Mijn vriend deelde me zijn besluit mee om te stoppen met schrijven van proza. Er viel geen droog brood mee te verdienen. Voortgaan ging hij als freelance journalist en tekstschrijver door het leven. Het geld dat hij verdiende besteedde hij muziekfestivals
Four years ago at the Winternachten Festival in The Hague, we spoke about it with Egyptian writer Alaa al Aswani, who was disarmingly upbeat despite the fact that he can barely publish in his own country. On lack of freedom of expression and fiction in times of fake, this year's theme, Al Aswani could have a word. 'Freedom of expression is even worse now than under dictator Mubarak.'
With the saving of Frascati and at least a Chamber that does understand the importance of the sector, the most depressing event of the year - the culture budget debate - still ended with a few bright spots.
This year, November Music not only has a house composer, but also a house ensemble, the New European Ensemble. Naturally, the Hague club will play in the opening concert with Seung-Won Oh's Bosch Requiem. And, of course, they present a portrait concert with greatest hits by composer-in-residence Kaija Saariaho.
Every dancer is nostalgic. Heroes or icons of the dance world are given a special and honourable stage place in the inspiration of young dancers, of choreographers and also of the public. So too Koert Stuyf and Ellen Edinoff, and their Contemporary Dance Foundation.
'The story of Anders' (8+) is the new Dance Theatre AYA performance created by Ryan Djojokarso, new resident choreographer with the company. A performance full of dance, absurd humour and crazy twists. Sometimes you just have to look at things differently.
As this is D66 culture minister Van Engelshoven's presumably last budget year, the press release once again emphasises that a total of 95 million extra has now come into the culture budget during her tenure. It is too early to draw far-reaching conclusions.
The VVD will not give away Mark Rutte's latest crown jewel, the arts subsidy cut, for free. The latest argument: suction effect.
Welke indrukken, welke beelden beklijven er? Waarom geniet ik hier zo? De voorstellingen gedurende de coronacrisis bezorgen grote dankbaarheid: dat ik dit mag meemaken, dat acteurs, schrijvers, regisseurs en medewerkers weken of zelfs maandenlang in trouw zijn om voor mij op te treden. De liefdesverklaring is wederzijds.
That 8.6 million the fund is now minimally short of will probably be found somewhere, so the saw line will be shifted again. Then the sector can - virtually - continue for another four years. Another one and a half million may be added to shape the spread. Pleasing the art world is not that expensive, The Hague will notice.
Thank God the theatres are reopening to more audiences and The National Theatre is playing for a while longer, for instance with the infectious Every Brilliant Thing with Tamar van den Dop or Bram Suijker. At the Theater aan het Spui on Wednesday 1 July, Tamar van den Dop in the afternoon and Bram Suijker in the evening played their first Every Brilliant Thing. It is,...
My story about cultural big earners turned out to be the talk of the town in the cultural sector. Not publicly, i.e. mainly behind the scenes, I was approached. One of the few people who did speak out publicly was Henk Scholten. On Facebook, he responded to a column by journalist Aukje van Roessel about the questions raised by The Hague city council
In recent days, tentative proposals for a new system to fund the arts in the Netherlands have appeared in various places. Tricky pieces, and so far not attesting to very much incisiveness. In Het Parool, a number of prominent figures, including Tinkebel and advertising man Kessels, think that we should think less in pigeonholes, and that, besides quality, we should also...
29 juni is een belangrijke dag voor de cultuur: de Tweede Kamer gaat dan in debat over de noodsteun aan de sector. Onze boodschap aan de politiek: “300 miljoen euro noodsteun die OCW voor de cultuursector beschikbaar heeft is bij lange na niet genoeg om de sector overeind te houden. Neem de motie van PvDA, GroenLinks en SP aan!” In…
Let's just start with the good news: De Staat is a regular fixture in the Netherlands from now on. And so we are talking about the band De Staat. Who make fantastic music videos these days. They have been promoted from a four-year grant with the Performing Arts Fund to a four-year grant according to the Cultural Basic Infrastructure (BIS). With 55 other newcomers. All weighed...
Dit is de registratie van de presentatie: En hier is de volledige tekst van het persbericht. Duiding volgt, maar we gaan eerst lezen. Meer ruimte voor vernieuwing en cultuur buiten de Randstadprovincies 04-06-2020 | 14:00 | Den Haag De Raad voor Cultuur adviseert om meer instellingen met vernieuwend cultuuraanbod en instellingen van buiten de Randstadprovincies de kans te geven op…
Mannen van kleur in de publieke ruimte hebben geen waarde. Hun leven en welzijn stelt niks voor. Muhammed Ali zei hier in een heel vroeg stadium al iets over: ‘We are not second class citizens, that would actually be great. We are last class citizens, just not human enough.’
Een regenachtige dag in #coronaquarantaine lijkt me het ideale moment een cd te beluisteren die gaat over vuur. Dus schuif ik Todos los fuegos el fuego van de Oekraïens-Nederlandse componist Maxim Shalygin in de laptop. ‘Alle vuren het vuur’ is vernoemd naar de gelijknamige bundel met acht korte verhalen van Julio Cortázar. Ook de cd telt acht nummers, die samen…
Just like in the world outside culture (call it capitalism), in the cultural sector itself you also see a huge payment gap between creators and 'the plush'. Only you can't talk about that taboo without being seen as a traitor.
‘Als de economische belangen van betrokken partijen groter zijn dan de belangen van de cultuursector krijg je uiteindelijk bewegingen zoals we die nu zien in Brabant. De kunst maakt zich belangrijker dan die is, en dat zet kwaad bloed.’ We hebben een gesprek met Alexander Plooij, ondernemer en ooit actief in de cultuursector als professioneel trompettist, manager van muziekscholen en…
The Advisory Multi-Year Policy Plan Arts and Culture 2021-2024 for The Hague was presented online on Friday 24 April. What stands out for dance in this City of Dance? Inclusion and diversity What at least stands out is that in the plan, the word 'inclusion' appears 110 times and 'diversity' 96 times. Then you know what time it is. Yet the Advisory Committee also gives...
Update Wednesday 15-4, 16:00: this afternoon, the government has decided to come over as yet with additional schemes for the cultural sector, which are now no longer taken out of the culture budget. Apparently, the massive pressure helped. We will let you know when more is known about it. Update Wednesday 15-4, 20:00: Drop on glowing plate arrived, leaving the message below only...
‘Toen de lockdown kwam besloten we eigenlijk gelijk om door te gaan, maar dan online. Dus hebben we digitale studio’s geopend.’ Als zoveel anderen betrad ook het Haags Theaterhuis de digitale wereld van Zoom, de app waarmee ook Cultuurpers de podcasts-op-afstand opneemt. ‘Mensen repeteren voor presentaties en voorstellingen. Daar hebben we een talentomgeving voor gecreëerd. Een online plek met films,…
'The world around us is changing, after this period we will speak about a period BC and AC'. Words from a wise dance maker from the Hofstad, referring to the period before and after the Coronavirus. However, you can also relate it to the news from the Hague dance world. What is the news? Sol Léon and Paul Lightfoot decided that...
In Verstoten Vaders, Elena Lindemans impressively highlights a major, tucked-away social problem: of many tens of thousands of children who have to let go of one of their parents after a divorce. Elena: 'While making 'Wife Beats Husband' - a film about men who are victims of domestic violence - I came into contact with fathers who are abandoning their children - almost...
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