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Histoire récente du Théâtre Recent Theatre History NETHERLANDS updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004

Theatre and Dance in the Netherlands, September 2002 – December 2003 Theatre by Cecile Brommer, dramaturge translation Dianne Atkinson Almost all the big Dutch companies presented classic texts staged in a in contemporary setting. A visitor reluctant to take great risks had a wide choice: Othello, The Wild Duck or Three Sisters from Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Hedda Gabler or A Seagull from Theatercompagnie, Vrijdag (Friday) from ZTHollandia, The Misanthrope or Revisor from de Paardenkathedraal, Tartuffe or Cyrano de Bergerac from the Nationale Toneel and the topper from the summer's Holland Festival: Ibsen's Nora from the Austrian Thomas Ostermeier. Toneelgroep De Appel beat the lot with an eleven hour production of Tantalus, written by co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company John Barton, and based on the Greek myth. The tendency to make accessible, recognisable theatre and to attract a large and wide audience, has been going on for some time and is accompanied by an increase in introductions, after-talks and interviews with theatre makers, in the papers and on the radio. It's mainly in the small theatres that new developments seem to be taking place: theatre maker Annemarie Prins (1932) once again broke new ground with Pikkepoezenwals in which she played with voice and electronics, mimographer Sanne van Rijn continued her exploration of slow motion in Langzaam tot nul (Slowly to Zero) and director and writer Kees Roorda created a silent space between life and death using slides and spoken memories. Combining disciplines was the theme at the Holland Festival, which presents an annual theatre programme in the capital city of Amsterdam. There were wonderful multidisciplinary performances from Christoph Marthaler, Heiner Goebbels and the Wooster Group. Festival director Ivo van Hove was provocative when he called the choice on offer “impure art”, but so-called crossovers are familiar to the Dutch theatregoer. Theatre makers here have been experimenting with and combining plastic arts, music, dance and video since the 70's, more recently adding cabaret and street dance. Theatre plus science, for instance, has been the trade mark of Ad Hoc for years. This year the group Uit het raam staren (Gazing out of the Window) led a series of discussions between scientists and theatre makers. Artistic director at the Rotheater, Guy Cassiers, met up with memory specialist Willem Wagenaar to talk about his large-scale adaptation of A la Recherche du Temps Perdu by the French novelist, Proust. Noticeable was the large number of politically-inspired theatrical performances. Pim Fortuyn, the right-wing politician who was murdered in May 2002, became the subject of Tim van Athene (Tim of Athens), a new text by Gerardjan Rijnders that he himself directed at ZTHollandia. The actors portraying his grassroots supporters, out for money, sex and power, did so in flashy clothes, heavy make-up and huge wigs, standing on a catwalk that divided the stage in two. On each side were strewn heaps of oyster shells that spectators ground underfoot on entering the house and that underlined not only the decadence of the politicians, but also the approaching decay. The German director Jürgen Gosch also warned against hypocrisy with his direction of Tartuffe at Het Nationale Toneel, pointing clearly at current politics. Omtrent PP (Concerning PP), a new text by Rob de Graaf put on by theatre group Keesen & Co, about the deserter Poncke Prinsen, opened up other old wounds from the Netherlands' past, as a colonial nation in Indonesia (1602-1949). The talented young director Olivier Provily buried, with Nederlandje (Wee Netherlands), the popular image of the Netherlands as the land of windmills and clogs, well-organised and sensible, honest and thrifty. In quiet, slow images he traced a metaphorical development from despair to reflection and consolation. This culminated in a burial at which those present included in their speeches, spoken in broad foreign accents, poems by Slauerhof and Marsman, poets who at the beginning of the last century described a Holland that no longer now exists. In the veiled monologues, on the sexual experience of Dutch Muslim women and based on the popular Vagina Monologues, some really gruesome stories came to light alongside others extraordinarily poetic and fairy tale-like. The fact that the ‘Muslimas' came along with their own stories so soon after the Dutch women bodes well for their integration and emancipation. Many Dutch performances were less political but nonetheless controversial, such as Van Gogh, about the famous artist, by Het Toneel Speelt and ZTHollandia; Annie M.G., de dochter van de dominee (Annie M.G., the Reverend's Daughter) about the well-known children's author Annie M.G. Schmidt , by Impresariaat Jacques Senf & Partners; Beatrix spreekt (Beatrix Speaks) about the queen, by Theatergroep Toetssteen. Els Inc. from Schiedam presented Ora et Labora by Herman Heijermans, one of the few Dutch playwrights who enjoy national celebrity, due mainly to his play about the fishwife Kniertje, Op hoop van zegen (Hoping for the Best). Another small company, Polly Maggoo, performed this classic to great interest on the beach at Terschelling, one of the islands off the north coast. Dance by Mirjam van der Linden, journalist translation Dianne Atkinson These are dark days for dance in the Netherlands. Doubt and cynicism rule at almost every level. Choreographers choose difficult subjects, shroud the stage in darkness or bring up the essence of their own discipline for discussion. Also remarkable is the use of text, a non-dance medium that has become more rule than exception in contemporary dance. Even the important dance festivals opened verbally: CaDance had Paul Selwyn Norton making his talking, singing and dancing come-back (Petrol). Together with Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Wim Vandekeybus' Ultima Vez served up a text by Peter Verhelst (Sonic Boom) at the Holland Festival. Julidans kicked off with DV8's The Cost of Living and the Holland Dance Festival had brought in Mats Ek, who wrote a script for the Nederlands Danstheater's senior dancers (Tulips). Death and parting dominated Krzysztof Pastor's Si después de morir (Het Nationale Ballet), Subject to Change by Lightfoot León (Nederlands Danstheater) and Krisztina de Chatel's Obscura. Johan Inger hopelessly sought contact in both Out of Breath and Pneuma. Piet Rogie laid bare the loss of youthful innocence (Mayday), while Ed Wubbe (Scapino Ballet Rotterdam) touched on media-political machinations in Orfeo Shows/Operato. Newcomer Ann van den Broek choreographed on the theme of ‘the fall' (FF+Rew) and André Gingras had three men inflict and undergo all kinds of sick cruelties in a closed room (The Sweet Flesh Room). Contrary as ever, Truus Bronkhorst interpreted Stravinsky's Sacre as pornography (I Feel Good) and then went on to battered women (Deserto Rosso). Incidentally, Stravinsky's Sacre, the story about budding sexuality, produced three more interpretations. A French courtship (Preljocay) and a Chinese abstraction (Shen Wei) could be seen during the Holland Dance Festival, which, for its mix of the celebrated and the unknown, western and non-western theatre dance, had been shopping this time as far abroad as India, Cuba, Australia and New Zealand. Finally, in Young People, Old Voices, the opening performance of Springdance 2003, the hunchback Raimund Hoghe strikes up those famous sounds for a love play between young and old, one an amateur, the other handicapped. The Dutch are not alone in their sombreness. For instance, Jan Fabre (Parrots and Guinea Pigs), Meg Stuart (Visitors Only) and Ohad Naharin (Naharin's Virus, performed to Handke's Publikumsbeschimping nota bene) – all to be seen here – also sunk their teeth into human decline. It was almost literally dark in The Grey Area by the ‘Forsythian' David Dawson (Het Nationale Ballet). Five individuals fight isolation in a sombre twilight zone. Brice Leroux, guest at the new festival for young talent, Something Raw in Amsterdam, allowed movement to be heard by means of the rustling of skirts and seen only by way of the light trails left behind by the dancers' gliding footsteps. The questioning of one's own medium – what is dance, who is the dancer – has been a theme in performance since the early postmodernism of the 1960's. It is once more very topical in some dance circles. It has provided all sorts of discussion: during festivals; at specially organised debates; in the specialist journal TM. The gulf between advocates and opponents is created above all by different interpretations of theatrical communication, originality and the importance of movement in dance. In the Netherlands, the warmest reception offered to conceptual makers comes from the internationally oriented Springdance. But not only such international festival goers as Thomas Hauert and Thomas Lehmen are wont to reflect. Regular Dutch dance premieres too were frequently about dance. In Double Points: Bertha – the Bermuda Triangle by Emio Greco/PC, a dancer explored her identity, ‘aided' by projected (dramaturgical) texts by a dance critic. Piet Rogie revealed in Sub Rosa on film the secret of the creative process and kept the definitive quintet for the DVD that spectators took home with them. The duo Galama & Kho allowed the public a playful glimpse of “the” dance world in Ballet c'est dur and broached themes such as uniformity /self-determination, closeness/openness, classic/modern. In Luxury Item, Paul Selwyn Norton raised the question of when one belongs in de world of art, of dance. To come up with only one answer proved impossible since the only truth is one's own, individual body. The RAZ philosopher Hans Tuerlings lashes out too: Monco, Italian for one-armed or maimed, is opposed to the dream world of weightlessness and beauty that is the ballet. The fact that Tuerlings imparts something loving to his protest, makes it interesting. The despondence, the restlessness, could be reactions to world political crises, but are also certainly part of an already long-running search for renewal in western dance. This search goes far and sometimes runs parallel to a remarkable loss of talent. Aside from the breeding grounds DWA (Amsterdam), Korzo Producties (Den Haag) and Dansateliers (Rotterdam), not only the large companies but also more and more small companies are presenting an annual workshop or programme with work from beginning choreographers, often dancers from their own group. Following the example of Krisztina de Chatel, the artistic directors Conny Janssen, Itzik Galili and Piet Rogie have also assumed the role of dance-broker. Just as Scapino Ballet Rotterdam once took the daring step of appointing the recently graduated Nanine Linning as in-house choreographer, so the Netherlands's greatest and only truly classic company - Het Nationale Ballet - welcomed young freelance talent Annabella Lopez Ochoa. Ted Brandsen - whose visiting card was the musical-like Carmen – succeeds Wayne Eagling as artistic director starting season 2003/2004. The other heavyweight het Nederlands Danstheater, announced the appointment of the Swede Anders Hellström as successor to Marian Sarstädt, the interim director after Jírí Kylián, and took on board the success story of small scale contemporary dance - Greco/PC, with Double Points: Two. At the same time, Kyliáns crown princes left the house: Johan Inger is to be artistic director of the Cullberg Ballet, de new in-house choreographs Paul Lightfoot and Sol León are taking a sabbatical. What's more, Hans van Manen, after Kylián the face of the company, hands in his notice as in-house choreographers in the summer of 2003, due to dissatisfaction over his share in the touring repertoire. Of course there are still, aside from all the ‘engaged' choreographs, others who continue to explore and develop the abstraction of dance. Leine & Roebana took their inspiration for Turings Tijgers from principles of natural order and from music played live and varying from early baroque to present-day. The sculptural music ballets of artistic director Ton Simons – set to Mozart, Zorn, Ligéti, Bach –define the signature of Dance Works Rotterdam, but one guest they invite more and more often is Bruno Listopad. His whimsical language of dance, set to electronic compositions (frequently Dirk Haubrich) evokes a very personal, estranging world. And naturally there are companies which are one of a kind. Het Nationale Ballet is thus the only one to put on romantic and twentieth century ballet classics – only recently acquiring Jerome Robbin's The Concert. The folk-dance oriented Internationaal Danstheater offered programmes featuring South-East Asia and gypsies, Introdans serves up for adults mainly highly popular choreographs – Lindsay Kemp in Teatralia, Ton Wiggers in Bach & Beat – and it's children whom they delight with pearls from the world repertoire; Hans van Manen in particular, “the Mondriaan of Dutch dance”, goes down well with the little ones (Mix4Kids2). And finally, the Hans Hof Ensemble makes tragic-comic dance theatre and to this end traced the routine in an old-fashioned office (Bureau) and in a bathhouse (Vrouwen in Bad). Policy The policy of the Performing Arts in the Netherlands is part of the Governments' overall art en cultural policy. There are three tiers of Government: central, provincial and municipal. The Ministry of Education, Culture & Science (OCW) does not attempt to influence artistic activities, its role being limited to ensure diversity, territorial distribution and high artistic standards, as well as to encourage initiatives and developments in cultural life. The Ministry seeks advice on these points from the Arts Council. Recent Developments In the Netherlands there are about 400 major drama, dance, mime/movement, puppetry, youth and opera/music theatre companies. These companies receive structural subsidy from the Ministry, sometimes in collaboration with provincial and municipal authorities. The Arts Council artistically evaluates each group every four years; an operation called 'Kunstenplan' (Arts Plan). If the outcome of this evaluation is positive, the group receives in general subsidy for the next period of four years. The result is a situation in which companies can work relatively safely during a period of four years. Applications for new permanent subsidies are only considered when a new 'Kunstenplan'-period is approaching. The new 'Kunstenplan' comprises the period 2005-2008. Since 2002 the Netherlands Fund for Performing Arts and the Fund for Amateur Art merged into the Fund for Amateur Art and Performing Arts. This Fund is a national organisation that that provides subsidies for both national and international projects in the field of amateur art and the professional performing arts. Since 1997 the Dutch government provided new substantial budgets to intensify international activities, the HGIS-Culture program. The program is for projects in the Netherlands which contribute tot he image of the Netherlands as an international meetingplace (support of foreign presentations in the Netherlands, international co-productions, big international cultural conferences in the Netherlands and international festivals); joint cultural heritage; projects in priority countries of the international cultural policy of the Netherlands; large scale cultural manifestations in the Netherlands or abroad.

Représentants nationaux des OING théâtrales (ASSITEJ,AICT,AITA,FIA,FIRT,SIBMAS,UNIMA,OISTAT etc.) National Representatives of Theatre INGOs NETHERLANDS updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004

FIRT / SIBMAS, Waalstraat 3/III, Amsterdam 1078 BN

Stichting OISTAT-Nederland, P.O. Box 15172, Amsterdam 1001 MD, Tel: 20-5277620, Fax: 20-5277622, Email: secretariaat@vpt.nl

Principaux organismes qui s'occupent du théâtre (Ministères, organismes publics, associations professionnelles) Main organisations concerned with theatre (Ministries, organizations, unions, professional associations) NETHERLANDS updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004

Theater Instituut Nederland, Herengracht 168, P.O. Box 19304, Amsterdam 1000 GH, Tel: 20-5513300, Fax: 20-5513303, Email: info@tin.nl, Website: http://www.tin.nl

Ministry of Education, Culture & Science OC&W, P.O. Box 16375, Den Haag 2500 BJ, Tel: 70-4123456, Fax: 70-4123450, Email: cultuur.dk@minocw.nl, Website: http://www.minocw.nl

Raad voor Cultuur (Arts Council), P.O. Box 61243, Den Haag 2506 AE, Tel: 70-3106686, Fax: 70-3614727, Email: cultuur@cultuur.nl, Website: http://www.cultuur.nl

Fonds voor Amateurkunst en Podiumkunsten (Fund for the Amateur Arts and Performing Arts), P.O. Box 85471, Den Haag 2508 CD, Tel: 70-4169000, Fax: 70-3584715, Email: info@fapk.nl, Website: http://www.fapk.nl, Contact: Pieter Zeeman

Fonds voor Podiumprogrammering en Marketing (Fund for Stage Programming and Marketing), P.O. Box 85699, Den Haag 2508 CJ, Tel: 70-4169025, Fax: 70-3584715, Email: info- fppm@fppm.nl, Website: http://www.fppm.nl

VSCD (Union of Theatre and Concert Hall Directors), Johannes Vermeerstraat 55, Amsterdam 1071 DM, Tel: 20-6647211, Fax: 20-6752691, Email: info@vscd.nl, Website: http://www.vscd.nl

VNT (Association of Dutch Theatre Companies and Producers), Herengracht 174, Amsterdam 1016 BR, Tel: 20-6200201, Fax: 20-4216585, Email: info@vnt.nl, Website: http://www.vnt.nl

FNV KIEM (Artist Union), P.O. Box 9354, Amsterdam 1006 AJ, Tel: 20-3553636, Fax: 20-3553737, Email: algemeen@fnv-kiem.nl, Website: http://www.fnv.nl/kiem

SICA (International Cultural Activities), Van Diemenstraat 410, Amsterdam 1013 CR, Tel: 20-6164225, Fax: 20-6128152, Email: post@sicasica.nl, Website: http://www.sicasica.nl, Contact: Inez Boogaarts (director)

Principaux Théâtres, Opéra, Ballet, Danse etc. Main Theatres, Operas, Ballets, Danse etc. NETHERLANDS updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004

Het Muziektheater (Music theatre), P.O. Box 16822, Amsterdam 1001 RH, Tel: 20-5518911, Fax: 20-6255455, Email: info@het-muziektheater.nl, Website: http://www.hetmuziektheater.nl, Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Venue

Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam(municipal theatre), Leidseplein 26, Amsterdam 1017 PT, Tel: 20-5237700, Fax: 20-6242311, Email: info@stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl, Website: http://www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl, Contact: Melle Daamen (director), Type: Drama, Dance, Venue

Frascati, Nes 63, Amsterdam 1012 KD, Tel: 20-6227860, Fax: 20-6383349, Email: info@nestheaters.nl, Website: http://www.nestheaters.nl, Contact: Nan van Houte (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Venue

De Brakke Grond, Nes 63, Amsterdam 1012 KD, Tel: 20-6232162, Fax: 20-6383349, Email: info@nestheaters.nl, Website: http://www.nestheaters.nl, Contact: Nan van Houte (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Venue

Bellevue, Leidsekade 90, Amsterdam 1017 PN, Tel: 20-5305300, Fax: 20-5305303, Email: info@theaterbellevue.nl, Website: http://www.theaterbellevue.nl, Contact: Jeannette Smit (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Venue

Schouwburg Arnhem, P.O. Box 1103, Arnhem 6801 BC, Tel: 26-3720720, Fax: 26-3720710, Email: musis.schouwburg@arnhem.nl, Website: http://www.schouwburg-arnhem.nl, Contact: Ruud van Zuilen (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Chasse Theater, P.O. Box 1135, Breda 4801 BC, Tel: 76-5303100, Fax: 76-5303190, Email: theater@chasse.nl, Website: http://www.chasse.nl, Contact: C.B.G. Langeveld (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Lucent Danstheater / Dr. Anton Philipszaal, P.O. Box 11543, Den Haag 2502 AM, Tel: 70-8800300, Fax: 70-3622773, Email: informatie@dapz.ldt.nl, Website: http://www.dapz.ldt.nl, Contact: Saskia Kriekhaus (director), Type: Dance, ChildYouth, Venue

Korzo Theater, P.O. Box 13407, Den Haag 2501 EK, Tel: 70-3637540, Fax: 70-3562251, Email: korzo@korzo.nl, Website: http://www.korzo.nl, Contact: Bernadette Stokvis (director), Type: Drama, Dance, Venue

Theater aan het Spui, P.O. Box 109, Den Haag 2501 CC, Tel: 70-3024070, Fax: 70-3650313, Email: kantoor@theateraanhetspui.nl, Website: http://www.theateraanhetspui.nl, Contact: John Reinders (programmer), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, ChildYouth, Venue

Stadsschouwburg Eindhoven N.V., P.O. Box 90156, Eindhoven 5600 RJ, Tel: 40-2389680, Fax: 40-2384810, Email: info@schouwburgeindhoven.nl, Website: http://www.schouwburgeindhoven.nl, Contact: A.M.A. Bruins (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Grand Theatre, Grote Markt 35, Groningen 9711 LV, Tel: 50-3144644, Fax: 50-3111468, Email: grand@grand-theatre.nl, Website: http://www.grand-theatre.nl, Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, ChildYouth, Venue

Toneelschuur, Lange Begijnestraat 9, Haarlem 2011 HH, Tel: 23-5173900, Fax: 23-5173909, Email: info@toneelschuur.nl, Website: http://www.toneelschuur.nl, Contact: Frans Lommerse (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

LAK Theater, P.O. Box 9515, Leiden 2300 RA, Tel: 71-5126885, Fax: 71-5272361, Email: info@laktheater.nl, Website: http://www.laktheater.nl, Contact: Roland Helmer (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Lantaren/Venster, P.O. Box 25278, Rotterdam 3001 HG, Tel: 10-2772266, Fax: 10-2772286, Email: mail@lantaren-venster.nl, Website: http://www.lantaren-venster.nl, Contact: Mickel Beckers (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Venue

Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Schouwburgplein 25, Rotterdam 3012 CL, Tel: 10-4044111, Fax: 10-4132404, Email: info@schouwburg.rotterdam.nl, Website: http://www.schouwburg.rotterdam.nl, Contact: Jan Zoet (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, P.O. Box 14068, Utrecht 3508 SC, Tel: 30-2324125, Fax: 30-2314499, Email: stadsschouwburg@utrecht.nl, Website: http://www.stadsschouwburg-utrecht.nl, Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Theater aan het Vrijthof, P.O. Box 882, Maastricht 6200 AW, Tel: 43-3505544, Fax: 43-3505522, Email: info@theateraanhetvrijthof.nl, Website: http://www.theateraanhetvrijthof.nl, Contact: J. Giesen (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, ChildYouth, Venue

Stadsschouwburg Leeuwarden De Harmonie, P.O. Box 323, Leeuwarden 8901 BC, Tel: 58 2330230, Fax: 58 2330220, Email: harmonie@harmonie.nl, Website: http://www.harmonie.nl, Contact: A.C.H.I. Oostvogel (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

KIT Tropentheater, P.O. Box 95001, Amsterdam 1090 HA, Tel: 20 5688451, Fax: 20 5688384, Email: tropentheater@kit.nl, Website: http://www.tropentheater.nl, Contact: W.L. Broekhuijsen (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Schouwburg en Concertzaal Tilburg, P.O. Box 3035, Tilburg 5003 DA, Tel: 13 5490390, Fax: 13 5430957, Email: info@theaterstilburg.nl, Website: http://www.theaterstilburg.nl, Contact: J.L. Pot (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Stadsschouwburg Groningen, Turfsingel 86, Tilburg 9711 VX, Tel: 50 3142555, Fax: 50 3138507, Email: info@opsb.groningen.nl, Website: http://www.cultuur.groningen.nl, Contact: Thom van der Goot (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, ChildYouth, Venue

Stadsschouwburg Haarlem, Wilhelminastraat 50, Haarlem 2011 VN, Tel: 23 5121212, Fax: 23 5121111, Email: info@theater-haarlem.nl, Website: http://www.theater-haarlem.nl, Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Stadsschouwburg Middelburg, c/o P.O. Box 124, Middelburg 4330 AC, Tel: 118 659667, Fax: 118 659669, Email: zts@zeelandnet.nl, Website: http://www.theaterverkoopzeeland.nl, Contact: Gerard Peijs (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, ChildYouth, Venue

Stadsschouwburg Nijmegen, P.O.Box 364, Nijmegen 6500 AJ, Tel: 24 3228344, Fax: 24 3222465, Email: info@keizerkarelpodia.nl, Website: http://www.keizerkarelpodia.nl, Contact: Albert Krielen (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Stadsschouwburg Sittard-Geleen, P.O.Box 247, Sittard 6130 AE, Tel: 46 4205688, Fax: 46 4205690, Email: uitbalie@sittard-geleen.nl, Website: http://www.schouwburg.sittard.nl, Contact: Pierre Gorissen (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Twentse Schouwburg, Langestraat 49, Enschede 7511 HB, Tel: 53 4858585, Fax: 53 4858590, Email: info@podiumtwente.nl, Website: http://www.podiumtwente.nl, Contact: Mr. Slingerland (director), Type: Drama, Opera&Music, Dance, Puppet, ChildYouth, Venue

Principaux festivals des arts de la scène Main performing arts festivals NETHERLANDS updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004

Holland Festival, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 21, Amsterdam 1017 RP, Tel: 20-5307110, Fax: 20-5307119, Email: info@hollandfestival.nl, Website: http://www.hollandfestival.nl, Period: 6, Frequency: annual, Genre: theatre, dance, music, opera, Contact: Jacques van Veen (managing director)

Holland Dance Festival, Nobelstraat 21, Den Haag 2513 BC, Tel: 70-3616142, Fax: 70-3650509, Email: : info@hollanddancefestival.com, Website: http://www.hollanddancefestival.com, Period: 10/11, Frequency: biennial, Genre: dance

Het Theaterfestival, Herengracht 174, Amsterdam 1016 BR, Tel: 20-4226464, Fax: 20-4227474, Email: theafest@xs4all.nl, Website: http://www.theaterfestival.nl, Period: annual, Frequency: 8/9, Genre: Dutch and Flemish dramatic theatre, Contact: Arthur Sonnen (director)

International Theatre School Festival, P.O. Box 15498, Amsterdam 1001 ML, Tel: 20-5277613, Fax: 20-5277612, Email: its@ahk.nl, Website: http://www.its.ahk.nl, Period: 6, Frequency: annual, Genre: all genres, Contact: Jacqueline van Benthem (director)

JULIDANS, c/o Leidseplein 26, Amsterdam 1017 PT, Tel: : 20-5237700, Fax: 20-6238685, Email: info@stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl, Website: http://www.julidans.com, Period: 7, Frequency: annual, Genre: dance, Contact: Luuk van Eijk and Jaap van Baasbank (directors)

Breakin' Walls, Nes 63, Amsterdam 1012 KD, Tel: 20 6227860, Fax: 20 6383349, Email: info@nestheaters.nl, Website: http://www.nestheaters.nl, Period: 11, Frequency: annual, Genre: drama/dance, Contact: Nan van Houte (director)

Theaterfestival Boulevard 's-Hertogenbosch, P.O. Box 1704, Den Bosch 5200 BT, Tel: 73 6124505, Fax: 73 6124544, Email: info@festivalboulevard.nl, Website: http://www.festivalboulevard.nl, Period: 8, Frequency: yearly, Genre: theatre, music theatre, dance, music, Contact: Geert Overdam (director)

CaDance, P.O. Box 13407, Den Haag 2501 EK, Tel: 70-3637540, Fax: 70-3562251, Email: info@korzo.nl, Website: http://www.korzo.nl, Period: 11, Frequency: biennal, Genre: dance, Contact: Bernadette Stokvis (director)

Internationaal Jeugdtheaterfestival, P.O. Box 5348, Haarlem 2000 GH, Tel: 23-5319139, Fax: 23-5315284, Email: henkschoute@kcnh.nl, Website: http://www.kcnh.nl, Period: 12, Frequency: biennal, Genre: youth theatre, Contact: Henk Schoute (programmer)

De Internationale Keuze van de Schouwburg, Schouwburgplein 25, Rotterdam 3012 CL, Tel: 10-4044111, Fax: 10 4132404, Email: kassa@schouwburg.rotterdam.nl, Website: http://www.schouwburg.rotterdam.nl, Period: 9, Frequency: annual, Genre: all genres, Contact: Jan Zoet (director)

Tweetakt, c/o P.O. Box 805, Utrecht 3500 AV, Tel: 30 2361201, Fax: 30 2361290, Email: info@tweetakt.net, Website: http://www.tweetakt.net, Period: 4, Frequency: annual, Genre: youth theatre, Contact: Petra Blok (director)

Springdance, P.O. Box 111, Utrecht 3500 AC, Tel: 30-233 20 32, Fax: 30-231 93 64, Email: mail@springdance.nl, Website: http://www.springdance.nl, Period: 4, Frequency: biennial, Genre: dance, Contact: Simon Dove (director)

Festival a/d Werf, Boorstraat 107, Utrecht 3513 SE, Tel: 30-2315844, Fax: 30-2332716, Email: info@huisaandewerf.nl, Website: http://www.huisaandewerf.nl, Period: 5, Frequency: annual, Genre: all disciplines, Contact: Jeffrey Meulman (director)

Terschellings Oerol, P.O. Box 327, Terschelling Midsland 8890 AA, Tel: 562 448448, Fax: 562 449087, Email: info@oerol.nl, Website: http://www.oerol.nl, Period: 6, Frequency: annual, Genre: all genres, Contact: Joop Mulder (director)

Internationaal Poppentheater Festival, Aardappelmarkt 9, Dordrecht 3311 BA, Tel: 78 6140342, Fax: 78 6141453, Email: damiet@dordt.nl, Website: http://www.microfestival.dordt.nl, Period: 6, Frequency: annual, Genre: puppetry for adults and youth, Contact: Damiet van Dalsum (director)

De Parade, c/o Weverssingel 36, Amersfoort 3811 GK, Tel: 33 4654555, Fax: 33 4656246, Email: info@mobilearts.nl, Website: http://www.deparade.nl, Period: 6, 7, 8, Frequency: annual, Genre: all genres, Contact: Terts Brinkhoff (director)

Principales écoles des arts de la scène et départements de théâtre des universités Main performing arts schools & university theatre departments NETHERLANDS updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004

Theatre School Arnhem, Hommelseweg 169, Arnhem 6821 LD, Tel: 26 3535660, Fax: 26 3535662, Email: r.wendt@artez.nl, Website: http://www.artez.nl, Contact: Riet Wendt Courses: Acting

Theatre School Amsterdam, P.O. Box 15498, Amsterdam 1001 ML, Tel: 20 5277685, Fax: 20-5277682, Email: infotheater@the.ahk.nl, Website: http://www.the.ahk.nl, Courses: Acting, Dance

Hogeschool Maastricht - Theatre school, Lenculenstraat 31-33, Maastricht 6211 KP, Tel: 43- 3466690, Fax: 43-3466699, Email: h.g.j.wishaupt@hszuyd.nl, Website: http://toneelacademie.hszuyd.nl, Contact: Kiek Wishaupt Courses: Acting, Directing

Theatre Department Utrecht, Janskerkhof 18, Utrecht 3512 BM, Tel: 30 2312690, Fax: 30 2322465, Email: info@theater.hku.nl, Website: http://www.hku.nl/, Courses: Acting

Rotterdam Dance Academy, Kruisplein 26, Rotterdam 3012 CC, Tel: 10-2171100, Fax: 10-2171101, Email: rda@hmd.nl, Website: http://www.hmd.nl, Courses: Dance

Koninklijk Conservatorium (Royal Conservatoire / dance and music), Juliana van Stolberglaan 1, Den Haag 2595 CA, Tel: 70-3151402, Fax: 70-3151518, Email: a.zielhorst@admin.koncon.nl, Website: http://www.koncon.nl, Courses: Opera&Music, Dance

Dasarts (post academical training centre), Mauritskade 56, Amsterdam 1092 AD, Tel: 20-5869636, Fax: 20-5869637, Email: dasarts@dasarts.nl, Website: http://www.dasarts.nl

Fontys Hogeschool - Drama department, P.O. Box 347, Eindhoven 5600 AH, Tel: 8778-71753, Fax: 8778-75520, Email: drama@fontys.nl, Website: http://www.fontys.nl/drama, Courses: Acting

New Opera Academy, P.O. Box 78002, Amsterdam 1071 LP, Tel: 20-5277504, Fax: 20-6761506, Email: dnoa@cva.ahk.nl, Website: http://www.cva.ahk.nl, Courses: Opera&Music

Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University, P.O. Box 53066, Amsterdam 1007 RB, Tel: 20-6200225, Fax: 20-6249368, Email: office@amsu.edu, Website: http://www.amsu.edu

Fontys Dansacademy, P.O. Box 90907, Tilburg 5000 GJ, Tel: 877-878099, Fax: 877-875955, Email: dansacademie@fontys.nl, Website: http://www.fontys.nl/dansacademie/, Courses: Dance

ArtEZ Arnhem - Dance Academy, Weverstraat 40, Arnhem 6811 EM, Tel: 26-3535724, Fax: 26-3535731, Email: dance@artez.nl, Website: http://www.artez.nl, Courses: Dance

Principaux centres de documentation théâtrale (musées,bibliothèques etc.) Main performing arts resource centres (museums, libraries, research & documentation centres,specialist publishers & bookshops etc.) NETHERLANDS updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004

Library/Museum/Collection/Research centre: Theater Instituut Nederland, Herengracht 168, Amsterdam 1016 BP, Tel: 20-5513300, Fax: 20-5513303, Email: : info@tin.nl, Website: http://www.tin.nl, Contact: Gijs Kimenai (coordinator)

Instituut voor Theaterwetenschap (Institute for thea-tre science), Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, Amsterdam 1012 CP, Tel: 20-5252287, Fax: 20-5252938, Email: owbalie.otm@hum.uva.nl, Website: http://www.hum.uva.nl/~theawet

Universiteit Utrecht (Department theatre science), Kromme Nieuwegracht 29, Utrecht 3512 HD, Tel: 30-2536125, Fax: 30-2536167, Email: imr@let.uu.nl, Website: http://www.let.uu.nl/tft

Boekmanstichting (Boekman Foundation), Herengracht 415, Amsterdam 1017 BP, Tel: 20-6243736, Fax: 20-6385239, Email: : secretariaat@boekman.nl, Website: http://www.boekman.nl

Principaux journaux et revues des arts de la scène Main performing arts magazines NETHERLANDS updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004

TM, Frequency: monthly, Herengracht 174, Amsterdam 1016 BR, Tel: 20-6249057, Email: theaterm@euronet.nl, Website: http://www.theatermaker.nl, Comments: Theatre magazine / Dutch language

Podium, Frequency: monthly, P.O. Box 155, Nijmegen 6500 AD, Tel: 24-3779401, Fax: 24-3779441, Comments: Magazine for theatre technicians /Dutch language

Zichtlijnen, Frequency: monthly, P.O. Box 15172, Amsterdam 1001 MD, Tel: 20-5518087, Fax: 20-5518012, Comments: Magazine for theatre technicians/Dutch language

Newsletter International Office, Frequency: every six weeks, Theater Instituut Nederland, P.O. Box 19304, Amsterdam , 1000 GH, Tel: 20-5513300, Fax: 20-5513303, Email: info@tin.nl, Website: http://www.tin.nl, Contact: Sabine Preuss

Tijdschrift voor Theaterwetenschappen, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, Amsterdam 1012 CP, Tel: 20-5252286, Comments: (Dutch language)

Bibliographie - oeuvres de référence Selected Bibliographic data - important references NETHERLANDS updated Sat Dec 18 19:52:53 2004

Nederlands Theaterjaarboek 2002-2003(theatre annual), Theater Instituut Nederland, Amsterdam yearly, Language: Dutch, Comments: Price € 16,99 ISBN 90-5860-211-7

Why All These Questions' The Mouson-Springdance/dialogue, Frankfurt (2002), Gabriel Smeets, Theater Instituut Nederland, Language: English, Comments: Price € 20,- ISBN 90-70892-63-4

The Show starts on the Street! Ten years of the Dutch Theatre Poster Price, Rob van der Zalm, Theater Instituut Nederland, Language: Dutch, Comments: Price € 12,- ISBN 90-6369-010-X

Dancing Dutch - Contemporary Dance in the Netherlands, (2000), Annette Embrechts, Ine Rietstap, Eva van Schaik, Onno Stokvis and Coos Versteeg, Theater Instituut Nederland, Language: Dutch, Comments: Price € 13,60 ISBN 90-70892-61-8

New encyclopedia of opera, Paul Korenhof (ed.), Anthos 2003, Language: Dutch, Comments: Price € 47,40 ISBN 90-7634-158-3

Mozart and The Netherlands : a bicentenary retrospect, Arie Peddemors and Leo Samama(ed.), Walburg Pers, 2003, Language: English, Comments: ISBN 90-5730-244-