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Ivo van Hove is God. According to New Yorkers.

by Wijbrand Schaap
18 November 201230 May 2022
23 min read
For members only, PODIUM ART, THEATER

Enfin: terwijl de Amsterdamse stadskrant Parool in opdracht van de Vlaamse uitgeverijdirectie aan een campagne tegen het stadsgezelschap van de Nederlandse hoofdstad begon, veroverde datzelfde Toneelgroep Amsterdam de harten van het New Yorkse publiek met een productie van de al weer jaren oude 'Romeinse Tragedies', die hier door een enkeling niet eens overall goed werd gevonden: http://www.wijbrandschaap.nl/2007/06/romeinse-tragedies-hf2007ta/
Geen zure geluiden in Amerika, tot zover. Deze same...

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Unforgettable stage version of Man Without Qualities gets undeserved dessert from Yves Petry #hf12

by Wijbrand Schaap
28 May 201229 March 2022
5 min read
For members only, Holland Festival, SPECIALS

Maybe it is also just the wrong choice to see part three immediately after the first two parts. Maybe after a day of you or some settling down you will be able to appreciate Petry's text, on its own merits. Imagine a three-star dinner. A sensuous succession of small and medium-sized dishes, prepared with the...

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The Young Makers Marathon: from the beautifully absurd Parkin’son to the claustrophobia of Cow’s Theory

by Daniel Bertina
28 April 20128 July 2016
3 min read
SPECIALS

The Young Makers Marathon For Your Eyes Only at Springdance features performances by students from the influential dance academies School voor Nieuwe Dans Ontwikkeling (The Netherlands) and P.A.R.T.S. (Belgium). I had the pleaure to see two of them. Cow’s Theory by Cecila Lisa Eliceche (P.A.R.T.S.) is a hyperintense piece of contact dance. Three female performers move at super slow pace,…

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5-hour marathon Roman Tragedies favourite with spectators Toneelgroep Amsterdam

by one of our members
14 February 201229 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Foto: jan Versweyveld We waren er wat mild ironisch over, maar petje af, inmiddels voor de pr-afdeling van Toneelgroep Amsterdam en de toeschouwers, die opvallend goed reageerden op de ‘kies de reprise’-actie die het gezelschap een paar weken terug lanceerde. We hebben de harde cijfers die we vreesden nooit te zullen zien. En die zijn geloofwaardig. We citeren het persbericht:…

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Fascinating canon with 24 dancers by Boris Charmatz as bouncer and finale of Springdance 2011

by Fransien van der Putt
25 April 201130 March 2022
4 min read
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Boris Charmatz's dancers in ''Levée des conflits'' Photo Caroline Ablain.
Niets is zo opwekkend als samen een canon zingen. Het Frère Jacques van de Franse choreograaf Boris Charmatz, te zien als uitsmijter op de laatste avond van Springdance, is wel een bijzonder geval. ‘Levée des conflits’ heeft geen terugkerend refrein, maar wel maar liefst 25 coupletten, die door elk van de 24 dansers worden gedanst. De krankzinnige meerstemmigheid, die uit deze monstercanon van dansende...

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IDFA 2010 - State of the Stars double winner

by Leo Bankersen
26 November 201029 March 2022
2 min read
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Leonard Retel Helmrich's Stand of the Stars is a two-time winner of the Amsterdam documentary festival IDFA. At the awards ceremony at the Tuschinski theatre, it was announced that this dynamic and poetic portrait of a poor Indonesian family not only won the VPRO IDFA Award for best feature-length documentary, but was also chosen (by another jury) as the best of the...

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Oerol arrives. Competition for Holland Festival on scarce arts pages in Festivalland #hf10

by one of our members
15 June 201030 March 2022
6 min read
For members only, Holland Festival, SPECIALS

The Marathon Effect is well known: put spectators together in a theatre for half a day or more, preferably on uncomfortable seats, and hand them over to a couple of actors with a play. Success seems assured, and the ancient Greeks already knew that. So that there would be no discord around the monster project I Demoni, the Dostoevsky adaptation of Peter...

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