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…
The world-famous Japanese company Yamato is back in the Netherlands and Belgium as part of their new world tour. For more than 20 years, Yamato is presenting shows full of humor, dynamics and spectacle. Their most loyal fans can be found in the Netherlands and Flanders! ” Baku On – legend of the heartbeat”, the…
Is it possible for love to blossom and endure inside the walls of a psychiatric institution? With that question in mind, director Luis Guenel Soto and the actors of Teatro Niño Proletario visited several Chilean ‘loony bins’. They had already gained an initial impression of such places after studying the impressive book El infarto del Alma (‘Heart…
A new generation of variety artists is coming to the stage to fuse man and puppet together, creating a fascinating entity in a terrific, technically innovative treat for the senses: DUMMY is the Variety Show 2.0! The idea was first conceived by 24 year old director and artist extraordinaire, Eike von Stuckenbrok, in collaboration with…
Crazy in their heads! Speaking about the three protagonists of ” Cirque Inextremiste “. You probably never saw artists who can balance on such a mess of planks and gas cylinders under their feet. They could opt for the basic tools of the traditional circus. But no, juggling balls and cones are not the only…
In October 2013 the international show ‘House’ of the company L¬E¬V [ Sharon Eyal | Gai Behar ] got a standing ovation from the audience in the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam. The Theatre Newspaper wrote in a five-star review how ” Israeli choreographer Sharon Eyal and her well-trained aliens rushed the audience into a hallucinatory and super…
