The new series of Get Lost performances starts on February 25, 2016 with the documentary dance performance RED from Living Dance Studio (China). The European premiere of the show in Stadsschouwburg Utrecht.
The international dance production Extremalism is a multi-disciplinary piece performed by dancers from Marseille and from Amsterdam. This large scale anniversary production crowns 20 years of collaboration by the choreographers’ duo Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten.Extremalism is about the way mankind responds to today’s crisis. What does a body do in an extreme situation? Or by contrast, how…
Last year, Casus was performing in Dutch and Flemish theaters with the show ‘Knee Deep’. Because of this successful tour, the group is back in the Benelux. From the 9th of January until the 25th of January they tour along several Dutch and Flemish theaters. Knee Deep is the first performance of the Australian company.…
In 2002 world famous choreographer Akram Khan made his first group work, called “Kaash”. The performance was elected in the same year during the Dutch festival Julidans, to “audience favorite”. January 2016 Akram Khan returns with Kaash. His company tours through eight Dutch and two Flemish theaters. With five other dancers, then in 2002, he…
Founder and choreographer of the famous Belgian troupe Les Ballets C de la B, Alain Platel was awarded the $22,500 grand prize offered by the city of Montreal and Québecor. Platel’s compassion for people who are marginalized lies rooted in his early training as a psychologist. “I never trained in dance or theatre so I feel…
On Monday, November 2nd, Jaap van Baasbank received the Andreas Medal, this is the Medal of Merit from the City of Amsterdam. He was honored for his contribution to the cultural life of the city of Amsterdam, by means of presenting international dance and theatre companies.
At the peak of high society entertainment sits The Pianist’s pianist. Impeccable in every aspect he glides graciously through life never placing a foot out of step. He is, in a word: perfection. Or at least… that’s what he thinks. The Pianist is a solo comic contemporary circus piece by Thomas Monckton (Moving Stationery) and…
As megalomanic as a penniless can be. Race Horse Company’s new show Super Sunday is colorful, vivid and perky and it laughs at death. Human catapult, wheel of death, teeterboard – is it possible to survive this without faith? Super Sunday is a boneheaded roller coaster ride that sweeps the feet off the floor. Money…
Circus Theatre Company Recirquel from Budepast is performing on the 4th and 5th of Sepetember at the festival Cultura Nova. The founder and artistic director of Recirquel invited 11 young acrobats to participate in a new production created for the 20th SZIGET Festival Anniversary. Recirquel’s first premiere became an overnight success. The young company drew not only…
This summer Julidans celebrates her 25th anniversary. The international contemporary dance festival is organized every summer (July) in the Amsterdam Municipal Theatre and other theaters. The 25th anniversary is not celebrated with jubilee books or expensive champagne, but with dance performances of high quality. 25 years of Julidans brings icons to Amsterdam – such as Jan Fabre…
