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World premiere: James Wood – Apokalypsis

World premiere: James Wood – Apokalypsis

28 September 2023
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

World premiere of Apokalypsis, a new composition by James Wood.

In collaboration with Collegium Vocale Gent, BL!NDMAN [sax] and Darius Battiwalla.

Apokalypsis was commissioned by Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ.

muziekgebouw.nl

Pictured: BL!NDMAN [sax]

Production house: Celine Daemen – Songs for a Passerby

Production house: Celine Daemen – Songs for a Passerby

21 - 30 September 2023
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ

Songs for a Passerby is a VR opera by Celine Daemen about the human relationship to the transient nature of reality.

It recently won the Immersive Grand Prize at Venice International Film Festival 2023.

muziekgebouw.nl

NDT: In/with/in

NDT: In/with/in

21 September - 10 November 2023
Various theatres

In/with/in is a triptych of works in which different creators usher in season 2023-2024 with their diverse artistic ideas, prevailing crossovers between dance, visual art, design and music.

NDT 1 performs new choreographies by Tao Ye and the choreographic duo Imre van Opstal & Marne van Opstal and an existing work by Marco Goecke.

ndt.nl

Reflex: Sun-Mi Hong

Reflex: Sun-Mi Hong

29 September 2023
BIMHUIS

For this concert, drummer Sun-Mi Hong will play a new piece inspired by scenes from her documented dreams. She has invited a versatile group of musicians into her dreamworld, including a trumpet player, an organist and a bass player.

bimhuis.nl

Photo: Dion Bierdrager

Carolina Bianchi – Cadela Força: Capítulo I

Carolina Bianchi – Cadela Força: Capítulo I

29 - 30 September 2023
Frascati

Cadela Força (Bitch Strength) by Carolina Bianchi and her collective Cara de Cavalo is a three-part performance about rape, femicide and violence against women.

Part one is called A noiva e o boa noite cinderela (The Bride And The Good Night, Cinderella) and was created in co-production with Frascati Producties.

frascati.nl

Solo Duets: Kelly Sinnapah Mary & Lucy Beech

Solo Duets: Kelly Sinnapah Mary & Lucy Beech

09 June - 19 November 2023
Kunstinstituut Melly

In the Solo Duets series, Kunstinstituut Melly presents two solo exhibitions simultaneously. This edition shows work by Kelly Sinnapah Mary and Lucy Beech.

Kelly Sinnapah Mary makes paintings, tapestries, sculpture, and artistic interventions drawing from the history and folklore of the Caribbean. Her exhibition The Fables of Sanbras showcases existing and newly commissioned artworks and is her first in The Netherlands.

Lucy Beech is preoccupied with how waste shapes society. In the exhibition Ooze, she presents three video works: her new film Flush, commissioned by Kunstinstituut Melly, and the Dutch premieres of Warm Decembers (2022) and Reproductive Exile (2018).

kunstinstituutmelly.nl

Pictured: Duck, Kelly Sinnapah Mary, 2023

Fellow number I: Huw Lemmey

Fellow number I: Huw Lemmey

01 - 30 September 2023
Woonhuis

In 2023, De Ateliers opened Woonhuis, a new experimental exhibition space for both current participants and alumni to present their work.

The first Woonhuis fellow is British author, artist and art critic Huw Lemmey.

woonhuis.de-ateliers.nl

Pictured: Gvantsa Jgushia, S. Dadiani 23 (After Nineli Todua), presented at the opening exhibition of Woonhuis, 2023. Photo: Gert-Jan van Rooij.

ITA: Lehman Trilogy

ITA: Lehman Trilogy

07 September - 18 October 2023
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Lehman Trilogy chronicles the history of cut-throat American capitalism. ITA’s Dutch-language adaptation of the West End/Broadway performace is directed by Guy Cassiers.

ita.nl

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Pauline Curnier Jardin

08 September 2023 - 21 April 2024
Centraal Museum

Centraal Museum Utrecht has invited Pauline Curnier Jardin for her first solo exhibition in the Netherlands.

The French artist will display existing and new work, including her latest film Adoration, about the forgotten story of women in Casa di Reclusione Femminile, a Venetian prison for women.

centraalmuseum.nl

World premiere: James Wood – Apokalypsis

World premiere: James Wood – Apokalypsis

28 September 2023
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

World premiere of Apokalypsis, a new composition by James Wood.

In collaboration with Collegium Vocale Gent, BL!NDMAN [sax] and Darius Battiwalla.

Apokalypsis was commissioned by Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ.

muziekgebouw.nl

Pictured: BL!NDMAN [sax]

Reflex: Sun-Mi Hong

Reflex: Sun-Mi Hong

29 September 2023
BIMHUIS

For this concert, drummer Sun-Mi Hong will play a new piece inspired by scenes from her documented dreams. She has invited a versatile group of musicians into her dreamworld, including a trumpet player, an organist and a bass player.

bimhuis.nl

Photo: Dion Bierdrager

Fellow number I: Huw Lemmey

Fellow number I: Huw Lemmey

01 - 30 September 2023
Woonhuis

In 2023, De Ateliers opened Woonhuis, a new experimental exhibition space for both current participants and alumni to present their work.

The first Woonhuis fellow is British author, artist and art critic Huw Lemmey.

woonhuis.de-ateliers.nl

Pictured: Gvantsa Jgushia, S. Dadiani 23 (After Nineli Todua), presented at the opening exhibition of Woonhuis, 2023. Photo: Gert-Jan van Rooij.

Production house: Celine Daemen – Songs for a Passerby

Production house: Celine Daemen – Songs for a Passerby

21 - 30 September 2023
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ

Songs for a Passerby is a VR opera by Celine Daemen about the human relationship to the transient nature of reality.

It recently won the Immersive Grand Prize at Venice International Film Festival 2023.

muziekgebouw.nl

Carolina Bianchi – Cadela Força: Capítulo I

Carolina Bianchi – Cadela Força: Capítulo I

29 - 30 September 2023
Frascati

Cadela Força (Bitch Strength) by Carolina Bianchi and her collective Cara de Cavalo is a three-part performance about rape, femicide and violence against women.

Part one is called A noiva e o boa noite cinderela (The Bride And The Good Night, Cinderella) and was created in co-production with Frascati Producties.

frascati.nl

ITA: Lehman Trilogy

ITA: Lehman Trilogy

07 September - 18 October 2023
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Lehman Trilogy chronicles the history of cut-throat American capitalism. ITA’s Dutch-language adaptation of the West End/Broadway performace is directed by Guy Cassiers.

ita.nl

NDT: In/with/in

NDT: In/with/in

21 September - 10 November 2023
Various theatres

In/with/in is a triptych of works in which different creators usher in season 2023-2024 with their diverse artistic ideas, prevailing crossovers between dance, visual art, design and music.

NDT 1 performs new choreographies by Tao Ye and the choreographic duo Imre van Opstal & Marne van Opstal and an existing work by Marco Goecke.

ndt.nl

Solo Duets: Kelly Sinnapah Mary & Lucy Beech

Solo Duets: Kelly Sinnapah Mary & Lucy Beech

09 June - 19 November 2023
Kunstinstituut Melly

In the Solo Duets series, Kunstinstituut Melly presents two solo exhibitions simultaneously. This edition shows work by Kelly Sinnapah Mary and Lucy Beech.

Kelly Sinnapah Mary makes paintings, tapestries, sculpture, and artistic interventions drawing from the history and folklore of the Caribbean. Her exhibition The Fables of Sanbras showcases existing and newly commissioned artworks and is her first in The Netherlands.

Lucy Beech is preoccupied with how waste shapes society. In the exhibition Ooze, she presents three video works: her new film Flush, commissioned by Kunstinstituut Melly, and the Dutch premieres of Warm Decembers (2022) and Reproductive Exile (2018).

kunstinstituutmelly.nl

Pictured: Duck, Kelly Sinnapah Mary, 2023

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Pauline Curnier Jardin

08 September 2023 - 21 April 2024
Centraal Museum

Centraal Museum Utrecht has invited Pauline Curnier Jardin for her first solo exhibition in the Netherlands.

The French artist will display existing and new work, including her latest film Adoration, about the forgotten story of women in Casa di Reclusione Femminile, a Venetian prison for women.

centraalmuseum.nl

Soon

World premiere: Lera Auerbach – Flights of the Angokok

World premiere: Lera Auerbach – Flights of the Angokok

12 October 2023
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

World premiere of Flights of the Angokok, a new composition by Lera Auerbach.

In collaboration with Nederlands Kamerkoor.

Flights of the Angokok was commssioned by Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ.

muziekgebouw.nl

Pictured: Lera Auerbach (Photo: Rafael DeStella)

IDFA

IDFA

08 - 19 November 2023
Diverse locaties

The 36th edition of IDFA presents a varied ten-day programme of documentary cinema, including the Ammodo-backed Envision Competition.

idfa.nl

Pictured: still from The Fabulous Ones, Roberta Torre (Envision Competition 2022)

Reflex: Ben Wendel

Reflex: Ben Wendel

08 December 2023
BIMHUIS

Ben Wendel is a versatile musician who easily switches between different instruments and genres. From bassoon to tenor sax and from jazz to classical. Tonight is the premiere of his new composition.

bimhuis.nl

Photo: Anouk van Kalmthout

Toneelschuur Producties: Nina Spijkers – Onder Ons

Toneelschuur Producties: Nina Spijkers – Onder Ons

21 - 30 December 2023
Schuur

With this production, Nina Spijkers gives the viewer a sneak peak into different living areas of a building in the Netherlands. Portraits of four very different people. An eclectic view of our society. Self-written scenes and musical forms bring the characters to life and connect them with each other. Music, lyrics, soundscapes and sounds, spoken word, and absurd humor form a mosaic of people next to, above and below each other. What brings us together in a society in which individualism predominates? Are we closer to each other than we often feel?

schuur.nl

De Warme Winkel: Freaky Friday Face Off

De Warme Winkel: Freaky Friday Face Off

25 October 2023 - 28 March 2024
Various theatres

Freaky Friday Face Off is a new theatre production written by Florian Myjer and directed by Ward Weemhoff.

The play investigates the politically sensitive subject of representation. Can a man play a woman? Can a white person play a black person? Can a heterosexual person play a queer person?

dewarmewinkel.nl

Manifesta 15

Manifesta 15

08 September - 24 November 2024
Barcelona

The 2024 edition of the European nomadic biennial Manifesta is held in Barcelona.

In close dialogue with local communities, Manifesta investigates the possibilities for social change through contemporary art and culture.

manifesta15.org

Nicole Beutler – ATMEN

Nicole Beutler – ATMEN

18 - 19 October 2023
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

ATMEN is the second performance of the trilogy RITUALS OF TRANSFORMATION in which Beutler searches for a new balance between humans, earth, animals and technology.

After two shows at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam on 18 and 19 October 2023, ATMEN will tour in various theatres from January 2024.

Also check out Eyes Wide Open, a short documentary about Nicole Beutler by Ammodo Docs.

nicolebeutlerprojects.nl

Ann Van den Broek – The Balancing Act

Ann Van den Broek – The Balancing Act

04 October - 29 November 2023
Various theatres

In the new production The Balancing Act, choreographer Ann Van den Broek explores the relationship between the interests of the individual versus the community.

wardward.be

ITA: My Heavenly Favourite

ITA: My Heavenly Favourite

30 November - 17 December 2023
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

My Heavenly Favourite is Ivo van Hove’s theatre adaptation of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s prize-winning novel of the same name.

A story about a veterinarian and his obsession for a fourteen-year-old girl.

ita.nl

World premiere: Ryoji Ikeda – Mirror Music en Nonet

World premiere: Ryoji Ikeda – Mirror Music en Nonet

08 February 2024
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

World premiere of Mirror Music and Nonet, two new compositions by Ryoji Ikeda.

In collaboration with Ensemble Modern.

Mirror Music and Nonet are the result of a composition commissioned by Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ.

muziekgebouw.nl

Pictured: Ryoji Ikeda (Photo: Niklas Park)

ITA: Birds of a Kind – Alize Zandwijk

ITA: Birds of a Kind – Alize Zandwijk

23 April - 03 May 2024
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Birds of a Kind is a play by Libanese-Canadian writer Wajdi Mouawad about a relationship against the backdrop of the decades-long Israeli-Arab conflict.

Alize Zandwijk, who previously directed various of Mouawad’s other works, brings the play in Dutch translation and with actors from the ITA ensemble.

ita.nl

Commissioned work: Kaja Draksler

Commissioned work: Kaja Draksler

03 November 2023
BIMHUIS

New composition by Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler and her band.

bimhuis.nl

Pictured: Kaja Draksler

Toneelschuur producties: Loek de Bakker – Orlando

Toneelschuur producties: Loek de Bakker – Orlando

14 October - 03 December 2023
Various theatres

Loek de Bakker directs a stage adapation of Orlando, a 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf about someone who lives through three centuries in continually changing surroundings, social classes, roles and gender identities.

toneelschuurproducties.nl

Toneelschuur producties: Vanja Rakuvina – Superposition

Toneelschuur producties: Vanja Rakuvina – Superposition

04 November - 23 December 2023
Various theatres

Superposition is a humoristic play approaching cultural difference from a mathematical perspective.

Director Vanja Rukavina mirrors his bicultural background against the theory of superposition in quantum mechanics: a particle may exists in two (or more) states at once.

toneelschuurproducties.nl

Junior Company: Ten

Junior Company: Ten

03 February - 17 March 2024
Various locations

The Dutch National Ballet’s Junior Company presents an extra festive touring programme to celebrate its tenth anniversary.

It comprises three new creations as well as Valse Fantaisie, a classical performance by choreographer George Balanchine.

operaballet.nl

Frans Hals

Frans Hals

16 February - 09 June 2024
Rijksmuseum

After exhibitions on Rembrandt and Vermeer, Rijksmuseum hosts another large-scale exhibition around one of the great Dutch painters of the seventeenth century: Frans Hals (1582/83-1666).

With over fifty works from various collections, including the National Gallery in London and the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem.

rijksmuseum.nl

Pictured: Portrait of a Couple, Frans Hals, c. 1622

World premiere: Lera Auerbach – Flights of the Angokok

World premiere: Lera Auerbach – Flights of the Angokok

12 October 2023
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

World premiere of Flights of the Angokok, a new composition by Lera Auerbach.

In collaboration with Nederlands Kamerkoor.

Flights of the Angokok was commssioned by Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ.

muziekgebouw.nl

Pictured: Lera Auerbach (Photo: Rafael DeStella)

Nicole Beutler – ATMEN

Nicole Beutler – ATMEN

18 - 19 October 2023
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

ATMEN is the second performance of the trilogy RITUALS OF TRANSFORMATION in which Beutler searches for a new balance between humans, earth, animals and technology.

After two shows at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam on 18 and 19 October 2023, ATMEN will tour in various theatres from January 2024.

Also check out Eyes Wide Open, a short documentary about Nicole Beutler by Ammodo Docs.

nicolebeutlerprojects.nl

Commissioned work: Kaja Draksler

Commissioned work: Kaja Draksler

03 November 2023
BIMHUIS

New composition by Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler and her band.

bimhuis.nl

Pictured: Kaja Draksler

IDFA

IDFA

08 - 19 November 2023
Diverse locaties

The 36th edition of IDFA presents a varied ten-day programme of documentary cinema, including the Ammodo-backed Envision Competition.

idfa.nl

Pictured: still from The Fabulous Ones, Roberta Torre (Envision Competition 2022)

Ann Van den Broek – The Balancing Act

Ann Van den Broek – The Balancing Act

04 October - 29 November 2023
Various theatres

In the new production The Balancing Act, choreographer Ann Van den Broek explores the relationship between the interests of the individual versus the community.

wardward.be

Toneelschuur producties: Loek de Bakker – Orlando

Toneelschuur producties: Loek de Bakker – Orlando

14 October - 03 December 2023
Various theatres

Loek de Bakker directs a stage adapation of Orlando, a 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf about someone who lives through three centuries in continually changing surroundings, social classes, roles and gender identities.

toneelschuurproducties.nl

Reflex: Ben Wendel

Reflex: Ben Wendel

08 December 2023
BIMHUIS

Ben Wendel is a versatile musician who easily switches between different instruments and genres. From bassoon to tenor sax and from jazz to classical. Tonight is the premiere of his new composition.

bimhuis.nl

Photo: Anouk van Kalmthout

ITA: My Heavenly Favourite

ITA: My Heavenly Favourite

30 November - 17 December 2023
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

My Heavenly Favourite is Ivo van Hove’s theatre adaptation of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s prize-winning novel of the same name.

A story about a veterinarian and his obsession for a fourteen-year-old girl.

ita.nl

Toneelschuur producties: Vanja Rakuvina – Superposition

Toneelschuur producties: Vanja Rakuvina – Superposition

04 November - 23 December 2023
Various theatres

Superposition is a humoristic play approaching cultural difference from a mathematical perspective.

Director Vanja Rukavina mirrors his bicultural background against the theory of superposition in quantum mechanics: a particle may exists in two (or more) states at once.

toneelschuurproducties.nl

Toneelschuur Producties: Nina Spijkers – Onder Ons

Toneelschuur Producties: Nina Spijkers – Onder Ons

21 - 30 December 2023
Schuur

With this production, Nina Spijkers gives the viewer a sneak peak into different living areas of a building in the Netherlands. Portraits of four very different people. An eclectic view of our society. Self-written scenes and musical forms bring the characters to life and connect them with each other. Music, lyrics, soundscapes and sounds, spoken word, and absurd humor form a mosaic of people next to, above and below each other. What brings us together in a society in which individualism predominates? Are we closer to each other than we often feel?

schuur.nl

World premiere: Ryoji Ikeda – Mirror Music en Nonet

World premiere: Ryoji Ikeda – Mirror Music en Nonet

08 February 2024
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

World premiere of Mirror Music and Nonet, two new compositions by Ryoji Ikeda.

In collaboration with Ensemble Modern.

Mirror Music and Nonet are the result of a composition commissioned by Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ.

muziekgebouw.nl

Pictured: Ryoji Ikeda (Photo: Niklas Park)

Junior Company: Ten

Junior Company: Ten

03 February - 17 March 2024
Various locations

The Dutch National Ballet’s Junior Company presents an extra festive touring programme to celebrate its tenth anniversary.

It comprises three new creations as well as Valse Fantaisie, a classical performance by choreographer George Balanchine.

operaballet.nl

De Warme Winkel: Freaky Friday Face Off

De Warme Winkel: Freaky Friday Face Off

25 October 2023 - 28 March 2024
Various theatres

Freaky Friday Face Off is a new theatre production written by Florian Myjer and directed by Ward Weemhoff.

The play investigates the politically sensitive subject of representation. Can a man play a woman? Can a white person play a black person? Can a heterosexual person play a queer person?

dewarmewinkel.nl

ITA: Birds of a Kind – Alize Zandwijk

ITA: Birds of a Kind – Alize Zandwijk

23 April - 03 May 2024
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Birds of a Kind is a play by Libanese-Canadian writer Wajdi Mouawad about a relationship against the backdrop of the decades-long Israeli-Arab conflict.

Alize Zandwijk, who previously directed various of Mouawad’s other works, brings the play in Dutch translation and with actors from the ITA ensemble.

ita.nl

Frans Hals

Frans Hals

16 February - 09 June 2024
Rijksmuseum

After exhibitions on Rembrandt and Vermeer, Rijksmuseum hosts another large-scale exhibition around one of the great Dutch painters of the seventeenth century: Frans Hals (1582/83-1666).

With over fifty works from various collections, including the National Gallery in London and the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem.

rijksmuseum.nl

Pictured: Portrait of a Couple, Frans Hals, c. 1622

Manifesta 15

Manifesta 15

08 September - 24 November 2024
Barcelona

The 2024 edition of the European nomadic biennial Manifesta is held in Barcelona.

In close dialogue with local communities, Manifesta investigates the possibilities for social change through contemporary art and culture.

manifesta15.org