On 1 and 2 December Ballet Vlaanderen dances work of Merce Cunningham, William Forsythe and Jonah Bokaer: three American choreographers, each with its own vision, identity and unique movement language. The dancers of Ballet Vlaanderen are known for their perfection in a very diverse repertoire. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, the Flemish-Moroccan artistic director of Ballet Vlaanderen…
She is the most important woman in the early life of every human being: mother. Even if she is not there, there is no escaping her existence: in our subconscious, our memories, our behavior and our relationships. In moeder Flemish collective Peeping Tom puzzles all these pieces of mother together with immersive, layered images, their…
In 1987 radio and television producer Jan Douwe Kroeske created, togehter with Crowded House singer Neil Finn, the first 2 Meter Session. Nearly 30 years later there are more than 1550 sessions. Every recording has a story and who can tell this better than Jan Douwe himself? With a special multimedia theatre performance, this fall…
In 1999, In Spite of Wishing and Wanting caused a huge stir. For the first time, Wim Vandekeybus created a performance not about the chemistry between men and women, but a primal desire in a world of men alone. In 2016 a completely new cast takes on the challenge of this world hit! The remake of this remarkable production…
Berlin theatre company Famile Flöz has already been in the Netherlands with several wonderful performances and now they are back with a reprise of the international hit Teatro Delusio. After 10 years the performance can be seen again in the Netherlands and will go on tour from 26 October to 19 November.
The wondrous creatures, demonic dreams and magical monsters of medieval artist Hieronymus Bosch star in the show Bosch Dreams of the circus group The 7 Fingers (Canada) produced by Theatre Republique in Copenhagen. From September 23 to November 4, 2016 the show can be seen at 24 theaters in The Netherlands and Belgium.
In 2014 three young lads won over the audience in Edingburgh, during one of the most important international theater festivals of the year, with their show Bromance. Bromance is a mix of circus, dance, Bboying, tricking, freerunning, Cyr wheel, parkour and acrobatics. Bromance has won the Total Theatre and Jackson Lane Award for Circus at the Edinburgh Festival in 2014.…
After sold-out performances and rave reviews after its premiere in 2015, the Flemish-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is returning to The Netherlands this autumn with his performance Fractus V. On 10 & 11 September at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg and 13 & 14 September at Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam.
Twenty-six years ago Luuk van Eijk and Jaap van Baasbank started the festival Julidans with their own selection criteria. Their criteria were: “basically anything that is not a ballet,” “Dance of the stubborn kind” or just “what we like.” Nowadays the programming is owned by the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam (by dance programmer Anita van Dolen), the production of…
Positive reviews followed after the debut of “Attrape Moi” (Catch Me!) Of the Canadian Flip Fabrique, at festival Circo Circolo in 2015. The “Theaterkrant” wrote: “The quality of the acts is insanely high. Yes, there used balls, cones, straps, Hula Hoops and a trampoline. With almost all of those attributes Flip Fabrique reaches new heights.…
