Drawing on reflections of a stranger in a foreign land, 247 Days is choreographer Anouk van Dijk’s intimate exploration into the subtleties of everyday human existence. An exposition of what we most passionately love, fear, desire and hate, 247 Days investigates how these divergent facets manage to coexist in all of us simultaneously. Focusing on the individual, Van Dijk’s…
Jaap van Baasbank, programmer of the festival Julidans and artistic director of Van Baasbank & Vos from Amsterdam won on November 22 in Montreal the “Best International Presenter Award”. The price is for a keyperson in the theater industry that has contributed to the international dispersal of the performing arts. During the gala dinner of…
From the 11th until the 22th of November 2014 the play “Ivanov” can be seen in five Dutch cities. The award winning Iranian play got five starts at Theaterkrant.nl. Also the Dutch News Paper “de Volkskrant” was very positive about the play: “The Iranian director Amir Reza Koohestani (Shiraz, 1978) edited Tsjechovs Ivanov to a…
The 7th and 8th of november the duo Tangram is playing in Nieuwegein and the venue Lawei in Drachten. This duo with Stefan Stang (tall, ritmic and athletic) and dancer Cristiana Casadio (small, feline agility) is balancing on the line of circus and dance, fiery passion and sobering reality. For more information click here.
Wim Vandekeybus is touring with his company Ultima Vez from the fifth of November throughout the Netherlands with his play “Talk to the Demon”. For Talk to the Demon Wim Vandekeybus works with a team of six performers and a child. The show can be seen in Amsterdam, Breda, Haarlem, Tilburg and Groningen. Click here for the touring list.
The company from Brussel, Peeping Tom conquered a loyal and enthusiastic fan base who fell for the completely unique Peeping Tom atmosphere : surreal , cinematic , sometimes hallucinatory representations crossing the border between dance and theater constantly. On the first and second of October the collective presents the show “Father’ in City Theatre Amsterdam. Father is…
C!RCA, the Australian troop, will present Wunderkammer from the 26th September until the 4th of October in the Netherlands and Belgium. This show’s theme is “le cabinet de curiosités” or the cabinet of curiosities. Cabinets of curiosity were unique places that appeared in Europe in the 16th century and are considered as predecessors to today’s museums. For the complete…
The company Les Objets Volants creates juggling performances, and has been producing them in France and around the world since 1999. Through an eclectic repertory, where juggling meets circus, theater, visual arts but also mathematics, the shows give greater place to research and new techniques on the objects and their manipulation. From the 20th until the 27th…
Julidans Festival presents controversial, contemporary dance performances on eight different locations in Amsterdam. The 24th edition of the Festival opens with VA Wölfl – NEUER TANZ. The complete program of the Festival can be found here.
The Dutch tour of the performance ‘What the body does not remember’ of Wim Vandekeybus has almost come to an end. The last show of the tour can be seen in Utrecht, in the Stadsschouwburg on the 6th of June 2014.
