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Nederlandse Dansdagen 2015

For this edition of Nederlandse Dansdagen, we invite you to allow yourself to enjoy the power of the already-established choreographers and companies and to be surprised by the remarkable pieces from the new generation of choreographers. Take advantage of the freedom the festival offers you to discover Dutch dance in all its diversity and its various definitions of beauty. 

Take advantage of the freedom the festival offers you to become an audience member, the freedom to join other people and to admire or to be confused, to experience a sense of peace or a lust for life, with all those other individuals, because of a performance. We invite you to take advantage of the freedom to enter another world, although at times it might be intangible or intense. To sit in the theatre for a little while and be happy knowing that we can share this as people. Choose from the variety on offer and celebrate the power of Dutch dance with us.  

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  • Start Date
  • Friday 2 October
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  • End Date
  • Sunday 4 October
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  • Location
  • Maastricht
VSCD Golden Swan

WINNER
Roel Voorintholt

VSCD Swan for most impressive Dance Performance

WINNER
Jorge Nozal in Thin Skin

NOMINEES
Menno van Gorp in Rise Up
Andreas Kuck in The Black Piece

VSCD Swan for most impressive Dance Production 

WINNER
The Black Piece by Ann Van den Broek

NOMINEES
INSIDE OUT by Conny Janssen
Thin Skin by Marco Goecke

Prize of the Dutch Dance Days Maastricht 

WINNER
Loïc Perela

NOMINEES
Arno Schuitemaker
Amos Ben-Tal

Dioraphte Dance prize

WINNER
The Black Piece by Ann Van den Broek

VSCD Swans 2014-2015
Anita van Dolen (president)
Fons Dejong (dance programmer Theater aan het Vrijthof)
Hildegard Draaijer (artistic leader Theatergroep DOX)
Dave Schwab (dance programmer Rotterdamse Schouwburg)
Stella van Leeuwen (programmer theatre and dance Lowlands Festival)
Nada Mounzer (editor NTR)
Peggy Olislaegers (director Nederlandse Dansdagen)
Liesbeth Wildschut (lecturer Theatre and Dance Studies Utrecht University)

Prize of the Dutch Dance Days Maastricht
Mieke Damsma
Ton Smeets
Conny Janssen
Jan van Opstal
Peggy van Sebillen
Branko Popovic
Peggy Olislaegers

Dioraphte Dance prize
Jarmo Penttila
Elisabetta Bisaro
Natalia Casorati
Fons Dejong

Board
Ton Rombouts (chair of board)
Wil Rutten (vice-chair of board)
Rachel Beaujean
Erik van Ginkel
Hugo Haeghens
Thomas Smit
Julienne Straatman

Program editors
Fons Dejong
Anita van Dolen
Hildegard Draaijer
Stella van Leeuwen
Nada Mounzer
Peggy Olislaegers
Dave Schwab
Liesbeth Wildschut

Director
Peggy Olislaegers

Business director & festival coordinator
Jantien Plooij

Marketing & publicity
Hiskia Linnenkamp (head), Sharon den Breems, Anouk Spruijt

Artistic assistant
Marc Maris

Partnership development
Christina Giannelia

Technical coordinator Theater aan het Vrijthof 
Marijcke Voorsluijs, Ingeloes Vogelpoel, Eric Meij

Technical coordinator other locations
Marijcke Voorsluijs, Seb Jongejans, Bas Rila

Production
Anne Marleen de Jong, Roos Brouwer, Gysèle ter Berg, Merel Van de Gehuchte, Semra Dedeoglu

Volunteers coordinator 
Tineke van Luijtelaar

Campaign images concept + graphic design
Esther Noyons

Campaign images Photography
Serena Kloet

Watch our aftermovie

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other editions?

Get to know more about all editions of the Dutch Dance days from 1998 until today. Look around in the online archive and discover which choreographers, dancers and companies gave shape to the field of Dutch dance throughout the years. 

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