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Die Fremden by NTGent, directed by Johan Simons, is a multidisciplinary music theatre production which was developed in cooperation with the ensemble Asko | Schönberg. Die Fremden is a co-production with the Ruhrtriennale and the Rotterdam Schouwburg and will première in Marl in September 2016. It is based on the novel The Stranger (1942) by Albert Camus, the recently published novel The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud (written in response to Camus’ book) and Submission in which Michel Houellebecq pictures a radical change in the political and cultural climate in the France of 2022. The cast includes Pierre Bokma and Elsie de Brauw. The visual artist Aernout Mik is creating new work for this production. Ammodo supports Die Fremden in order to contribute to the development of high quality international music theatre.

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Die Fremden, 2016, NTGent

Het Concertgebouw is organising the festival Turning East from the 20th until the 25th of November 2017, with music from the Middle-East and the Maghreb-countries. Turning East will present jazz, pop and classical music developed within Arab, Kurdish and Persian traditions. The programme also includes work by Mohammed Fairouz, the new composer in residence of Het Concertgebouw.  Ammodo supports Turning East to contribute to the development and exposure of music from the Middle-East in Het Concertgebouw.

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I will wait for you is a contemporary dance production from Arno Schuitemaker. This production will be performed by Revé Terborg, Jenia Kasatkina and Stein Fluijt. The public spectators will be moved by the slow, evolving movements, that are brought together with sound and lights. The performance isn’t parted in different scenes, which emphasizes the loss of awareness of time. Ammodo supports I will wait for you to contribute to the development of contemporary dance, and in special the artistic development of Arno Schuitemaker.

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Arno Schuitemaker, I will wait for you, 2016, photo: Sigel Eschkol

The co-production 2666 by French director Julien Gosselin and his company Si vous pouviez lécher  mon coeur is a large-scale musical montage performance, based on the novel of the same name by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. According to Gosselin himself, he is engaged by the innovative and confrontational way Bolaño addresses the issue of violence and the historical relationship between Europe and South America. The production 2666 can be seen from May 2017 in the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam. Ammodo supports 2666 to contribute to the artistic development of Julien Gosselin.

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Julien Gosselin, 2666, 2016, photo: Simon Gosselin

Theatre of the World is an opera by Louis Andriessen, directed by Pierre Audi. The opera is inspired by the life of the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680). It follows Kircher, who makes a journey through time and space accompanied by a twelve year old boy. The production was accompanied musically by ASKO | Schönberg under the direction of Reinbert de Leeuw. Ammodo supports Theatre of the world to contribute to the development of contemporary opera.

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De Nationale Opera, Theatre of the world, 2016, photo: Ruth Walz

The performance Medea.Matrix is directed by Susanne Kennedy and was developed in collaboration with visual artist Markus Selg. They break through the traditional Medea interpretations and create their own universe of theater and art installation. The show is a co-production with the Vienna Festival. It is a multimedia solo performance performed by the German actress Birgit Minichmayr. Ammodo supports Medea.Matrix to contribute to the creation of new work by Susanne Kennedy.

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Geblässehalle, Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord, photo: Hermann & Clärchen Baus

At the invitation of the Ruhrtriënnale (Germany) and the Ghent music center, De Bijloke (Belgium) Silbersee is making a contemporary international operatic theater work, Homo Instrumentalis. The show is directed by Romain Bischoff (1961) and is a transdisciplinary co-production intergrating song, dance, text, light and video art. The piece is inspired by the theme of the relationship between humans and technology, approached from a historical and philosophical perspective. Ammodo supports Homo Instrumentalis to contribute to the development of quality contemporary operatic theater.

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Each year between 2015 and 2017 Toneelgroep Amsterdam led by Ivo van Hove are developing one new production, which is then shown on the Ruhrtriennale. The new productions are based on the eponymous novels by Louis Couperus. The text is edited by Eric de Vroedt. The trilogy comprises De Stille kracht, Van oude mensen, De dingen die voorbijgaan and De boeken der kleine zielen. Ammodo supports Trilogy from Toneelgroep Amsterdam as a contribution to the creation of new plays and also to the development and international visibility of Toneelgroep Amsterdam.

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Toneelgroep Amsterdam, De Stille Kracht, 2015, photo: Jan Verweysveld

De Exoot (Tropical Healing) is a coproduction of De Warme Winkel and Joachim Robbrecht from Showmachine. Similar as in his previous production, The Great Warmachine, director Joachim Robbrecht uses an contemporary European theme as subject. The ambiguous attitude concerning other cultures is the main theme in De Exoot (Tropical Healing). Robbrecht and De Warme Winkel go back to the colonial past. The support of Ammodo is aimed at contributing to the development of Robbrecht and De Warme Winkel.

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The theatreshow Husbands and wives is based on the eponymous Woody Allen film from 1992. Performed by Toneelgroep Amsterdam and directed by Australian director Simon Stone (1984), Husbands and wives brings the reality of romance, with all its defects, to light. Ammodo supports Husbands and wives to contribute to the artistic development of Simon Stone, as well as the realisation of a new repertoire for Toneelgroep Amsterdam.

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Husbands and Wives, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2016, photo: Jan Verweysveld

Privacy is a show by De Warme Winkel which straddles performance and theater. The show is a co-production by De Warme Winkel and Wunderbaum and is developed and played by Ward Weemhoff (De Warme Winkel) and Wiene Dierickx (Wunderbaum). Privacy is inspired by similar works from the history of art, the public life of famous artist couples and philosophical and sociological ideas about privacy and the domination of the personal in public. Ammodo supports Privacy to contribute to the creation of this international co-production.

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De Warme Winkel, Privacy, 2016, photo: Dorothea Tuch

In 2016 the Dutch National Opera presents the new opera production Only the sound remains. Only the sound remains is directed by the renowned American director Peter Sellars (1957) and consists of two parts, which are based on Japanese Noh dramas. The central theme of these pieces is the encounter between the living and the dead, between humans and spirits, the earthly and the heavenly. The music is composed by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Ammodo supports Only the sound remains to contribute to the development of contemporary opera.

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De Nationale Opera, Only the sound remains, 2016, photo: Ruth Walz

Tomoko Mukaiyama (1963) is a Dutch-Japanese pianist, performer and visual artist based in Amsterdam. For the performance La Mode Tomoko works together with nine dancers from the Spellbound Contemporary Ballet (Rome), architect Toyo Ito and composer Yannis Kyriakides. La Mode puts fashion, music, dance, performance, video, light and spatial design on an equal footing. Ammodo supports La Mode to contribute to both the development of Tomoko Mukaiyama and to enable the creation of a new international installation performance of the highest quality.

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Scene from La Mode, 2016, photo: Gregor Khuen Belasi

Through the Fraslab programme Frascati offers theater makers and/or dance artists at the start of their careers the opportunity to develop new work. Twice a year, four people have the opportunity to produce a work of about 45 minutes and then to present it to an audience of professionals. For Fraslab, Frascati focuses on creators who want to extend the boundaries of their profession and discipline. In addition, Frascati organises the Frascati Sessions. In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to exchange knowledge, experience and working methods with experienced artists and leading thinkers. Ammodo supports Fraslab and the Frascati Sessions because both initiatives stimulate research within the performing arts and contribute to the development of talented theater and dance makers.

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Frascati, I’m Not Here Says The Void, 2014, photo: Thomas Leiden

In the beginning of 2018 the first String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam (SQBA) will be presented in Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ. During the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam new compositions from Jörg Wildman, Manuela Kerker and Silvia Colasanti will be presented. Ammodo supports the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam to contribute to the development of the genre of the string quartet.

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Theatregroup De Warme Winkel creates a magnus opus after 30 productions: De Warme Winkel speelt De Warme Winkel. In this production the theatregroup explores their own style and work using the iconic danceperformance Café Müller from Pina Bausch. The interest, possibility and bounderies of authenticity in contemporary (performing) arts form the a central role in this production. Ammodo supports De Warme Winkel speelt De Warme Winkel to contribute to the artistic development De Warme Winkel.

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De Warme Winkel speelt De Warme Winkel, 2016, photo: Kurt van der Elst.

Crashtest Ibsen: ik zie spoken, directed by Sarah Moeremans (1979), is the third of the four-part Crashtest Ibsen series, based on pieces by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The first two performances Crashtest Ibsen: Nora and Crashtest Ibsen: Volksvijand were presented in 2013 and 2014. In Crashtest Ibsen: ik zie spoken the neurotic urge of man to want to control everything is exposed. Joachim Robbrecht has written an adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts (1881) for this production. Ammodo supports Crashtest Ibsen: ik zie spoken to contribute to both the artistic development of Sarah Moeremans and to the creation of a high-quality theater production.

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Showmachine was set up by writer, director and performer Joachim Robbrecht (1979). The Great Warmachine, a production directed by Joachim Robbrecht, explores the obviousness of peace in relation to the historical formation and current state of Europe. To this end Robbrecht has developed an artistic strategy called ‘Theatre of War’ in which he invites the viewer to experience war as a ritual and play. By supporting The Great Warmachine Ammodo aims to contribute to the development of the production itself and the artistic development of Joachim Robbrecht.

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Showmachine, The Great Warmachine, 2016

Each year Julidans presents the two-year program Artists’ Lab, developed for talented international choreographers. In Artists’ Lab the choreographers work on new productions under the guidance of renowned theatre makers and choreographers. In the firts year young, talented choreographers will be introduced to eachother and the work of the choreographers of Julidans. In the second year they will create a danceproduction with the whole group of young choreographers which will be presented during the festival. Through Artists’ Lab, Julidans seeks to bridge the gap between young choreographers and professionals in the field by bringing talented Dutch and international dance artists together and giving them the opportunity to develop new work to be presented at leading venues. Ammodo supports Artists’ Lab as a means of contributing to the development and visibility of young choreographers who demonstrate the potential to succeed at an international level.

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Gavrilo Princip is a play about the Serb who shot the Habsburg Crown Prince, Franz Ferdinand, in 1914: the event that is widely considered to have been the trigger for the outbreak of the First World War. Gavrilo Princip juxtaposes a reconstruction of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and a multitude of scenes from European literature together with recorded descriptions from people recounting the moment they heard the news of the attack. The play is a collaboration between the Holland Festival, HAU Berlin and the Kaaitheater in Brussels. Ammodo supports Gavrilo Princip to contribute to the production of new theatre work.

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De Warme Winkel, Gavrilo Princip, 2014

De Warme Winkel launched a series of performances of works by Russian artists in 2010, beginning with Poets and Bandits about the poet Boris Rhyzhy. Jandergrouwnd, (“Underground”) a play about the illegal art scene in Moscow in the ‘70s and ‘80s of the last century, will form the second part of the Russia series. De Warme Winkel will base this performance on the book Jandergrouwnd a hero of our time by Vladimir Makanin. Ammodo supports Jandergrouwnd to contribute to the development and presentation of a performance that seeks to revive interest in literature that has almost been forgotten.

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De Warme Winkel, Jandergrouwnd, 2012