Closure. Justice. Amid a magical landscape of violence and memory, these refugee actors try to find ways to deal with the past and build an ever-elusive future, here, in the present. Meer informatie Goodbye Macondo/ Adiós Macondo is a visual political theatre play created by Nicaraguan refugee theatre group Lleca Teatro. Located in the fictional Macondo,…
Sruti Bala is Associate Professor at the Dept. of Theatre Studies of the University of Amsterdam, where she currently co-ordinates the MA Theatre Studies programme. She is affiliated to the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis and is a member of the ASCA advisory board. Sruti’s research interests are at the intersections of performance and politics, which has taken shape…
Étoiles Électriques is a part of Orchestre Partout, a Dutch based participatory music organisation founded by Ted van Leeuwen and Titia Bouwmeester based on the belief that music is a language that unites, regardless of origin, culture and language. From this idea Orchestre Partout started the first music workshop in 2010, in refugee centre Alkmaar.…
HoP – Home of Participation is an organization based in Amsterdam interested in exploring, developing and facilitating participatory arts methodologies for groups in conflict, at risk as well as for civic participation.
Moha is an artistic collective founded by Hungarian artist Olivia Reschofsky and French artist Alice Pons. It has been operating in the public space of Amsterdam for over four years. Moha is the Hungarian name for moss. It is a familiar living element that grows almost everywhere, on everything, in any conditions and in the…
Cinedans FEST is unique in the Netherlands and in the world, celebrating dance film as genre and art form. Cinedans sees the ideal dance film as a true synthesis between the media of dance and cinematography. At Cinedans FEST the emphasis lies on choreographies which are created specifically for the camera and on special film…
DutchCulture is the network and knowledge organisation for international cultural cooperation. We support the Dutch cultural and creative sector, public authorities and diplomatic posts in the pursuit of their international ambitions. If you have international cultural ambitions, DutchCulture can help you gain a footing on the international stage. We give information, advice and training on…
Untold is an arts collective of young residents of the Bijlmer neighbourhood in the South- East of Amsterdam. It is an area inhabited by many people of African and Caribbean descent. Untold was formed at the end of 2002, after a group of youngsters from the Bijlmer participated in an exchange project with the Brixton…
Music is a language that unites, regardless of origin, culture and language. From this idea Orchestre Partout started the first music workshop in 2010, in refugee centre Alkmaar. Over the years, we have developed a successful program. PROGRAM Weekly music workshops in refugee-centres and concerts across the countryOrchestre Partout organises weekly music lessons and rehearsals inside…
Zid Theatre in Amsterdam has been experimenting with ideas around reworking classical plays together with community residents into impressive productions. Instead of raising the community to the level of the great classics, they attempt to raise classics to the level of a community by writing new roles, creating new characters, and adapting contexts and plots…