3rd January – 30th April. A theatrical dance performance about the absurd laws of a macho office culture and the…
Read more17th & 18th December. An indescribable woman. In STRĪ (lit. woman), choreographer Poernima Gobardhan shares an indescribable woman. The only way to…
Read more12th – 20th December. It’s happening here and now in the dance city of The Hague. Here We Live And…
Read more19th & 20th December. Master Storyteller, Ashely Ramsden, returns to the Netherlands with his perennially popular version of A Christmas…
Read more12th December – 2nd January. Whereas Marius Petipa took inspiration for his original version from Alexandre Dumas’ adaptation of the…
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It is a clever and complicated, and subtly confronting, well-written piece of theatre. No wonder it won the Tony Award for Best Play. Described as, “Seriously smart and electrifying”, I was curious how this stage piece – based on a provocative plot – would deal sensitively and timely with topics like submission, power and gender.
Afrique en Cirque is Yamoussa Bangoura’s latest show, inspired by everyday life in Guinea on the Atlantic coast of that vast continent. This performance was one of the highlights of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and brings to Europe the beauty, youth and artistry of African culture.
It has been announced that The Hague city council has granted credit facilities for transforming the former US Embassy in the Lange Voorhout into a new museum and permanent home for the city’s collection of the more than one thousand artworks by Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher. Designed by Marcel Breuer and opened in July 1959, the building has become an iconic city landmark.
On show are mostly large scale textile tapestries, but not in the traditional sense. Most of the pieces are hand-stitched assemblages of existing articles such as Nigerian shirts and robes. The most impressive of these consists entirely of almost crop-tops in all colours of the rainbow, with the traditional round cut neck and squares-off sleeves
With exhibits including recipe books, baking tins, dinner services, paintings and much much more, visitors will be able to dive into the delicious world of desserts. A fun combination of art-historical objects and creative contributions from contemporary makers will make for a show full of surprises.
On 10th & 11th January twenty of the world’s most promising young pianists will compete for a place in the finals of Liszt Utrecht (formerly the Liszt Concours). During the semi-finals at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, these world-class talents will demonstrate why they were selected by a distinguished jury consisting of Nino Gvetadze, Leslie Howard, Igor Roma, and Muza Rubackyté.
RIDCC is the world’s largest choreographic duet competition. This prestigious platform offers emerging national and international choreographers a unique opportunity to showcase their work and compete for 14 awards, including the XL Production Award worth €100,000! By doing so, RIDCC serves as a significant springboard for participants’ careers.
This production celebrates NDT’s sixty-fifth anniversary and includes work by three major choreographers whose work spans three generations of contemporary dance. Architecture of the Invisible adheres to NFT’s tried and tested formula of a performance consisting of three short pieces, two of which are in repertoire and one that is brand new.
