as usual - the right wing.'
In October, the Blazers and Bart Moeyaert will tour again with De Schepping, the first part of this successful musical theatre trilogy. During this performance, Bart Moeyaert (winner of the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the 'Nobel Prize for children's literature') tells the story using a self-written text to this old, but never performed this way, music by Haydn.
The VVD will not give away Mark Rutte's latest crown jewel, the arts subsidy cut, for free. The latest argument: suction effect.
Politically, the municipality of Noordwijk is not a paragon of civilisation; fortunately, sportingly - football, surfing - things are much better, and in terms of culture, the coastal municipality offers a wonderful palette of theatre, music and visual arts.
This year, November Music awards 10 commissions to Dutch and two to foreign composers, including a choral work for Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Traditionally, November Music opens with the Bosch Requiem on Friday 6 November, which of course takes on an extra charge this year. Korean-Dutch composer Seung-Won Oh draws inspiration from the YeonDo death ritual that links Korean funeral traditions with the Catholic faith. After Kate Moore and Calliope Tsoupaki, she is the third female composer of the Bosch Requiem in a row.
Maas theatre and dance presents from Saturday 5 September to Friday 16 October 2020
Every week a 60-minute creative lecture by eat designer Marije Vogelzang as part of the
of summer performance The Wild Kitchen. Vogelzang's goal with the lectures is to use the
inspire visitors and viewers to improve their relationship with food.
Under the banner 'Sender Boulevard', the organisers of Theatre Festival Boulevard signed up for six weeks of live encounters in 's-Hertogenbosch. More than 40 different projects delivered an extraordinary variety of performances, performances and installations. Based on the theme 'Nader de ander' (Closer to the other), Boulevard more than ever entered into dialogue with makers and audience, which led to an intense dialogue with results.
Writers and translators hit by the corona crisis can now apply for three support schemes set up especially for them. They can apply for up to €5,000 for a project grant or income support. The first submission deadline closes on 30 September 2020. Membership of the Authors' Association or affiliation to Lira is not compulsory.
De Charlotte Köhler Prijs, een driejaarlijkse prijs voor schrijvers van literair werk, is dit jaar toegekend aan Manon Uphoff (1962). Uphoff ontvangt de prijs van 15.000 euro voor haar gehele oeuvre en in het bijzonder voor de in de werkelijkheid gewortelde roman Vallen is als vliegen (2019).
What impressions, what images stick? Why am I enjoying this so much? The performances during the corona crisis deliver great gratitude: that I get to experience this, that actors, writers, directors and collaborators are faithful to perform for me for weeks or even months on end. The declaration of love is mutual.
On top of the general support measures, the cabinet is allocating an additional 482 million euros for the cultural sector. The cultural and creative sector can also draw on the general support measures, so over 700 million is expected to be available for culture.
The NBE calls on young composers to write music about something or someone they want to stand up for, or even rebel against. There are hardly any rules, anything goes and anything goes as long as it is self-invented.
With its expressive music, stylish costumes, dazzling video images and beautiful lighting, The Flying Dutchman is a feast for the eyes and ears.
Things can change. In 1979, Iran changed from a Western-oriented secular state to a spiritual dictatorship, where Islamic leaders call the shots. Women must henceforth go through life veiled and music is banned as extremely sinful. Four decades later, three women founded the Iranian Female Composers Association. In America, though. 'Music is like a drug, those who feel...
It could have been so beautiful. In a not so grey past, the Council for Culture, then under a different management, initiated a movement that would give more authority to the region outside the Randstad. That was three years ago. Now there is an (entirely justified) angry letter in the newspaper from the culture deputies of 9...
Verontrustende berichten, de afgelopen dagen, in diverse media. Eerst was daar Patrick van IJzendoorn in De Volkskrant, die constateerde dat het leven was weggetrokken uit het Londense zakenhart. Ik zag een paar verward verheugde reacties langskomen van vrienden op mijn culturele tijdlijn. Immers, in het artikel werd een duidelijke relatie gelegd tussen de sluiting van musea en theaters en de…
Het beste boek dat ik ken heet Arthur, koning voor eens en ooit. Dat wil zeggen, zo heet het als je de nieuwste vertaling door Jolande van der Klis aanschaft. Alles wat je over de wereld moet weten staat in dit boek. Het begint als een kinderboek – ik begon het ook te lezen toen ik nog een jongen was…
De 94-jarige Jan Hoek uit Rotterdam schreef een brief aan de jeugd die iedereen inmiddels wel zal hebben gelezen – sinds dat touwtje uit de brievenbus van Terlouw is er niet meer zoveel aandacht geweest voor een boodschap van een mens op leeftijd. Die boodschap is sympathiek en duidelijk: jongelui, hou het nou nog even vol, voor ons, dan kun…
Exterior, day. A deserted street in a southern Dutch town, unusually bright daylight. No sound. A man drives up and parks at a vacant power point. He walks to the entrance of a large, empty, modernist building. He is greeted by a very very old veteran, who tells him that "the wife is in for a moment", "she asked me to go on the...
Boukje Schweigman is een kunstenaar die dit land hard nodig heeft. Mijn diepe bewondering voor haar ontstond bij ‘Klep’, de voorstelling waarmee ze lang geleden afstudeerde aan de Amsterdamse mime-opleiding. Met acht anderen in een karretje, door hele kleine klepjes rondkijken in een wereld waarin lieve wezentjes al even nieuwsgierig zijn naar jou, waarna een minimale aanraking de impact van…
'For Indonesian Dutch, 15 August is definitely not liberation day,' explains playwright Bo Tarenskeen. The last day of the alternative Festival Boulevard in Den Bosch, Sender Boulevard, coincides with the commemoration of Japan's surrender on 15 May 1945. The Dutch East Indies, the colony exploited by our country for centuries, had also been liberated from the Japanese, but the end...
This week, a massive explosion of 2,700 tonnes of poorly preserved ammonium nitrate destroyed most of the Lebanese capital Beirut. For German-Lebanese writer Pierre Jarawan, who lives in Munich, the disaster is yet another black page in the history of Lebanon, which he himself has only just come to know.
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