'That men and women in the Islamic world live apart from each other, that is a big frustration,' says choreographer Abou Lagraa. 'That is what El Djoudour is about.'
Because of his background, Abou Lagraa has a special, enlightening perspective on these issues.
As an art journalist, art makers give me VIP treatment: free tickets, separate counters, they say YOU to me and hang on my every word when I tell them something. That's a
De overheid heeft de laatste decennia weinig moeite gedaan om in het Egyptische Damietta een culturele scene van de grond te krijgen. Er zijn geen werkruimtes. Geen galeries. Alleen een hele grote bibliotheek en een “cultuurpaleis”. Die zijn beide pas vijf jaar geleden geopend. Daarnaast zijn er een paar kleine onafhankelijke initiatieven. In de openbare ruimte.
In theaters met gesubsidieerd toneel zie je Henk en Ingrid niet, dus daaraan kan de haat van de VVD en PVV jegens de schone kunsten niet geweten worden, aldus Hans Onno van den Berg, voormalig directeur van de Vereniging van Schouwburg- en Concertgebouwdirecties.
Entrepreneurship is in young theatre-makers' blood (...) A new theatre circuit seems to have emerged in recent years. More and more young groups, such as Stichting Nieuwe Helden, PSTheater and Circus Treurdier, work relatively independently of subsidies and almost always outside the theatre building. They seek out their audiences anywhere, whether on the street, by a canal or in a...
Culture sector signs agreement on youth pass Eight umbrella organisations in the culture sector signed a covenant on Wednesday advocating the continued existence, albeit in modified form, of the Culture Card. It should remain free, but will henceforth only give discounts on cultural outings. The 15-euro credit will disappear because the state will no longer provide subsidies. Instead, students in the...
'The problem with art in public spaces is that you can't avoid it. At least with art in a museum, you can still choose not to go to the museum, but with these works, you are literally forced to walk a long way to miss them. That fact, and the fact that you can...
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