Podcast Wies Bloemen and Ed Wubbe

ND Podcast | In conversation ... Wies Bloemen and Ed Wubbe 

Choreographers Wies Bloemen and Ed Wubbe will be awarded the Dansspeld at the Nederlandse Dansdagen 2024 for their impressive contributions to the Dutch dance sector. This year, both icons of Dutch dance bid farewell to the dance companies they led for more than three decades. In the ND podcast, Volkskrant journalist Annette Embrechts talks to Bloemen and Wubbe about their careers, vision on dance and key works from their oeuvre.

The Dansspeld

The Nederlandse Dansdagen puts the heritage of Dutch dance centre stage within the Dance Museum, in order to give a more balanced picture of the history of dance in the Netherlands, to preserve the rich heritage and thereby contribute to the development of Dutch dance. The Dansspeld originates from the Dance Museum and is a token of merit. It is an award for persons who have transferred knowledge, wisdom and experience within the Dutch dance field for decades. A symbol of continuity and cultural memory, pinned on at a current moment and thus anchored for future generations. Ronald Wintjens director Nederlandse Dansdagen: ‘With this, we celebrate and honour the valuable significance a person has within the Dutch dance heritage.’'   

The Dansspeld has already been pinned to: 

  • Toer van Schayk | October 2021  
  • Ton Wiggers | June 2022 
  • Nita Liem | September 2023 

Also read the interview with Bloemen and Wubbe for the Danskrant of the Nederlandse Dansdagen here, in which they look back on the three key works in their oeuvre.