Performance - Spring Festival https://springutrecht.nl 13 - 22 May 2027 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:03:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://springutrecht.nl/app/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Profielfoto-150x150.jpg Performance - Spring Festival https://springutrecht.nl 32 32 Home Bound https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/home-bound/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:36:18 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16849 Over 10 days, Neude transforms into Home Bound as artists, craftspeople, and community groups weave diverse rope materials and their stories together to build a giant rope installation. As fibres intertwine, communities who do not typically share the same space collaborate in a choreography of knots that represents the social dialogue in the Netherlands. You’re … Continued

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]]> Over 10 days, Neude transforms into Home Bound as artists, craftspeople, and community groups weave diverse rope materials and their stories together to build a giant rope installation. As fibres intertwine, communities who do not typically share the same space collaborate in a choreography of knots that represents the social dialogue in the Netherlands. You’re invited to enter the woven landscape, witness the makers, learn their skills, hear their stories, or add your own hands to this growing tapestry, woven by and for Utrecht.

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]]> IsLand Bar https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/island-bar/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:59:20 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16753 IsLand Bar is a storytelling performance, set in Utrecht’s local cafés. At the bar, migrant artists serve signature cocktails infused with their personal histories and identities. Through shared drinks and intimate stories, this project creates a space to explore displacement and the experiences that shape our cultural reality.

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]]> IsLand Bar is a storytelling performance, set in Utrecht’s local cafés. At the bar, migrant artists serve signature cocktails infused with their personal histories and identities. Through shared drinks and intimate stories, this project creates a space to explore displacement and the experiences that shape our cultural reality.

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]]> Engeki Quest https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/engeki-quest/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:33:29 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16682 Explore Utrecht on foot with Engeki Quest, a flâneur-style adventure guided by an Adventure Book. Alone, you step into the perspective of fictional characters, uncover hidden streets, stories, and social life, and experience the city in a deeply personal and immersive way, offering a new perspective for both locals and visitors.

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]]> Explore Utrecht on foot with Engeki Quest, a flâneur-style adventure guided by an Adventure Book. Alone, you step into the perspective of fictional characters, uncover hidden streets, stories, and social life, and experience the city in a deeply personal and immersive way, offering a new perspective for both locals and visitors.

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]]> Do not go gentle into that good night https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:08:36 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16566 As the world unravels, activism is seeing a resurgence, at times sincere and decisive, at others a well-intentioned but empty shell. With this intervention, Dries Verhoeven examines the aesthetics of resistance. Can an artistic expression spark genuine change, or has protest become a toothless ritual? Do we still believe in the impact of our actions, … Continued

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]]> As the world unravels, activism is seeing a resurgence, at times sincere and decisive, at others a well-intentioned but empty shell. With this intervention, Dries Verhoeven examines the aesthetics of resistance. Can an artistic expression spark genuine change, or has protest become a toothless ritual? Do we still believe in the impact of our actions, or are we succumbing to despondency in the face of political and social gridlock?

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]]> Stina Force https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/stina-force-2/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:49:02 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16562 Stina Force is a one-woman punk band you have to experience live. Every performance is unique, with improvised vocals, grotesque monologues, and raw drumming. Feel the tension, wit, and relentless energy from the first beat to the end, created in the moment between artist and audience.  

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]]> Stina Force is a one-woman punk band you have to experience live. Every performance is unique, with improvised vocals, grotesque monologues, and raw drumming. Feel the tension, wit, and relentless energy from the first beat to the end, created in the moment between artist and audience.  

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]]> Giselle: A Summary https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/giselle-a-summary/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:52:06 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16491 Giselle: A Summary features Hana Sakai, former principal dancer of The National Ballet of Japan, performing the romantic classic while taking on the persona of a YouTuber. She narrates the story of Giselle, mixing flawless ballet, subtle humour, and playful commentary, inviting the audience into a world that becomes increasingly complex and captivating as reality … Continued

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]]> Giselle: A Summary features Hana Sakai, former principal dancer of The National Ballet of Japan, performing the romantic classic while taking on the persona of a YouTuber. She narrates the story of Giselle, mixing flawless ballet, subtle humour, and playful commentary, inviting the audience into a world that becomes increasingly complex and captivating as reality and fiction, stage and screen, begin to blur.

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]]> Work Body https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/work-body/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:17:11 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16414 This performance explores what it means to be a worker nowadays, and which bodies are allowed to represent the working class. Through singing, text, and dance, a body often pushed to the margins claims space on stage. Raw, energetic, and politically charged, the dance becomes an act of resistance. 

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]]> This performance explores what it means to be a worker nowadays, and which bodies are allowed to represent the working class. Through singing, text, and dance, a body often pushed to the margins claims space on stage. Raw, energetic, and politically charged, the dance becomes an act of resistance. 

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]]> ZZZ OFFSPRING https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/offspring26/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:02:13 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16404 OFFSPRING is the festival’s platform where four makers courageously share their works in progress and reflect on them together with the audience. This year’s participating artists are Shaquille George, Jana Jacuka, Tim van Loon and Emma van den Elshout & Just van Bommel.

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]]> OFFSPRING is the festival’s platform where four makers courageously share their works in progress and reflect on them together with the audience. This year’s participating artists are Shaquille George, Jana Jacuka, Tim van Loon and Emma van den Elshout & Just van Bommel.

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]]> ZZZ A (k)night club night https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/a-knight-club-night/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:38:44 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16392 A club night at EKKO, curated by Ainhoa Hernández Escudero. A night for the performances of the night: drag, burlesque. High value and undervalued. A forest for the jesters. A club (k)night. Come to dance. To witness. To become. 

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]]> A club night at EKKO, curated by Ainhoa Hernández Escudero. A night for the performances of the night: drag, burlesque. High value and undervalued. A forest for the jesters. A club (k)night. Come to dance. To witness. To become. 

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]]> Klei https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/klei/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:30:28 +0000 https://springutrecht.nl/?post_type=show&p=16363 In an unpredictable landscape of ten tons of clay, body and music merge. Klei is a sensory search for the primal connection between human and earth, in all its beauty, struggle, and wonder. An invitation to return to the essence: How do we relate to our bodies? And to the land we inhabit? Immerse yourself.

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]]> In an unpredictable landscape of ten tons of clay, body and music merge. Klei is a sensory search for the primal connection between human and earth, in all its beauty, struggle, and wonder. An invitation to return to the essence: How do we relate to our bodies? And to the land we inhabit? Immerse yourself.

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