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ILFU organiseert in 2024 de grote publieksmanifestatie: Ikjesmarathon. Wij zijn vele ikjes!

Schrijf je eigen Ikje en word gepubliceerd. Het Ikje op de Achterpagina van NRC is al meer dan 20 jaar een instituut. Duizenden hilarische, tragische en herkenbare voorvallen van onbekende Nederlanders gevat in 120 woorden vormen de kronieken van het alledaagse leven. Reden voor ILFU (International Literature Festival Utrecht) om eenmalig een allesomvattende Ikjesmarathon te organiseren. We roepen iedereen op… 

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Business director Jan Baanstra leaves after 21 years at the Silence

Business director Jan Baanstra will leave Silence in autumn 2024. His successor will be recruited soon. Baanstra has been with the company since 2003. In 2008, Baanstra was appointed business director at de Stilte. Under his leadership, in collaboration with artistic director Jack Timmermans, de Stilte was included as the only newcomer in the Basic Infrastructure in 2009. Also... 

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Old Signs New Sounds in TivoliVredenburg

Together with the Marmoucha Orchestra, discover the timeless journey of "Old Signs, New Sounds", merging historical richness and modern vibes. To be seen on 22 June at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht. This special concert during Old Roots New Routes, featuring the beautiful voices of talented female vocalists with Moroccan, Turkish and Iranian roots, presents a fascinating mix of traditional folk music from... 

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ICK RECEIVES TENTH EU PROJECT GRANT FOR AI PROJECT HAMLET

Met trots kondigt Internationaal Choreografisch Kunstencentrum (ICK) aan dat zij voor de tiende keer een EU-projectsubsidie heeft ontvangen, dit keer voor het baanbrekende HAMLET, onderdeel van het EU Horizon Heritage 2024 programma. Het project dat loopt tot 2027, heeft als doel de digitale transitie van de Europese Culturele en Creatieve Industrie (CCIs) te ondersteunen. Om AI toegankelijk te maken voor de Europese culturele… 

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Amsterdam Museum opens exhibition on new North Holland portraits

Van 26 juli tot en met 10 november 2024 is in het Amsterdam Museum aan de Amstel de tentoonstelling Gezichten van Noord-Holland te zien. De tentoonstelling is het resultaat van het gelijknamige samenwerkingsproject van het Amsterdam Museum en het Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, waarin de musea samen met inwoners zochten naar nieuwe en onvertelde verhalen uit de provincie. Gedurende het project… 

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NOMINATIES VOOR DE TWEE FILTER VERTAALPRIJZEN 2024 BEKEND

In één klap tien vertalers in de spotlights – de nominaties voor de jaarlijkse Filter Vertaalprijzen zijn bekend! Het zijn allemaal prachtboeken, voor jong en oud – en meer dan sprankelend vertaald.Dit zijn de nominaties voor de Filter Vertaalprijs 2024: En ook nog eens vijf nominaties voor de Filter Vertaalprijs 2024 voor kinder- en jeugdboeken:  De winnaars De winnaars worden live bekendgemaakt… 

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Het Zomeroffer – muziektheaterspektakel van De Warme Winkel ism Touki Delphine & Asko|Schönberg in het Amsterdamse Bostheater

25 juni t/m 4 aug Deze zomer gaat het gebeuren: de auto gaat eraan. Hij heeft ons veel gebracht, individuele vrijheid, avontuur, gemak en erotiek, maar zijn tijd is gekomen. Hij moet eraan geloven.Samen met De Warme Winkel en Touki Delphine presenteert Asko|Schönberg Het Zomeroffer. Het Zomeroffer is geïnspireerd op het fameuze Le sacre du printemps (het lenteoffer) van Igor Stravinsky. Waar in het… 

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Available from now on: Bookman #139 on culture in the region

Amsterdam, 13 June 2024 - Culture in the region was a recurring theme during the Lower House elections. The Council for Culture also pays attention to this. The council suggests distributing subsidies more evenly across the country. But how should this be achieved? How is the money distributed now? And how do different regions look at the plans? On these and other... 

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Theater Kikker, voor je noodzakelijke dosis drama

Kaartverkoop voor seizoen ’24/’25 van start Op donderdag 13 juni om 12:00 uur start Theater Kikker de kaartverkoop voor theaterseizoen 24/25. Met meer dan 130 verschillende voorstellingen zit er voor iedereen iets bij. Laat je verwonderen en overdonderen door toneel, moderne dans, jeugdtheater, storytelling, performance en hiphop. Theater Kikker staat het hele jaar voor je klaar met je noodzakelijke dosis… 

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You must see this during art spectacle Bosch Parade 

Tenth edition focuses on our contemporary demons On 20 June, art spectacle Bosch Parade will kick off for the tenth time. For four days, from the banks of the river Dommel, enjoy nineteen extraordinary works by artists from home and abroad. The floating and moving creations revolve around contemporary demons. Symbolic sailing ship and held-up mirror... 

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Asko|Schönberg in Holland Festival: Mutability

World premiere Sunday 23 June Wandering in the music as among the trees of a forest. Intimate, vast and awe-inspiring at the same time. Twelve miniatures in the form of solo instruments come your way. They reflect musical characters, as changeable as life itself. Pioneering multimedia work For Mutability, composer Yannis Kyriakides asked 12 other composers to write two- to three-minute miniatures. Some of... 

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Imara Limon new head of curators Amsterdam Museum

Curator and art historian Imara Limon (Leiden, 1988) will become head of curators and member of the Amsterdam Museum's management team from 1 July. Limon has been with the museum since 2017 and was winner of the National Museum Talent Award in the same year. She made a name for herself with projects such as the New Narratives programme line, the biennial art event Refresh Amsterdam and the current exhibition Manahahtáanung or New Amsterdam? In addition to her... 

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Encounters between big paper roles in new children's show Coming and Going

Does it fall? Will it stay put? Forty rolls of paper, two metres high and many metres long, play their own role in Stilt's new children's performance Komen en Gaan. During the BRIK Festival on Saturday 22 June, this performance will premiere at the Chassé Theatre in Breda. The performance is a unique interplay between soprano singer Kelly Poukens and a dancer, who meet, leave and... 

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Dystopia wins Delft Fringe Festival Audience Award 2024

In an almost sold-out final weekend, they played the halls flat Delft, Sunday 9 June, 2024 - After two weeks full of special encounters, striking words, impressive moves, small learning moments - or, on the contrary, great ones - and hilarious moments of laughter, it is over. Delft Fringe Festival, the festival for new performing artists, announced the audience winner at the closing on Sunday evening 9 June: Dystopia with the... 

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ALDERMAN TOURIA MELIANI VISITS REVAMPED THEATRE STUDIO ARTIST SPACE

On Friday 7 June, Touria Meliani, Amsterdam's Alderman of Culture, visited the recently renovated Theatre Studio Artist Space. This studio serves as a rehearsal, creation and presentation space for new creators and is equipped with new lighting technology, sponsored by Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC), among others. During her visit, the councillor and invited guests attended performances by Elsemarijn, among others... 

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Holland Festival opened in the presence of Princess Beatrix. 

Tonight, the 77th edition of the Holland Festival opened in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix. In the opening speech, festival director Emily Ansenk said that "the world's most urgent groundbreaking performing arts come together in June in Amsterdam.It may be here in all its multiformity. If you are 77 years old, and have lived through all sorts of eras, developments and governments, then... 

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Groundbreaking theatre show Good Gold Money returns

The NUT is (far) from finished with the future of money After a successful run and rave reception in summer 2023, the groundbreaking theatre production Good gold money returns on 21 and 23 June 2024 at the Heimland Festival in Diepenheim. Good gold money has not only impressed audiences at previous screenings, but also raised €101,332.80 in surplus... 

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HKU and Theatre Kikker unpack: Summer gift for the city - art students present their work in glass containers on Janskerkhof

From Sunday 9 to Sunday 23 June, HKU and Theater Kikker will give the latest crop of young talent a stage in the middle of the city. In transparent KikkerKontainers found on Janskerkhof, opposite HKU Theatre, students will have the opportunity to present their work to the Utrecht audience. Come and meet the talent of the future and let... 

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Asko|Schönberg in the Day of the Composer: Night Shift, the audience as co-maker and player

During Composer's Day, celebrate the importance as well as the joy of contemporary music and today's composers In Night Shift - The Rehearsal by Cathy Milliken, the audience playfully becomes co-makers and players. Together, musicians, choir, soloists and conductor create a world where the boundaries between them are blurred. Midsummer Night's Dream as inspiration Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream provides the starting point... 

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After a successful first edition, Marmoucha is back at Eye

After a successful first edition of Eye meets Marmoucha, Marmoucha Orchestra is back at Eye for a special event: the live accompaniment of the silent film Kif Tebbi on 8 June. Kif Tebbi When the Turks loot the countryside in Libya for supplies for their troops, Mné, an Arab girl from a nomad tribe with whom Ismaïl is in love, flees through... 

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The makers who played at the Delft Fringe Festival opening. From left to right: Ard Kok, Remijn Weijdema, Emma Thomson, Mariví van den Hooff, Bob Donkers, Mystha Mandersloot, Oudail el Omari. Photographer: Sjoerd Derine.

Delft Fringe Festival: Especially in these times, listen carefully to what is really being told

Alderman Frank van Vliet: "Delft Fringe Festival contributes to happiness" Delft, Wednesday 29 May, 2024 - Tuesday evening 28 May marked the festive opening of the 13th edition of Delft Fringe Festival in Theater de Veste. Like all Fringe Festivals worldwide, the festival in Delft celebrates creative freedom. The festival helps today's creators to tell their stories and... 

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Plein Theater presents Month for Keti Koti from 31 May to 27 June with various activities around the slavery past and Surinamese cuisine.

Keti Koti month takes place annually in the month of June in the run-up to Keti Koti on 1 July. This month is dedicated to remembrance and reflection around the Netherlands' slavery past and its repercussions today. Plein Theater in Amsterdam Oost, located next to the Oosterpark and the National Monument on Slavery History, will give special consideration to... 

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Ticket sales 40th edition Boulevard launched

For four decades, 's-Hertogenbosch has turned into a lively stage for inspiring performances and encounters for 11 days in August. Ticket sales for the first fourteen performances of the anniversary edition of Theatre Festival Boulevard started today for Friends (on Tuesday 28 May for everyone). At the same time, the free Boulevard Magazine 1 with background articles and interviews will be published. Celebrating man Since 1985,... 

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Bosch Parade, Den Bosch's floating art spectacle, is celebrating its birthday! 

In this tenth edition, artists depict our contemporary demons On 20 June, the theatrical and musical art spectacle Bosch Parade will kick off for the tenth time. For three days, from the banks of the river Dommel, you can enjoy floating, paddling and swimming works of art in the middle of the historical centre of 's-Hertogenbosch. Fantasy and madness With nineteen floating and moving creations,... 

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Deepening programme during Delft Fringe Festival 2023. Photographer: Jurjen Bolsenbroek.

Performing arts and science go hand in hand in Delft

TU Delft and Delft Fringe Festival build bridge between young makers in technology and the performing arts Delft, Friday 17 May, 2024 - During the 13th festival edition of Delft Fringe Festival (28 May - 9 June), the performing arts festival is working in full collaboration with TU Delft. On 31 May, for instance, a group of TU students will dance at this year's... 

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