Skip to content

NDT

PR image ITA/NDT/HF

Festivals full of theatre, dance and music from the comfort of your own living room

ITA, HOLLAND FESTIVAL AND NDT PRESENT BIBERATING PROGRAMS ONLINE, IN DIGITAL THEATER International Theatre Amsterdam, Holland Festival and Nederlands Dans Theater will present groundbreaking programmes online, in the Digital Theatre, during the Christmas holidays. In order to connect makers, companies and (inter)national visitors, the initiators choose a programme during the Christmas holidays. The ideal period to be together, to feel... 

Read More "Festivals full of theatre, dance and music from the comfort of your own living room
3 dachshunds

Scheissegate #5: Hanover contract with assailant and choreographer Goecke dissolved. Nederlands Danstheater continues with him.

Vanmiddag werd op een persconferentie van de Staatsopera van Hannover bekend gemaakt dat het contract met choreograaf Marco Goecke ‘duurzaam is ontbonden’. Bovendien is hem de toegang tot de gebouwen van de Opera ontzegd. Deze sanctie volgt op een ernstig incident, afgelopen zaterdag, bij de première van een choreografie van Goecke in Hannover, waar hij balletdirecteur is. Omdat hij zich… 

Read More "Scheissegate #5: Hanover contract with assailant and choreographer Goecke dissolved. Nederlands Danstheater continues with him.
Hondenpoepverbod

Scheissegate III: Poepsmeerder Goecke zegt geen sorry, maar NDT vindt het best

‘Als een danser van NDT dit had gedaan, was die meteen op straat gezet.’ Veel woede en onbegrip op de Instagramaccount van het toonaangevende Nederlands Dans Theater, nadat het gezelschap bekendmaakte de samenwerking met Marco Goecke voort te zetten. Goecke, al jaren associate choreographer bij het Haagse gezelschap, kwam in opspraak omdat hij een recensente van de Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung… 

Read More "Scheissegate III: Poepsmeerder Goecke zegt geen sorry, maar NDT vindt het best
Megaverpakking poepzakjes

Scheissegate II: Albert Verlinde vindt poepincident Hannover ‘wel leuk’

‘We moeten het niet al te groot maken met zijn allen.’ Dixit musicalproducent Albert Verlinde, vanmiddag (14 februari) in het Max-programma Villa VdB op Radio 1. Hij doelt hiermee op de commotie die in Duitsland – en Nederland – is ontstaan over de mishandeling van een dansrecensente door sterchoreograaf Marco Goecke. Verlinde: ‘Ik vond het eigenlijk wel leuk.’ Met deze… 

Read More "Scheissegate II: Albert Verlinde vindt poepincident Hannover ‘wel leuk’

Hondenstront na negatieve recensie van NDT-stuk ‘In The Dutch Mountains’. NDT: “handelen is in strijd met onze waarden”

‘In “In the Dutch Mountains”, de nieuwe balletavond van Marco Goecke met het virtuoze Nederlands Dans Theater in Den Haag, wordt het publiek afwisselend gek gemaakt en gedood door verveling.’ Dixit Wiebke Hüster, dansrecensente van de Frankfürter Algemeine, een van Duitslands grootste kwaliteitskranten. De critica had geen goed woord over voor de première, afgelopen donderdag, in Den Haag.  Marco Goecke,… 

Read More "Hondenstront na negatieve recensie van NDT-stuk ‘In The Dutch Mountains’. NDT: “handelen is in strijd met onze waarden”
Soon - Rahi Rezvani

Dutch dance world back on stage in September with these performances

From small dance schools to large dance companies, the Dutch dance world is daring to expose itself on a stage again. Dance lovers can get back into the studios or theatres, or both, thanks to protocols, and bookings are being made enthusiastically as many performances are already sold out. After all, nothing beats dance art in the flesh. In the words of dance dramaturge Jochem Naafs: 'If you... 

Read More "Dutch dance world back on stage in September with these performances
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... 

Read More "Three well-known dance companies get nothing more in The Hague's new arts plan
Departing Lightfoot and Léon and Stacz Wilhelm, it's hard to be nice to each other in the dance world

Departing Lightfoot and Léon and Stacz Wilhelm, being nice to each other in the dance world remains difficult

'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... 

Read More "Departing Lightfoot and Léon and Stacz Wilhelm, being nice to each other in the dance world remains difficult

Cinedans 2020: the digital edition

Cinedans, the festival for dance and film, was supposed to open 25 March and be the hub for dance film, as well as workshops and discussions, until 29 March. Obviously, this cannot continue. The festival will not be postponed but cancelled this year. An alternative that should ease the pain a little for this year is a nice and varied offering of short and... 

Read More "Cinedans 2020: the digital edition
A good artistic director is an invisible Emily Molnar to NDT

A good artistic director is an invisible one: Emily Molnar to NDT

Canadian Emily Molnar is the new artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT1) from season 2020/2021. Looking at her track record, she has everything going for her: a loyal ten years as artistic director of Canadian BC (British Columbia) Ballet, a good reputation as a choreographer, acclaimed as a visionary, innovator and coach and she has a... 

Read More "A good artistic director is an invisible one: Emily Molnar to NDT

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... 

Read More "Why Conny Janssen Danst will win this year. Dance award nominees Swans 2019 announced.
Making dance together as an example of living together: SOUL #3 Co-Creation

Making dance together as an example of living together. SOUL #3 Co-Creation is intimate, without eroticism.

You have those performances where, as an unsuspecting spectator, you are invited on stage and, once there, get completely blocked. SOUL #3 Co-Creation is not one of those. Well almost. Indeed, in this work, dancer Claire Hermans explains that fear is a blockade to creativity. The four performers therefore do not urge you to take to the floor to... 

Read More "Making dance together as an example of living together. SOUL #3 Co-Creation is intimate, without eroticism.

An app won't get you there. Why the minister should make archiving all arts mandatory

The heritage sector is not the sexiest sector of the Dutch cultural world. Even though nude exhibitions are flying around your ears this season, you're more likely to think of obscure museums, monuments, stamp collections, old stuff. This is how it happened that the Digital Heritage Netherlands Foundation could exist for almost 25 years without anyone in the 'more popular' arts (stage, film, literature)... 

Read More "An app won't get you there. Why the minister should make archiving all arts mandatory
programme V lighfoot kylian photo: Rahi Rezvani

Will Kylián's work return to NDT? (The 3 questions everyone is asking as Paul Lightfoot announces departure)

Paul Lightfoot, artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater, announces his departure from 2020. A remarkable decision. Just recently, the energetic leader was on stage at Zuiderstrandtheater to properly wave off Gerald Tibbs, former artistic director of NDT2 to his retirement. But there are some questions. 1: Why the day after a departure of his own... 

Read More "Will Kylián's work return to NDT? (The 3 questions everyone is asking as Paul Lightfoot announces departure)
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 

Read More "Vulnerable surrender for NDT2 in Significant Moments
RULE OF THREE by Jan Martens © Phile Deprez

Nominations Swans 2018 known, so who will win?

The Association of Theatre and Concert Hall Directors and Festival de Nederlandse Dansdagen announce the annual nominations for the VSCD Dance Awards (the Swans). Nominated for the Swan 'most impressive dance production' are: Rule of Three, choreography: Jan Martens, by GRIP The hidden floor, choreography: Franck Chartier, by Nederlands Dans Theater We Are Nowhere Else But Here, choreography: Stephen Shropshire, by Stephen Shropshire Foundation,... 

Read More "Nominations Swans 2018 known, so who will win?
Side B: Adrift THE HIDDEN FLOOR © Rahi Rezvani

In Side B: Adrift, The Hidden Floor completes the madness

NDT 1 concludes its triptych Side B: Adrift with Franck Chartier's new The Hidden Floor. After the performance, I literally lose my way. Different worlds "Franck?", I call out. In the rain, an unremarkable man approaches me. Yes, reads the reply from under a cap. It's Franck Chartier, on his way to the studio in... 

Read More "In Side B: Adrift, The Hidden Floor completes the madness
Celebrating Kylian

Everyone is celebrating Jiri Kylian's 70th birthday in full. Except NDT.

Even abroad, it is noticeable that Jiří Kylián's work is not showing at NDT. Even though the so-called embargo is expiring and this is his anniversary year. No Kylián past three years The Financial Times reported. Laura Cappelle describes a fine performance by Nederlands Dans Theater in Paris and concludes that Kylián's work is not among the... 

Read More "Everyone is celebrating Jiri Kylian's 70th birthday in full. Except NDT.
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... 

Read More "Extremely rare landslide possible in contemporary dance in the Netherlands.
here we live and now

Dance heals. Come and watch Here we live and now.

In turbulent times, an evening of dance works therapeutically. Especially when three former Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) dancers show new work in Here we live and now. Only, anyone expecting a sharp look at current affairs by the programme title will be disappointed. Here we live and now refers mainly to choreographers living or working in The Hague and shows a snapshot of their... 

Read More "Dance heals. Come and watch Here we live and now.
Ronald Wintjens. Photo: Tycho Merijn Roest

Ronald Wintjens: 'More face for youth dance and performance art at Dance Days'

'Not only work has disappeared, but also knowledge and craft - the whole perspective is disappearing. While the Netherlands as a dance country was renowned in the world precisely because it had the luxury to research, to build, to stimulate.' Ronald Wintjes, the brand-new director of De Nederlandse Dansdagen, worries. What about the future of dance?.... 

Read More "Ronald Wintjens: 'More face for youth dance and performance art at Dance Days'

NDT 1 in topvorm met seizoensopener ‘Stage One’, maar einde stelt teleur

Nederlands Dans Theater 1 opent het seizoen met Stage One. Een drieluik zonder huischoreografen Léon & Lightfoot, maar met drie merendeels jonge, avontuurlijke dansmakers. Muziek is een belangrijke factor in alle drie de balletten. De avond opent met Thin Skin, de ode van choreograaf Marco Goecke aan punkicoon Patti Smith. Cultuurpers recenseerde het stuk vorig jaar (€). De nu flemende,… 

Read More "NDT 1 in topvorm met seizoensopener ‘Stage One’, maar einde stelt teleur

Tomorrow's dance summit now on show in The Hague

Nederlands Dans Theater's summer course gives a glimpse of the future. At the top dancers of tomorrow, but also the choreographers: many of the company's dance makers created a first piece for this summer course. This year, the course also gives a look at the old stage of the half-demolished Lucent Danstheater in The Hague. You can catch a... 

Read More "Tomorrow's dance summit now on show in The Hague
Swans 2016

These are the winners of the Swans 2016. Or not.

Three dancers and three dance productions have been nominated for Swans 2016. On Friday 7 October in Maastricht, Daphne Bunskoek and Art Rooijakkers will announce who the winners are during the Nederlandse Dansdagen's Opening Programme 2016. But you can already draw a few conclusions from the list of nominees.

Read More "These are the winners of the Swans 2016. Or not.
Tefer, Itamar Serussi, Balletto di Roma, photo: Matteo Carratoni

Julidans double bill with Levi and Serussi mostly raises questions

It is a new and important trend within the programming of international dance and performance festivals in the Netherlands: not only showing relevant work by international choreographers, but also paying explicit attention to dance makers connected to Dutch dance practice. Spring Utrecht opened in May with Nicole Beutler and closed with Jan Martens, while during Julidans Pere Faura was allowed to kick off with sin baile no hay paraíso (no dance, no paradise).

Read More "Julidans double bill with Levi and Serussi mostly raises questions

Small Cultural Membership
175€ / 12 Months
Subscribe
For turnover less than 250,000 per year.
Posting press releases yourself
More details in the confirmation email!
Most Popular
Cultural Membership
360€ / Year
Subscribe
For cultural organisations
Posting press releases yourself
Collaboration
In the confirmation e-mail you will find the details for press release forwarding
Private Membership
50€ / Year
Subscribe
For natural persons and self-employed persons.
Exclusive archives
Own mastodon account on our instance
en_GBEnglish (UK)
nl_NLNederlands fr_FRFrançais en_GBEnglish (UK)