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Choreographer Ernst Meisner: 'What works for me is an empty studio where I turn on the music at night and walk around for a hundred hours'

Choreographer Ernst Meisner (1982) is artistic coordinator of the Dutch National Ballet's Junior Company and artistic director of the National Ballet Academy. As a former dancer, he knows that you have to get out of the rehearsal studio, onto the stage. That's why he makes sure his dancers and dancers-in-training keep dancing in front of an audience as much as possible, even if the performances are online because of corona. 'I... 

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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... 

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Frida, indringende beelden van een gekwelde ziel. Of andersom.

Met avondvullend klassiek ballet Frida ontstaat opnieuw het Annabelle-effect

Hoeveel vrouwelijke choreografen ken jij die een avondvullend ballet maken voor een klassiek topballetgezelschap? – Dat dacht ik al. Voordat ik naar Frida ga, krijg ik bericht dat een Latijns-Amerikaans jonge vrouw is opgenomen in het ziekenhuis. Verlies van veel bloed, en ongeboren kind. Het blijmoedige meisje dat ik ken steekt op WhatsApp zwakjes een duim omhoog vanuit het ziekenhuisbed.… 

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What is it with the dance sector in Amsterdam? Once again, a dance production house is being deprived of subsidies.

Is production house Dansmakers Amsterdam losing its housing? Together with other institutions in the dance sector, it has made every effort to align and further develop the whole spectrum of dance facilities in Amsterdam. In 2018, for example, the joint plan Danswerf was developed and submitted as an application for a two-year development grant to the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK)... 

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Spirit of Trump haunts press presentation National Opera & Ballet

'Before we start the actual presentation, let me give you some facts & figures,' says Els van der Plas, general director of the National Opera & Ballet. 'No, not the alternative facts,' she adds wittily. The ghost of the US president will be through the Stopera even more this afternoon. Van der Plas recalls the successes that... 

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Danshuis Amsterdam

Amsterdam wil wel, wil geen Danshuis. Rotterdam maakt een Danshuis

Het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten zou het mooi vinden als er een centrale ‘bruisende dansplek’ komt in Amsterdam. Maar zo’n Danshuis is toch juist getorpedeerd? Het was opvallend: in de Inleiding Dans bij de toekenning van subsidies door het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten (AFK) voor de subsidietoekenningen 2017-2020 constateert men een ‘vurige behoefte’  voor een ‘danshuis’: een centrale plek voor ontwikkeling, productie en het… 

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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.

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National Opera and Ballet 2016-17: Back to normal

'In the new season, we go back to normal,' Pierre Audi said on Monday 15 February during the presentation of the new season of The National Opera. He does, however, continue the forward-looking Opera Forward Festival, which was set up to mark its 50th anniversary. There are also quite a few new own productions on the roll, including the world premiere of... 

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Dutch National Ballet - Empire Noir - photo Angela Sterling A0146

Cool Britannia: fine coalition of British choreography talent

Got that. Do I get increasingly impressed during the National Ballet's evening Cool Britannia, turns out it's not that good at all. Because connoisseurs react lukewarmly afterwards. Am I that dumb, or are they that smart? There is actually very little British about Cool Britannia. Except that the choreographers are from there. An obvious... 

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De Wereld Draait Door with 'the best Dutch dancer in the world'

When De Wereld Draait Door shows live ballet on air, there must be something going on. And indeed, dancer Marijn Rademaker announces that he has been appointed principal with the Dutch National Ballet. That's no mean feat. He is considered "the best Dutch ballet dancer in the world today".

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Opinion: 'Let Joop van den Ende take classical ballet under his wing, merge Nederlands Dans Theater, Nationale Ballet and Scapino Ballet.'

It was predictable. Now that the Culture Council has given the secretary of state a go-ahead for massive and very deep cuts in dance, the first press releases are appearing with the outraged reactions. The National Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater are aggrieved: 'How

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