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Two voices on Sunken Garden @HollandFestival, part 1. Henri Drost: "much more than 3D film opera"
Forget all the fuss about the first ever 3D film opera, forget all the fuss in British newspapers. Michel van der Aa himself sighed in interview that, on reflection, he would have loved to have made the second 3D film opera. And perhaps he had
What else are we looking forward to at @hollandfestival?
This month is all about the Holland Festival. Culture Press reports almost daily. What are we most looking forward to?
L.A. Dance project at @hollandfestival: falling in love with dance, if only for an evening
Benjamin Millepied is a glamour boy who conquers everything in his path: from actress Natalie Portman to the Paris Opera ballet. In reality, after the premiere in Amsterdam, the Frenchman looks like a
Orchestre El Gusto lets sounds of Kashba Blues blow through @hollandfestival like warm desert wind
They are gentlemen of age and therefore with a history. Grey or bespectacled or bald - or with a combination of all three. Their music has taken them everywhere. And now they are in a packed Carre: the Orchestre El Gusto. To their own delight, as they thank the audience for coming. The musicians from the kasbah of Algiers play the music as it is
Solid fare for royal couple at opening @hollandfestival
Our king is not yet known as a lover of culture of the less bite-sized kind. The kind of performances, like the opera Quartett, with which the Holland Festival opened on 1 June. So it may have been a bit of a letdown for him, his
Blood, sweat and candle wax in Fabre's Wagner vision at @hollandfestival
A chamber opera blown up to impressive proportions at @hollandfestival
,,The special thing about Quartett is that an intimate story between two people is blown up to impressive proportions. The characters find themselves in a room, which seems to float. In this seclusion, an isolated game between a man and a woman plays out. Giant video projections
Simon Stone adapts Ibsen for Australians: 'And why would you even go to the theatre if you live in Sydney?'
Simon Stone (28) wrote a new play based on Henrik Ibsen's 1884 stage classic The Wild Duck. The Swiss-born Australian provided the Norwegian play with entirely contemporary language and dressing. The actors sit
'Cineastas' mixes theatre, film and everyday life
In 'Cineastas', the Argentine director shows Mariano Pensotti (1972) a multi-layered story about four Buenos Aires filmmakers, each struggling with their new films. It is partly a portrait of the city, through the eyes of four Argentine filmmakers, says
Heiner Goebbels works with Slovenian girls' choir: 'In the space between question and answer, imagination lives on
Dance and music merge in Gesamtkunstwerk SHIROKURO
Choreographer Nicole Beutler prepares with pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama and
Future of opera or soporific experience?
Which Africa will the Holland Festival bring to our country?
Rokia Traoré, Dieudonné Niangouna, Brett Bailey, Compagnie La Baraka by choreographer Abou Lagraa, El Gusto with Kashba Blues: there is a lot of Africa in the Holland Festival 2013. Performances that
Cultural anthropologist on stage
Treaty of UtrechtMarjolein Jegerings (21) is studying cultural anthropology at Utrecht University and went to Guatemala last year for her undergraduate research on conflict mediation. When she had just returned, she called
Writers Unlimited successful thanks to tight direction
Writers like to talk, and people like to talk about, with and through writers. As much as that may be reason to organise a literature festival, it is also why
'Oh, it's being torn apart a bit' #wu13
At 1 strip or 1,000 words blogger and columnist Peter Breedveld spoke to three influential illustrators, Barbara Stok, Peter van Dongen and Thé Tjong-Khing using projected images from their beautiful work. The relaxed conversation was a breath of fresh air among the other ferocious debating violence at the festival.
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