Programme 

Holland Festival x OBA: In perspective

Safae el Khannoussi

What perspectives on art and society do authors like Daisy Hildyard offer, and how do artists use books as a source of inspiration for a performance? Discover the festival programme through literature.

Listening Night: The Sonic Connections of Craig Taborn

Holland Festival, Echobox Radio

Get to know the music of composer and pianist Craig Taborn ahead of the opening of the Holland Festival.

Butoh and Japanese Cinema of the 60s

Holland Festival, Eye

Short-film programme with the spotlight on butoh performers, exploring the link between experimental film and butoh.

Boris Godunov

Modest Moessorgski, De Nationale Opera

Gripping interpretation of large-scale choral opera by composer Modest Mussorgsky.

Cyber Subin

Pichet Klunchun Dance Company

Opening performance: Dancers and avatars improvise a performance together that is choreographed in part by AI and reinterprets traditional Khon dance from Thailand.

About Kazuo Ohno

Takao Kawaguchi

Kawaguchi uses archival footage of Kazuo Ohno’s performances as a basis, exactly copying his movements, creating a choreography from originally improvised material.

From Dust

Michel van der Aa

Thrilling music and a digital world come together in a hi-tech VR opera: six singers guide you through surreal landscapes, shaped in part by your own fears and fantasies.

Introduction: Cyber Subin

Pichet Klunchun

Introduction on Cyber Subin by MIT researcher Pat Pataranutaporn.

Meet the Artist: Takao Kawaguchi

Takao Kawaguchi

Meet dancer Takao Kawaguchi after his performance.

Other Dances

Jerome Robbins, Ted Brandsen, David Dawson, Het Nationale Ballet

An ode to abstract dance, in which two much-praised choreographies come together: Ted Brandsen’s The Chairman Dances and David Dawson’s The Four Seasons.

Visit #1

Trajal Harrell

Step into the world of Welcome to Asbestos Hall: a dynamic space for experimentation, artistic exchange and spontaneous encouters.

Visit #2

Trajal Harrell

Step into the world of Welcome to Asbestos Hall: a dynamic space for experimentation, artistic exchange and spontaneous encounters.