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Holland Festival

The Holland Festival has been presenting the international top performers in the field of theatre and music since 1947, combined with new up-and-coming talents. A festival that introduced big names to Dutch audiences, stars like Maria Callas, Igor Stravinsky, Pina Bausch and theatre direction by Heiner Müller and Ingmar Bergman.

Holland Festival 2023

Holland Festival is the largest international performing arts festival of the Netherlands and one of the oldest festivals of Europe. The festival was established in 1947 and will celebrate its 76-year anniversary in 2023. It takes places every year, In June, in and around Amsterdam, at various locations, both indoors and outdoors, both large-scale and intimate, both online and offline.

Holland Festival is artist-driven. It places the creators centrally and presents performing arts to make you see, feel or experience other perspectives. Through the participation of many (inter)national artists, the festival takes you on an adventure, it surprises you and encourages you to think.

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HOLLAND FESTIVAL IN ITA

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Amanda Piña, nadaproductions Dance Exotica

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In the early 20th century, many dancers and choreographers from different parts of the world enjoyed great success in Europe. Yet they fell into obscurity because they did not fit within the Western canon. With EXÓTICA, choreographer Amanda Piña breathes new life into their work.

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Susanne Kennedy, Markus Selg Theater Angela (a strange loop)

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For Angela (a strange loop), director Susanne Kennedy and multimedia artist Markus Selg consider the life of a woman, in order to portray individual life as a journey and to ask what it means to be human today.

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Lukas Avendaño Dance Lemniskata

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An abstract backdrop with enormous frames strung with ropes, sound design composed for pre-colonial instruments, and a strong collective choreography make the first large-scale dance piece by the Mexican artist Lukas Avendaño a poetic journey.

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Lisaboa Houbrechts, laGeste (les ballets C de la B + kabinet k) Theater Vake Poes; of hoe God verdween

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How do hidden traumas from the past affect the present? Vake Poes; of hoe God verdween is a family epic that spans three generations from the perspective of a young girl.

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Eun-Me Ahn Dance Dragons

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With both contemporary and traditional dances, set amidst a playful, futuristic set complete with holographic projections, they unveil their hopes and vision for the future. An explosion of colour!

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Romeo Castellucci, SOCIETAS Theater Bros

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Where and why does violence arise? With its stunning images and sound, Romeo Castellucci’s Bros shows how the most brutal violence may arise without any identifiable evil.