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.

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.

Meet the Artist: Takao Kawaguchi

Takao Kawaguchi

Meet dancer Takao Kawaguchi after his performance.

Hijikata and the Future Generations

Bruce Baird, Sara Jansen, Takao Kawaguchi

Talk on Tatsumi Hijikata’s legacy and the historical context of Asbestos Studio.

Introduction: When We Were Trees

Kate Moore

Introduction on When We Were Trees.

Artist to Artist: Pichet Klunchun & Trajal Harrell

Pichet Klunchun, Trajal Harrell

Two choreographers will discuss their views on dance and (innovation in) dance traditions.

Meet the Artist: DD Dorvillier

DD Dorvillier

Do you have any burning questions for DD Dorvilier? You can ask them during this Meet the Artist.

Holland Festival x BIMHUIS: Craig Taborn Residency

Craig Taborn ft. Okkyung Lee, Sun-Mi Hong & Alessandro Fongaro

Craig Taborn – phenomenal improviser and pioneer in jazz and experimental music – will work with musicians from the Amsterdam improvisation scene on new material during a short residency at the BIMHUIS.

Meet the Artist: Ali Chahrour

Ali Chahrour

After the performance of Told by My Mother, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in a conversation with dancer and choreographer Ali Chahrour.

Meet the Associate Artist: Trajal Harrell

Welcome to Asbestos Hall

A unique opportunity to meet Trajal Harrell, talk and zoom in on his view of dance and the relationship with his audience together.

We Are The House: Salon

Tomoko Mukaiyama

WE ARE THE HOUSE is a question mark that invites us to fantasize and think about our needs, about our lives with each other and as part of a natural and technological world. In theatre Likeminds pianist and director Tomoko Mukaiyama creates, transforms and deconstructs the house. Traditionally, the house is seen as a shelter that offers protection against the elements from outside, but does it protect us from danger from within? Also, the house is seen as guardian of the unguarded moment, a source of creativity, from which we face the world. But can we build this house anywhere, even without the walls that give us privacy? In salons of the house, artists and experts present a tea ceremony, performances and discussions. With, among others, physician and activist Rebecca Gomperts, artist Noa Jansma and filmmaker Kiriko Mechanicus. Throughout all this, associations from Amsterdam-Noord make themselves heard. Including a local choir, Colourful Goodies, an Iranian organization for meaning and meeting and an initiative against waste and for connection. The salon is a space where people, who may never have seen each other before, come together, connected by themes of the various presentations. The interaction between artists, experts, makers from Amsterdam-Noord and the public varies through the different presentation forms (lecture, video work, ritual, performance, offering something). This gives the public the opportunity to participate in different ways (dialogue, sitting together, walking, standing or lying down, while all senses are addressed).