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We predicted it right: Swans for Conny Janssen Dances and Schuitemaker

Ruben Brugman predicted it on 22 June. So it was not a total surprise. On Friday 4 October, the VSCD Dance Awards, the Swans, were presented at The Dutch Dance Days Gala of Festival de Nederlandse Dansdagen 2019 at Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht. Conny Janssen, artistic director of Conny Janssen Danst, received the Golden Swan from minister van Engelshoven.... 

Why Conny Janssen Danst will win this year. Dance award nominees Swans 2019 announced.

The nominations for the 2019 Swans have been announced. Here is my annual prediction of who will win one. Spoiler alert. This year, it will be a cautious prediction. Even though in past years I wasn't far wrong (sometimes completely right) in guessing the winners, now when it comes to the dancers, you have to choose from superlatives: 'let them be on a... 

Introdans programme Modern Girls

No discussion of women at Introdans, because they have Modern Girls.

Dance pioneer Lucinda Childs is actually the reason I went to Modern Girls. I am a lover of that. Of her work. But as a bonus, I got Regina van Berkel. With Frozen Echo. Why is it important for Introdans to bring a programme of work by female choreographers only? Huh? That's the feeling I got. With Van Berkel's Frozen Echo. Right from... 

Fit during Significant Moments of NDT2

Vulnerable surrender for NDT2 in Significant Moments

Moving. Before Significant Moments begins, the brisk Fernando Hernando Magadan presents himself as the new artistic director of NDT2. Applause in the auditorium. But the reason he stands behind a lectern with a huge flower arrangement is to pay tribute to the retiring artistic director: Gerald Tibbs. Gerald Tibbs. The peerless dancer everyone could walk away from 

Explosive emotions, deep waters and a refreshing spark in Dance Room 5

A field littered with landmines. This is what life feels like sometimes. In waiting rooms, for example. Uncomfortable situations. What should you say to each other? Timorous glances shoot past each other. Hidden tension pounds against your muscles. Everyone is afraid of everyone else. And of themselves. Fobia by Davide Bellotta is one of three works with which young choreographers present themselves in the programme 

Conny Janssen Danst could turn the whole world into a dance set

I actually experienced it once! In the middle of a theatre performance, an elderly lady, who had nothing to do with the story, walked onto the stage. She must have got lost in the interval and ended up behind the wings through a door that was accidentally open. While the actors were engaged in a deeply serious Hamlet, she came laconic 

How intimate can choreography be? - Conny Janssen Danst celebrates anniversary with exhibition at Kunsthal

Conny Janssen Danst bestaat 25 jaar. Ter gelegenheid hiervan is de Kunsthal in Rotterdam drie weken lang podium en laboratorium voor Conny Janssen, haar dansers en haar team. Een video-installatie, performance, live repetities en een tentoonstelling geven een beeld van het punt waarop de groep op haar ontwikkelingsreis is aangeland. Conny Janssen – foto Maarten Baanders Onorthodox ,,Mijn start met… 

Humour, marinated in tears on a bed of melancholy. Perfect day on Boulevard

The prize for the longest and most artful kiss of 2017 has been given away and goes to Conny Janssen Danst. In a small tent on the square below Bossche Sint-Jan, this danced kiss forms the technical and dramatic highlight of Clarity. Two dancers, spinning pirouettes while keeping their lips connected, a video artist and the floating music performed live by iET were on Saturday ... 

MIRROR MIRROR by Conny Janssen Danst

For this one moment, you won't want to miss MIRROR MIRROR by Conny Janssen Danst

You can think of several reasons to go and see MIRROR MIRROR by Conny Janssen Danst at the RDM Submarine Wharf. But there is one in particular. Conny Janssen Danst is back in a former submarine hangar in Rotterdam with MIRROR MIRROR. That shed is located on the waterfront near the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and an Innovation Lab. An industrial setting that also returns... 

Dance house Amsterdam

Amsterdam wants to, does not want a Dance House. Rotterdam makes a Dance House

The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts would love a central 'vibrant dance venue' in Amsterdam. But surely such a Dance House has just been torpedoed? It was striking: in the Introduction to Dance to the grants awarded by the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) for the 2017-2020 grant awards, they note a "fervent need" for a "dance house": a central place for development, production and the... 

ISH Fund Performing Arts awards

Performing Arts Fund cuts dance subsidies. Not enough, according to some.

The Performing Arts Fund announced the awards for the 2017-2020 period. What does this mean for the dance sector? Pluralism and 'bleeding through'. While everyone is on holiday, the Performing Arts Fund announced the grant awards for the performing arts for the 2017-2020 period. And it was reiterated: the fund is facing a previously initiated budget cut of 30 per cent. That would... 

Courage Conny Janssen Danst

COURAGE by Conny Janssen Danst shows a delicious new world

Je hoeft helemaal niet naar Terschelling voor een sfeervolle locatievoorstelling. COURAGE van Conny Janssen Danst is een spannende beleving op een totally, totally verwaarloosde plek.
In de jaren tachtig begon ze met choreografie bij Djazzex, jaren later trad ze op voor Obama. Nu staat Conny Janssen (interview hier) met haar ensemble in de Ferro Dome. Een aftandse locatie waar je van buitenaf niet veel van verwacht. De plannen om er een Rotterdamse Heineken Music Hall van te maken zijn volgens h...

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Transatlantic by the Dutch National Ballet at Holland Festival

The National Ballet's Transatlantic showcases works by four white men. Why?

In Transatlantic danst Het Nationale Ballet tijdens het Holland Festival werken van vier choreografen. Ze zijn man. Ze zijn blank. Ze maken klassiek ballet. Waarom deze keuze?
Transatlantic en de mannenchoreografen
Het is een thema dat steeds terugkeert. Onlangs opnieuw in Engeland. Brits/Bengaals choreograaf Akram Khan, ook te zien tijdens het komende Holland Festival, wierp de knuppel in het hoenderhok: ‘Promoveer vrouwelijke choreografen niet simpelweg omdat ze vrouw zijn.’ Dat leverde hem kr...

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Loïc Perela and Jan Martens: As a spectator, you are finally faced with a question again

As I wrote in my earlier article about the Nederlandse Dansdagen, choreographer Loïc Perela won this year's Nederlandse Dansdagen Maastricht Prize. It earned him 12,000 euros to put into his new project HASHTAG. The award has helped some previous winners on their way (Monique Duurvoort, Joost Vrouenraets, Erik Kaiel, Muhanad Rasheed, Joeri Dubbe,... 

Dutch Dance Days show artistic challenge only on fringes of programme

The first weekend of October saw the Netherlands Dance Days (NDD) take place in Maastricht. As Ruben Brugman reported, important prizes for the dance world are awarded there. But the Dance Days seem mainly meant to promote Dutch dance, more than to be a critical evaluation or artistic boost. At the Dance Days, no pithy speech on the State of Dance as... 

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Academy of Arts: core fusion of art and science

Bring 50 distinguished and cross-disciplinary artists together and things will crackle tremendously. That will be the thinking behind the new Academy of Arts. The installation of 16 new, high-profile members already gave a taste of this. Actor Gijs Scholten van Aschat (board member) and visual artist Barbara Visser (president) expressed themselves a little cautiously a while ago about what the Akademie... 

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Surprising winners Dance Audience Awards 2014

Na een zenuwslopende finale en precieze beoordeling van de stemmen zijn de winnaars bekend van de Danspublieksprijs 2014. Favoriete Dansvoorstelling is FADO van Internationaal Danstheater, Favoriete Danser is Merel Janssen van Introdans Ensemble voor de Jeugd.
Ook de winnaars van de Oeuvreprijs 2014 en de Dansfoto van het Jaar zijn bekend. Artistiek leider Roel Voorintholt van Introdans ontving veel inzendingen en lof voor zijn inzet voor de Nederlandse dans. Fotograaf Hans Hordijk won met een r...

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Vote now! Nominations Dance Audience Award 2014 announced

The Official Nominations for the 2014 Dance Audience Award have been announced. Check out the 10 favourite dance performances and 10 favourite dancers of 2014. You can also vote for them. Varied entries For the Dance Audience Award, nearly 800 dance performance visitors sent in nominations of no fewer than 105 dancers and 65 dance performances. From Igone de Jongh of the Dutch National Ballet to the young Carlos Puts in... 

Joop Daalmeijer Marathon (5) "All balls on Amsterdam", I'm not into that at all.

Wijbrand Schaap: ‘Nu over de rol van de steden. Een van de reacties op onze site gaat over de rol van de randstad in het cultuurbeleid. Melle Daamen legt het primaat in de randstad, en gaat daarin verder dan de Raad.’ Marathon-interviewNaar aanleiding van de ophef rond Melle Daamens opiniestuk over het kunstbeleid zijn we uitgenodigd voor een ‘gesprek over… 

Only submarine shed is big enough for 'Mirror Mirror'

It will be a total experience, as if you were briefly in another world. 'Mirror Mirror' by Conny Janssen Danst is set in a former submarine hangar of the Rotterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM). The audience is taken there by boat.
De imposante hal is een grote inspiratiebron voor de choreografe. Op het filmpje bij dit artikel vertelt Conny Janssen hierover. Ze voelt zich aangetrokken tot bijzondere locaties. Telkens zoekt ze naar de unieke mogelijkheden die de ruim...

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Pascal Schut. Photo: Hans Gerritsen

The audience speaks: Pascal Schut and Davide Cocchiara best dancers of 2013

De winnaars van de Dans Publieksprijs 2013 zijn bekend. Vrijdag 14 februari worden de prijzen, verdeeld over 7 categorieën, uitgereikt in het Haagse Theater aan het Spui. Naast winnaars Pascal Schut (Introdans) en Davide Cocchiara (The Red Piece) zijn dat choreografen Conny Jansen Danst voor de voorstelling 'How Long is Now' en Isabelle Beernaert voor de voorstelling 'Red, Yellow & Blue'.
Conny Janssen krijgt verder de Oeuvreprijs uitgereikt voor haar invloed op de Nederlandse dans. De dans...

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Nominate now for the Dance Audience Award

Dansliefhebbers kunnen vanaf 1 december online hun nominaties opgeven voor de meest opvallende dansprestatie van 2012. De winnaar zal dan begin volgend jaar de Dans Publieksprijs in ontvangst kunnen nemen. Nieuw dit jaar is de mogelijkheid om te stemmen op zowel een individuele danser als een dansvoorstelling. De tien meest genomineerde dansers en voorstellingen worden op 2 januari bekend gemaakt. Aansluitend volgt de stemronde. De uiteindelijke prijsuitreiking vindt plaats in het weekend van 9 ...

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Too full or not too full at subsidy theatre

Hein Janssen (Volkskrant) wrote a column in response to a couple of performances with BN stars in the subsidised circuit in which he argued that subsidy was not meant for that. The association for actors thought this was reason enough for a debate. We made a short film to go with it. We formatted it in storify, a feature that allows you to put tweets and other social media messages together and... 

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