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'This new law means even more hurdles and restrictions for visiting culture.'

Honourable members of the House of Representatives, It is with great concern that we look at the Temporary Test Act that will be voted on in your House on Tuesday 11 May. This new law means even more hurdles and restrictions for visiting culture. Restrictions that will be introduced but where the end date is not given. This new testing law could be a godsend for... 

OFF Projects photo Milena Twiehaus

Three well-known dance companies get nothing more in The Hague's new arts plan

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... 

Garry Feingold and Ger Jager, Dance Makers, 2012. Photo: Jean-Pierre Jans.

Extremely rare landslide possible in contemporary dance in the Netherlands.

In contemporary dance, artistic leaders are often in place for decades, at least in the Netherlands. This week, Leo Spreksel announced his departure from Korzo, as of September 2017. After 29 years, the director and programmer of dance at the theatre and production house in The Hague is calling it a day, because "in the Netherlands, commercialisation is pushing away the voice of artists: procedures and formats are... 

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... 

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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Rader works and rebellious emotions

Years ago, Nederlands Dans Theater profiled itself with the slogan "challenging dance". That applies well to Straight Around. This performance by youth company NDT2 premiered at Holland Dance Festival in The Hague on 18 February. The company does not immediately make it easy for its audience with the four danced pieces, but for those who know how to empathise, there is... 

7 ½ times: looking surprised at 'Playing Cards: Spades'

1. Gene-shifting theatre doesn't have to be difficult.

Breaking new ground in theatre is the aim of Canadian director Robert Lepage and his group Ex Machina. It seems like everything is unusual about 'Playing Cards: Spades': playing floor, lighting, seating around the stage, the stories, the acting and the surprising denouement.

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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'The Dutch themselves do not realise what has been built up in this country.'

De bezuinigingen op kunst zijn voor veel mensen aanleiding geweest te benadrukken dat kunst maatschappelijk en politiek relevant moet zijn. Voor Samuel Wuersten, artistiek directeur van het Holland Dance Festival, is maatschappelijke en politieke relevantie een breed begrip. Het hoeft niet te betekenen dat de kunst stelling neemt tegenover actuele vraagstukken. De wijze waarop dans in de samenleving is geworteld is voor Wuersten veel belangrijker. Dat weerspiegelt zich in Holland Dance Festival ...

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Ballet gala Dancers' Fund '79 photo Antoinette Mooy

6 Tips for a successful gala. (Ballet gala of the Dancers' Fund '79)

Een gala moet feestelijk zijn. Dus was het Balletgala van Stichting Dansersfonds ’79 feestelijk.  Maandag 20 januari 2014 vond het 17e gala van het fonds plaats in het DeLaMar theater in Amsterdam, het glamourbolwerk van Joop van den Ende.
A few tips for a successful gala.

1: weet wie je een prijs geeft
Het fonds dat Han Ebbelaar en Alexandra Radius vijfendertig jaar geleden oprichtten, bewijst een enorme dienst aan de danswereld. Bijna elk Nederlands talent kan dankzij het fonds op steun...

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Anything to get amateurs into the stands: money for 'Dance Gardens', local residents and the Concert Hall

pr-foto van Zina neemt de Wijk, vorig jaar uitgevoerd in Groningen Ongeveer 8 miljoen Nederlanders doen iets met kunst. Ze hebben muziekles, macrameeën plantenhangers, verven borden of zetten kerstkaarten in elkaar. Maar ze spelen ook toneel, zingen in een koor, maken deel uit van een hiphopcrew of death metal-band. Dat deze beoefenaren van amateurkunst niet automatisch ook vaste bezoekers zijn… 

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