Just before the start of the new cultural season, we would like to tell you briefly about our recent activities in this newsletter.

Our fifth summer academy WE LIVE HERE 2015 took place in the great studios of the Entrepotdok. Our Mime school performance THE BIG UNKNOWN WITH A BIT OF NATURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO DO opened the touring festival De Parade, in Amsterdam, where we performed for five days. In September, LIEFDESVERKLARING will go on tour and rehearsals for the English version DECLARATION OF LOVE, in Düsseldorf, are already in full swing. More in this newsletter! 

Check our website or Facebook for updates and latest tour dates.

3: THE GARDEN at the Uitmarkt and De Nederlandse Dansdagen

At the Uitmarkt on Saturday 29 August, we will be showing a preview of 3: THE GARDEN, a production made by Nicole in 2011, which will be revived for a tour of the large Dutch theatres in 2016. The preview will be shown in the afternoon – at 14.30 on Museumplein and at 17.30 in Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam.

The great news is that 3: THE GARDEN has been selected for the Dutch Dance Festival in Maastricht. It will be performed on Sunday 4 October, preceded by a performance of a shorter version at Moving Meetings on 2 October.

LIEFDESVERKLARING at the THEATRE FESTIVAL and ON TOUR

We already made the announcement in our last newsletter: we are very honoured that LIEFDESVERKLARING, a co-production with Magne van den Berg and fABULEUS, has been selected for the Flemish Theatre Festival (12 Sep, Brussels) and also for the Dutch Theatre Festival (13 Sep, Amsterdam) as one of the best productions of last season. Another exciting development is that we will shortly be performing the ENGLISH VERSION of this production. DECLARATION OF LOVE, created in close cooperation with translator Paul Evans, will be performed in Tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf on 27 & 28 September.

FRASCATISESSIE - a reserach into music theatre

Frascati has invited Nicole to lead one of the Frascati Sessions, during which she will discuss her research into music theatre with a group of theatre makers, actors and performers. Several specialists, including Micha Hamel, have been invited to attend and will share their expertise in the field. You can come and see the results on 18 September at 17.00, at the open presentation in Frascati Theater, Amsterdam.

WE LIVE HERE 2015 - looking back

45 people from various art disciplines took part in three inspiring work sessions and many discussions and lectures at WE LIVE HERE, held at the Entrepotdok this past summer. The makers of Tilt (Andrea Bozic, Julia Willms, Robert Pravda) joined a group of specialists for a week to investigate ideas about space in the wonderful Plantage Dokzaal. Nicole focused on meeting and on working methods during WE WORK HERE, which was followed by a session with the three leaders of DRAMATURGY AT WORK (Konstantina Georgelou, Efrosini Protopapa and Danae Theodoridou). Pedro Manuel, Barbara Alves and Inge Koks even amazed the participants with a magician during THE QUALITY OF PARTICIPATION. Once again, the large number of participants and the active discussions and exchanges demonstrated the great need for such meetings between artists and interested parties. So this edition of We Live Here is sure to be followed by another one!

See the WE LIVE HERE website or Facebook for more information and updates.

BAU meeting in HET VEEM THEATER

BAU is a platform for dance and performance, which we support along with a group of eight initiators. BAU is a bottom-up artists’ initiative that originated from the need to stimulate collaboration and exchange in the field and to create a place for (interdisciplinary) experiment. BAU brings the field together and promotes the independent dance/performance/mime scene in Amsterdam. Four big meetings took place last year. Monthly evenings are now being organised in Het Veem Theater, the first of which will take place on 21 September, 20.00 - 22.00.

Save the date and register for the evening by sending an e-mail to bau.spaceforperformingarts@gmail.com. If you would like more information about BAU, like the Facebook page and keep up to date on the latest developments. 

TOUR DATES SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER

29 Aug | 3: THE GARDEN Uitmarkt, Museumplein 14:30 & Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam 17:30 (NL) preview
12 Sep | LIEFDESVERKLARING Het Vlaams Theaterfestival 15:00 & 20:30, Brussels (BE)
13 Sep | LIEFDESVERKLARING Het Nederlands Theaterfestival, Frascati, Amsterdam (NL)
18 Sep | PRESENTATIE FRASCATISESSIE Frascati Theater 17:00, Amsterdam (NL)
18 Sep | LIEFDESVERKLARING Takt Dommelhof, Neerpelt (BE)
24 Sep | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC Sint-Niklaas (BE)
26 Sep | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC Wevelgem (BE)
27 + 28 Sep | LIEFDESVERKLARING Tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf (DE) *première Engelse versie
30 Sep | LIEFDESVERKLARING Westrand - Cultuurcentrum Dilbeek (BE)
2 Okt | 3: THE GARDEN Moving Meetings, Maastricht (NL) excerpt
3 Okt | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC De Herbakker, Eeklo (BE)
4 Okt | 3: THE GARDEN De Nederlandse Dansdagen, Maastricht (NL)
7 Okt | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC De Mol, Lier (BE)
7 Okt | ANTIGONE Festival Incanti, Turin (IT)
9 Okt | ANTIGONE ANIMO Festival, Kwidzyn (PL)
10 Okt | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC CasinoKoksijde (BE)
12 Okt | ANTIGONE Puppet is a human too, Warsaw (PL)
15 Okt | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC de Werf, Aalst (BE)
17 Okt | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC Kortrijk (BE)
22 Okt | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC Beringen school performance (BE)
23 Okt | LIEFDESVERKLARING C-Mine, Genk (BE)
30 Okt | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC De Spil, Roeselare (BE)
31 Okt | LIEFDESVERKLARING CC Het LOO Tessenderlo (BE)

For latest tour dates, see www.nbprojects.nl