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Young and adventurous
Production houses
contemporary dance
Alongside the companies, the Netherlands also boasts other places where makers are supervised
in their first steps on the national and international dance market, and which provide room for
experimentation. The role of these so-called production houses has become indispensable in the
development of dance talent.
Dansateliers
Contact
Artistic director: Amy Gale
T +31 (0) 10 – 436 99 37
E info@dansateliers.nl
I www.dansateliers.nl
Dansateliers is Rotterdam’s professional dance workplace; a laboratory that opens its doors to
both budding and experienced choreographers. Dansateliers offers talented choreographers
the opportunity to do research, to develop a personal signature, to work with artists from other
disciplines and to develop a dialogue with the audience. Dansateliers’ projects can take different
forms: in or outside the studio, and varying from two weeks to several months. Choreographers
can submit project proposals, but the organization also sometimes invites makers, and commissions
are given for special works. All projects are backed with funding, production facilities and
publicity. An artistic advisor is assigned to each project.
Dansateliers participated in extensive international collaboration during the project The Migrant
Body (sponsored by the EC), which took place in 2006/2007. This exchange project was a first
step towards building up an international network. Dansateliers is expanding its participation
in international projects in 2008-2012.
Danshuis Station Zuid
Contact
Artistic director: Marc Vlemmix
T +31 (0) 13 – 582 10 21
E info@stationzuid.com
I www.stationzuid.com
From a base in Tilburg, Danshuis Station Zuid focuses its professional and highly diverse skills
on developing production and audience appreciation in the dance sector. Station Zuid chooses
dance in which the technical and substantive qualities of the makers allow the creative process
to take shape, and give the finished product a distinctly aesthetic component. Dance exuding
craftsmanship, quality, perfection and eloquence. Station Zuid’s dance is human, and not afraid
to be grating or disturbing. It chooses makers who have devised their own dance language,
who are in the early stages of their career, with strong choreographic qualities in terms of form
and structure, with evident musicality and with their own story to tell.
Danshuis Station Zuid is a meeting place for people who make, perform and watch dance, and
the ‘station’ has ‘tracks’ leading to other artists and organizations. An international junction for
artistic exchange. So Station Zuid is keen to join in a European network of dance-houses.
Every year, Station Zuid presents around seventy productions (for large and small theatres and
on location). Dance productions by various makers are also produced and co-produced (including
Edward Clug, Stephen Shropshire, Václav Kuneš, Pia Meuthen).
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