I had chosen this concert above all for Jun Märkl. After reading his biography and discovering that he had studied under both Sergiu Celibidache and Leonard Bernstein — two conductors I deeply admire — my expectations were high. They were not only met, but quietly surpassed.
At the heart of A Myth is the question: what stories do we tell ourselves to understand our world, and what happens when those stories fail us? Vervuurt’s composition is a remarkable balancing act between familiarity and alienation. Echoing arias swell and collapse into sirens and metallic groans.
A cauldron of clear and mesmerising shifts of flavours, marked by the falling of the brooms, the performance takes audiences on a journey through distinct phases — trance, seduction, disobedience, comedy, haunting, havoc, and finally, reordering.
In a thoughtfully curated double bill at The Hague’s Korzo Theatre, two choreographers take us on parallel journeys through the inner and outer landscapes of human striving. Stand By Me by Ukrainian artist Vladyslav Detiuchenko and Exit Sign by Dutch house choreographer Zino Schat are starkly different in tone and style but together they sketch a bleak yet compelling portrait of longing, ambition, and collapse.
On the eve of the fourteenth edition of the Delft Fringe Festival, festival director Roel Funcken announces that he will be handing over his position after this edition. Under his inspiring leadership and vision, the Delft Fringe Festival grew from a local amateur theatre festival to the presentation location for new makers in the performing arts over the past twelve years
CaDance at Korzo in The Hague continues with How We Move Through the Dark by the Poetic Disasters Club and the intuitive choreographic hand of Lea Ved plus Faizah Grootens’ Tender Resistance, a potent exploration of vulnerability and strength through movement. You can also read reviews of earlier events on this page . .
This expanded version of Sharon Eyal’s 2023 creation brings together the formidable talents of Nederlands Dans Theatre and her own company, S-E-D. Originally created for seven dancers, it now unfolds across more than twenty, transforming the piece into something more unsettling. The swarm multiplies, growing hypnotic, sublime, and eerily inhuman in scale.
Through a newly enhanced audio tour at the museum, the partners are building a bridge between art, Van Gogh’s life story, and Samsung’s cutting-edge technology. Among the highlights of the tour is Van Gogh’s iconic masterpiece Almond Blossom.
