Backstage
Here you will find news, background articles and interviews with artists and news from the cultural field.
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SPRING 2024: May 23rd until June 1st
Save the date!
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Batty Bwoy: Choice of the critic
"He seems to have emerged naked from a fountain sculpture group. As dancer Harald Beharie (30) sits half-lying on a hard red plinth at the start, he looks like a cross between a son of the gods and a mermaid."
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Maker Ligia Lewis on history and racism and how she uses these themes in her work
Ligia discusses the performances she presents this week at SPRING: Still Not Still on Thu 25 May, and A Plot / A Scandal on Fri 26 and Sat 27 May.
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SPRING Reporter Agata on SPAfrica by Julian Hetzel and Ntando Cele
"It seems like the performer is always one step ahead of the audience."
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New podcast with SCORES THAT SHAPED OUR FRIENDSHIP makers Lucy Wilke, Paweł Duduś, and Kim_Twiddle
The third episode of SPRING in het Diepe 2023 is here! In this podcast, host Luuk Heezen talks to SPRING-makers about their performances. This time, he talks to Lucy Wilke, Paweł Duduś, and Kim_Twiddle from SCORES THAT SHAPED OUR FRIENDSHIP, which will have its Dutch premiere at SPRING 2023.
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Podcast with makers Samara Hersch and Gosia Wdowik
There is a new episode of our podcast SPRING in het Diepe, in which we talk to makers about the performances shown at SPRING. This time with young international makers Samara Hersch and Gosia Wdowik. New productions from both makers have their (Dutch) premiere at SPRING.
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In conversation with Grzegorz Reske
Listen to artistic director Grzegorz Reske in the new episode of the podcast series SPRING IN HET DIEPE.
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New performance Julian Hetzel at SPRING 2023
Theatre maker and artist Julian Hetzel will premiere his new performance SPAfrica during SPRING 2023.
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Katja Heitmann at SPRING 2023
German choreographer Katja Heitmann (1987) returns to SPRING with Motus Mori: REQUIEM.
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10 years of SPRING: a journey through time
Let’s zoom in on specific focus areas, elements and developments across ten years’ worth of SPRING programmes.
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Recommended by SPRING in Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
Artistic director Grzegorz Reske looked into the programme of our partner Stadsschouwburg Utrecht and made an interesting selection of performances.
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Review of SPRING in Autumn 2022
Photos and reviews of the 6th edition of SPRING in Autumn.