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This November, the Square Theatre is the meeting place for dance lovers! With four different programmes, we will show the versatility of modern dance, ranging from adventurous performances to intimate stories. We start the month with two multidisciplinary Triple Bills, performed and curated by young, promising makers. And from 13 to 17 November, we present a tribute to dance pioneer Pauline de Groot with...
Biogas. It works. In Tilburg, they have taken a big step in making circus romance more sustainable. The campfires, from the first edition the anchor of Circus Festival Circolo, have been modified. No longer fuelled by increasingly soggy firewood, beautiful yellow flames now play around glowing chunks. The wood fire became a gas fire, but designed by a pyrotechnician with circus experience. The flames...
From 24 to 27 October, you will find the Meisner Theatre Festival in 's-Hertogenbosch. Over four days, you can enjoy 17 acts at the theatre on Lucas van Leydenstraat. The performers come from the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and Taiwan. Better-known names include Flemish Boris-Johannes De Keyser, who previously competed in the Camerettenfestival, and Iris Heusschen and Ksenia Marasanova....
She sometimes sees people drop out when she tells them that her performance is inspired by burlesque. "They often have certain preconceptions about this and think it's 'something only dirty men want to see'." It remains difficult to convince people to take the first step and attend a burlesque show, says Baines. The twenty-two-year-old South African loves...
Supreme court rules: renovation to start The Council of State has given the City of Amsterdam the green light on appeal to renovate the main location of the Amsterdam Museum on Kalverstraat. The Amsterdam Museum will have more and much better space for collection and public, become more sustainable and fully accessible. The renovation, which is due to this ruling by the Council of...
On tour along Dutch theatres - for young and old from 6 years old After a successful premiere in spring 2024 and performances for more than 1,600 children at primary schools in and around Utrecht, the light and loving family show Oma Eindbaas, produced by the NUT (text: Floor Leene, direction: Lara van Hoof), is now touring throughout the Netherlands. This extraordinary performance...
Asko|Schönberg presents two new compositions at the Cello Biennale. Commissioned by Asko|Schönberg, innovative composer Silvia Borzelli creates new work with earthbound that breaks the traditional coordination between left and right hands. Composer Guus Janssen is commissioned by the Cello Biennale to write a new composition for ensemble and four cellists. In addition to these two new works, the ensemble will play the classic Biennale Galop 2016 by...
It is mouse-still in the studio auditorium of Korzo in The Hague. A few dozen spectators in the stands, a tangle of bodies on stage, shuffling, sighing and exerting their utmost strength, sliding, climbing and balancing on, over and under each other. Impressive, sensual too, this continuous movement that does not run from applause moment to applause moment, but rather lets you breathlessly follow how it...
Nieuwe Noten Amsterdam celebrates its fifth anniversary this season! To celebrate, we have a special offer: students and professional musicians and composers can go to any Nieuwe Noten concert for only €10. Every month in Plein Theater, you get the unique chance to experience new music in an intimate setting. Nieuwe Noten Amsterdam offers a stage for contemporary chamber music....
Amsterdam, 8 October 2024 - The "Don't let the curtain fall" campaign has successfully collected more than 30,500 expressions of support from loyal audiences. The initiative was launched by 59 members of the NAPK (Dutch Association for Performing Arts), which are in danger of closing down due to the lack of multi-year subsidies. Campaign results The signatures were presented on 8 October to the culture spokespersons of...
Delft, Tuesday, 8 October, 2024 - The 14th edition of Delft Fringe Festival opens its doors to new makers with an open call. In 2025, there are 25 play spaces to be filled at the festival. With exciting, hilarious, moving, surprising, disruptive and innovative performances. The festival loves to be surprised by all the untamed talents, artistic experiments and cool new makers. You can apply until 30...
In de normaal zo stille museumzaal slaakte ze een kreet van opwinding. Te midden van alle kunstwerken stond een kunstwerk speciaal gemaakt voor haar. Naast het werk zat haar partner op haar knieën. Anjulie werd door haar vriendin Geraldine ten huwelijk gevraagd in het Amsterdam Museum. Op een zonnige zaterdagmiddag bezocht Anjulie nietsvermoedend met haar partner Geraldine, wonend in Amsterdam…
Uitmuntend, geweldig, wonderschoon – de jury’s van de twee Filter Vertaalprijzen 2024 kwamen woorden tekort om de loftrompet te steken over alle tien genomineerde vertalingen van het afgelopen jaar. Alle genomineerden maakten zo’n goede vertaling dat de jury’s oprecht gelukkig werden van het lezen ervan. Toch moest er gekozen worden: één vertaald werk voor volwassenen en één vertaald kinderboek sprongen…
The associate artist for the 78th edition of the Holland Festival in June 2025 is American choreographer Trajal Harrell (Douglas, Georgia, USA, 1973). Harrell is one of the most important international contemporary choreographers. His unique style incorporates elements from various dance traditions, fashion, music and visual art. With universal human emotions and themes of connection, tragedy, tenderness and vulnerability, Harrell's...
Het Amsterdam Museum lanceert in september en oktober 2024 de corporate campagne This city is a museum. Met de campagne plaatst het Amsterdamse stadsmuseum de hele stad op een voetstuk en brengt het een eerbetoon aan Amsterdam dat vanaf 27 oktober haar 750-jarige bestaan gaat vieren. Heel Amsterdam heeft museale waarde “Met onze campagne This city is a museum nodigt…
De Zilveren Krulstaarten zijn zaterdagmiddag 21 september tijdens de Dag van het Scenario op het Nederlands Film Festival uitgereikt aan de schrijvers van de beste film- en televisiescenario’s van 2023. Ooit begonnen als geuzenprijs vanwege het ontbreken van een Gouden Kalf voor scenario, zijn de Zilveren Krulstaarten inmiddels uitgegroeid tot dé Nederlandse vakprijzen voor scenaristen. De winnaars worden jaarlijks gekozen door leden…
Wim Landuyt won het Nederlands Kampioenschap Poetry Slam 2024 in Utrecht, waarbij hij zeven andere finalisten versloeg. Hij ontving de Gouden Vink trofee en €1000. Het evenement, onderdeel van het International Literature Festival Utrecht, werd beoordeeld door zowel publiek als jury. Het NK Poetry Slam vierde zijn 22e editie.
Winfred Voordendag will take over the business directorship ad interim from outgoing director Bernadette Stokvis from 1 November 2024. Winfred has worked as business director or director in the arts sector for 25 years and is looking forward to starting work at Maas. Cobi van Beek, chairman of the Supervisory Board of Maas theatre and dance, on the...
Nederland geeft op verzoek van Indonesië 288 objecten uit de Rijkscollectie terug. Tijdens de koloniale periode zijn deze voorwerpen, die van culturele betekenis zijn voor Indonesië, onterecht naar Nederland meegenomen. Minister Eppo Bruins (OCW) heeft tot de teruggave besloten. Hij volgt daarmee adviezen op van de Commissie Koloniale Collecties onder voorzitterschap van Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You. De werken bevinden zich…
Van 17 oktober t/m 21 december toert Bloedzus – Hetzelfde en in alles anders door het land. Topactrices Wendell Jaspers en Lotte Dunselman, voor het eerst samen op het toneel, spelen een eeneiige tweeling in deze scherpe, humoristische en muzikale voorstelling van MATZER Theaterproducties. De tekst is van Maaike Bergstra, Madeleine Matzer regisseert. De première is zaterdag 19 oktober in De Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch. Als…
On Saturday 19 October, Maas theatre and dance's new toddler performance PRRRT PRRRT FLAP FLAP (3+) will premiere at the Maaspodium in Rotterdam. Creators Sara Giampaolo and Esther Schouten build on the line of toddler theatre that Maas has developed in recent years: big themes brought in a playful way. After the premiere, the show will tour until February 2025
Decisions Cultural Basic Infrastructure 2025-202817 September 2024 | 15:39 Bruins adopts the Council for Culture's advice to grant 117 applications, from a total of 115 institutions, for the Cultural Basic Infrastructure (bis). At 13 institutions, the council gave a conditionally positive advice. Those institutions must meet the required conditions by 1 November 2024. The national cultural funds jointly honour 306...
With a large number of composition commissions and some 100 concerts, November Music will showcase the diversity and vitality of cutting-edge music during its 32nd edition. November Music 2024 will take place from 8 to 17 November at various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch. With the festival sections FAQ (8 to 11 November) and MOODZ (Fri 15 Nov), there will also be a stimulating range of...
Heroic epic shot on location in the Sahara by Jacques Feyder: a spectacular desert fantasy in which two French legionnaires get lost and end up in the lost kingdom of Atlantis. With live music by Marmoucha Orchestra.
- 20-metre-long 'receipt for society' rolled out on Budget Day- many experts and experience experts present including Splinter Chabot and Marit Bouwmeester. A broad alliance of organisations from culture, sports, events, media, books and accommodation will campaign against the VAT increase on 17 September. Two venues affected by the VAT increase, on and near the Royal procession, will be...
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