WORK

2021
DUÆL
A dance movie full of contradiction explores how dance improvisation is transformed through different worlds. How do contrasting environments influence movement? Improviser Kenzo Kusuda experiences unexpected encounters as the borders between the natural and the artificial are blurred. What is real, who is where, and where does this journey lead him?
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2006 - 2018
Monday Match
Dance & music impro lab,
which took place every first monday of the month in the
BIMhuis, Amsterdam.The goal
of the events was to encourage the exchange between improvising dance and music performers from various fields. The lab offered young starting performers
a chance to meet experienced professionals and to approach
the public on an internationally renowned stage. The Monday Match was co-initiated by Jacq. Algra.
The short documentary: Monday Match 101 gives an impression of the celebration of the special 101 edition after 10 seasons.
View Monday Match 101
2016
JAAP FLIER, Solo
Documentary about the once legendary dancer in The Netherlands, Jaap
Flier, who now is in his eighties. He is one of the founders and artistic
leaders of the Nederlands Dans Theater and in the eighties the artistic
leader of the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) in Amsterdam.
The film - with Hans van Manen, Kenzo Kusuda and Boukje Schweigman - was shown at the Holland Dance Festival and at the Cinedance
Festival (together with the short dance movie Miniatuur -
choreography Jaap Flier).
View Jaap Flier, Solo
MINIATUUR, short dance movie.
An old dancer
looks back at his life. He bows a hand, turns his torso. A virtuoso
past shimmers subtly through. Without mirrors he watches himself: reflecting,
moving. A small carpet is his own room ànd stage, wherever he
puts it.
Dance and choreography: Jaap Flier.
View Miniatuur
2014
Release CD/DVD Guus Janssen. The
DVD shows the documentary The Outside Lane and musical extras:
- Enkele Volzinnen, song cycle on poetry of
Evert Rintsema, performed by
Lenneke Ruiten, soprano and Thom Janssen, piano.
View Enkele Volzinnen
- Blue Yellow and Red Notes, composition with
the Mondriaan painting
Victory Boogie Woogie, performed by the Mondriaan String Quartet and
Guus Janssen, piano and VJ.
View Blue Yellow and Red Notes
INSPIRAL
Directing advice for this multimedia
installation performance by Boi Akih live at the Melkweg and other theatres.
Monica Akihary - vocals, Niels Brouwer - guitars & electronics,
Yedo Gibson - bassclarinet, Martijn Grootendorst - video sculptures.
2013
Queens Concert at
Noordeinde Palace- Orchestra of the 18th Century, directed by Frans
Brüggen with Mendelsshohn's Italian Symphony and Chopin's Piano
concerto (soloist: Dina Yoffe). Broadcasted on the evening before the
abdictions of the Queen. The last concert in a series of more than 25
years.
Short introduction with manager Sieuwert Verster and orchestra members.
DE BUITENBOCHT (The Outside Lane)
Movie about the musical paths of composer/pianist Guus Janssen.
In this documentary Janssen and his brother Wim - drummer and painter
- shift everyday subjects ever so slightly into a quite literally tilted
perspective.
A DATARecords / NTR-tv production, DVD released by Attacca (October
2014).
View De Buitenbocht

RESET
Short documentary about the mindset
of Dutch visual artist and drummer Wim Janssen, who shows his sources
of inspiration. Brother/musician Guus and visual artist Ger van Elk
talk about how they experience his art.
View Reset
2012
Janssen & Janssen, Janssen and Janssen ....
Short movie about composer/pianist Guus Janssen and his musical
family. Janssen received the Johan Wagenaar Composition Award for his
oeuvre in december 2012.
View Janssen, Janssen and Janssen ....
DIT
TERZIJDE (By The Way)
With theatre director, actress, author Annemarie Prins.
The movie shows a woman who, after more than 50
years, goes fearlessly on with her work. We see her directing a theaterpiece
about genocide in Cambodia, we see her recite painful memories on her
past.
Première
Filmfestival Utrecht. Broadcasted at AT5 september 2013.
A DATARecords production.
View Trailer
Documentary
Queens Concert
The music of J.P. Sweelinck: about the life and work of this 16th-century
Amsterdam composer and organplayer.
Broadcasted by NTR Podium in combination with the concert registration
in Noordeinde Palace:
Queens Concert at Noordeinde Palace
- the music of J.P. Sweelinck, performed by the Gesualdo Consort.
In combination with a documentary on Sweelinck's life in 16th century
Amsterdam.
CON TACCOLA
Internetmovie with composer/violinplayer
Maartje ten Hoorn.
View Con Taccola
2011
Queens Concert at Noordeinde Palace - Radio Chamber
Philharmomic directed by Jaap van Zweden, soloist Simone Lamsma, with
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Stravinsky's Pulcinella.
Short introduction on the concert.
RUDOLF NUREYEV, A RUSSIAN IN THE POLDER
Shows the cooperation between dance legend Rudolf Nureyev and The Dutch
National Ballet due to recently uncovered film footage from 1968. Nureyev
rehearses Monument for a dead boy with choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.
Première at Dutch National Ballet's 50th Anniversary in the Music
Theatre Amsterdam
Coproduction NTR-tv/DATARecords.

Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht - filming of various
dance fragments and a choreography by the Dutch National Ballet for
Cultura TV.
STOFFEERDERIJ (Furniture Upholstery)
Internetmovie about this old arts
& crafts in the studio of Jannie Barelds.
View Stoffeerderij
2010
Documentary Queens Concert
Performing a Farmer's Wedding: about the unended Stravinsky
version of Stravinsky's Les Noces (Svadebka), which is recently finished
by composer Theo Verbey.
Broadcasted by NTR Podium in combination with the concert registration
in Noordeinde Palace.
Queens Concert at Noordeinde Palace - Les Noces/Svadebka
(Stravinsky), staged performance by Ensemble Peppie Wiersma and the
Dutch Chamber Choir.
In combination with a documentary on Stravinsky
and the use of pianolas.
TUNES & GESTURES
Internetmovies of Bik Bent Braam, shown during their concert
tour.
NOV. 27, 1924
Video installation about the old dadaistic movie EntrActe by Picabia
and Satie. Made in co-operation with choreographer Bruno Listopad for
the Coverproject Frascati. Shown in various theaters.
video
installation ENTR'ACTE
MIK & DE KRUK
Internetmovie about designer Mik Thoomes.
ROYAL IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA of Yedo Gibson
Internet movies.
4 SHORTS
Videoclips in co-operation with Het Nationale Ballet:
Rehearsal 101, choreography Michael Schumacher
View Rehearsal 101
Mirages, choreography Annabella Lopez Ochoa
View Mirages
Première at Cinedans Festival, broadcasted at NTR tv (february
2011).
Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht - filming of various
dance fragments and choreographies of Scapino Rotterdam (Vuurvogel
by Goecke and Holland by Wubbe) and Junkie XL (Aya, HNB, Club
Guy & Roni).
2009
I Puritani - short films which show the rehearsal proces
at the Dutch National Opera.
Opera and short films released on DVD by Opus Arte.
Queens Concert at Noordeinde Palace - Gustav Leonhardt
with a specially arranged Ensemble plays two short Bach operas.
In combination with a documentary on ancient music practice.
Documentary Queens Concert
Portrait on clavicordplayer Gustav Leonard and the authentic music practice.
Broadcasted by NTR Podium in combination with the concert registration
in Noordeinde Palace.
MADAME
Documentary about Sonia Gaskell and the Dutch dance history. Choreographer
Rudi van Dantzig is followed on his search into her and his own dance
life. With special old film footage and photographs, and statements
of ex dancers about this first director of The Dutch National Ballet.
The film was shown on the complementary exhibition in the Jewish Historical
Museum.
Coproduktion NPS-tv/IDTV.
View Madame

BAMBOO BEACH BALL
Dance movie with structures of designer Maria Blaisse, première
Cinedans Festival. Shown at exhibitions in musea/art galleries all over the world.
Dance: Marcela Gieschke and Kenzo Kusuda.
Music: Maartje ten Hoorn
View Bamboo Beach Ball

SOMBERMAN & ZEURPIET
Two compositions for clavecimble performed
by composer Guus Janssen.
NPS Radio internet.
HAZENTIJD (Hare time)
Documentary film on visual artist / percussionist Han Bennink, which
depicts his development from youth into the uncompromising improviser
he is today. By the closing credits, we can understand why he might
be called "an Indian from the Netherlands". With a.o. Peter
Brötzmann, Dave Douglas, Terry Ex, Guus Janssen and Evan Parker.
Released on DVD by DATARecords with extra musical features.
Première International Film Festival Rotterdam in january 2010.
Broadcasted in VPRO Vrije Geluiden in 2011. View Hazentijd

Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht - filming of various
dance fragments and choreographies SUB (Itzik Galili) and DOLBY
(Nanine Linning).
Short film on Pina Bausch (on occasion of her death)
featuring choreographers Arthur Rosenfeld and Andrea Boll, followed
by the German documentary of Anne Lindsel.
2008
Entführung aus dem Serail - short films which
show the rehearsal proces of this opera staged by Johan Simons at the
Dutch National Opera.
Opera and short films released on DVD by Opus Arte.
Queens Concert at Noordeinde Palace - The Children
Choir Academy.
In combination with a documentary on the Academy.
Documentary
Queens Concert
Featuring the Children's Choir Academy in The Hague.
Broadcasted by NPS in combination with the concert registration in Noordeinde
Palace.
DVD PARADE
DVD with visual interpretations of contemporary compositions performed
by Slagwerk Den Haag:
- I Delayed Peoples Flights by composers Nas
& Snoei
View I Delayed People's Flights
- Parade by composer Guo Wenjing.
Broadcasted in short version by NPS tv 2010.
DVD released by Slagwerk Den Haag.
MOVING MESHES
Dance movie with structures of designer Maria Blaisse for the exposition
Fort Asperen. (Short and long version). Shown at exhibitions in musea/art galleries all over the world.
Dancers: Marcela Gieschke and Kenzo Kusuda.
Ned. Dansdagen
Maastricht - Member Selection Committee of this Festival.
2007
Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge & Two Pieces for HET
studio recording of Hans van Manen's choreographies,
performed by dancers of the Dutch National Ballet.
Queens Concert at Noordeinde Palace - The Schönberg
Ensemble directed by Reinbert de Leeuw with work of Mauricio Kagel,
in collaboration with the composer himself.
In combination with a documentary on this 25-year old Ensemble and contemporary
music.
Documentary Queens Concert
Documentary about the Schönberg Ensemble - which was founded 30
years ago - and the cooperation with contemporary composers like Mauricio
Kagel.
Broadcasted by NPS in combination with the concert registration under
direction of Reinbert de Leeuw in Noordeinde Palace.
Dr. Atomic short films which show the rehearsal
proces of this opera staged by Peter Sellars at the Dutch National Opera.
Interview with Peter Sellars for broadcast on Cultura TV.
Opera and short films released on DVD by Opus Arte.
Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht - filming of various
dance fragments and choreographies of Krisztina de Chatel (Pulse)
and the Covers Project (Anouk van Dijk Situations, Greco
PC, and Ish Footprints).
SIX SUITES
Bachsuites played by Alex Waterman, with dance improvisation by Michael
Schumacher and others. Commissioned by the Holland Dance Festival, fragments
for internet.
2006
LUNCHBREAK
Improvised dance movie with Marije Nie (tapdance) and Wolter Wierbos
(trombone), shown on Cinedance Festival.
AFIJN
Documentary about composer/musician Misha Mengelberg, the godfather
of Dutch improvised music.
Released on DVD by DATARecords with extra musical features of a.o. the
Instant Composers Orchestra.
Broadcasted in both a long and short version by NPS-tv.
In 2011 aired in VPROs Vrije Geluiden.
View Afijn
Queens Concert at Noordeinde Palace - singers of Frommerman
perform the repertory of the German Comedian Harmonists.
In combination with a documentary on close harmony singing.
Documentary Queens Concert
The history of the Berlin Comedian Harmonists, revived by the Dutch
choral society Frommerman.
Broadcasted by NPS in combination with the concert registration in Noordeinde
Palace.
SERIOUS FUN
Short documentary about bandleader Peter Guidi, who teaches jazz music to youngsters.
Broadcasted by NPS-tv.
Released on DVD ,combined with the concert registration of the Jazzmania
Bigband filmed in the BIMhuis Amsterdam in 2004.
SERIOUS FUN & CONCERT JAZZMANIA
DVD with short documentary on Peter Guidi and his youth bigbands, and
concert registration of the Jazzmania Bigband (BIMhuis Amsterdam, 2004).
De Aftrap - Season opening of the ROBECO Summer Concerts.
Live broadcast from the Concert Hall Amsterdam with Argentine music
and tango at the Museum Square.
Broadcasted by AVRO tv.
The Rembrandt Award 3 short movies on young
visual artists, who participate in this competition.
Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht - filming of various dance
fragments and the choreography Rebound (Conny Janssen Danst,
broadcasted in 2007).
Introduction on Mozart Operas short films
which show the rehearsal proces at the Dutch Opera of the opera's Cosi
Fan Tutte, Don Giovanni and Nozze di Figaro. Interviews with the directors,
conductor and singers.
Broadcasted during the live-broadcasts of the performances at the Muziektheater
Amsterdam.
DVD Release by Opus Arte.
2005
Queens Concert at Noordeinde Palace Small ensembles
of the Residentie Orchestra (celebrating its 100th anniversary) directed
by Jaap van Zweden plays Dutch compositions.
Documentary Queens Concert
The interesting history of 100 years Residentie Orchestra from The Hague.
Broadcasted by NPS in combination with the concert registration in Noordeinde
Palace.
INSTANT STEPS
Dance documentary with dance improviser Michael Schumacher.
Independent production, which was shown at the Holland Dance Festival,
Cinedans and in several Dutch theaters.
Short version broadcasted by NPS in 2007.

Celebration Live-broadcast of this choreography
by Hans van Manen, specially made for the 25th jubilee of Queen Beatrix.
Filmed in the Royal Palace on the Dam and live projected on a screen accompanied by
the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
during the concert on the Dam Square in presence of the Queen.
Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht - filming of various
dance fragments.
Who Cares choreography of Balanchine performed
by the Dutch National Ballet. Filmed on the stage of the Muziektheater
in Amsterdam.
Short introduction on Balanchine.
INSTANT STEPS OPENING THE BIMHUIS
Dance movie with improvisers Michael Schumacher & Katie Duck made
on the occasion of the opening of the new BIMhuis, Amsterdam. Music
by Mary Oliver.
TRIPLE DUTCH
DVD with dance improvisations by Michael Schumacher with the musicians
Han Bennink, Wilbert de Joode en Cor Fuhler.
Released by the Holland Dance Festival.

2004
Tuin van Eros (Garden of Eros) - choreography specially
made for the camera by Rudi van Dantzig, set on the string quartet Garden
of Eros by Louis Andriessen. This duet for two men was filmed on
location in the Amsterdam Studios.
Preceded by the documentary Feet on the ground by Paul Cohen
about the making-off.
Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht - filming of various
dance fragments.
Christmas with the Dutch Dance Theater - semi-live broadcast
of two choreographies by Jiri Kylian and one of Lightfoot/Leon, performed
in the Lucent Theater The Hague.
Illustrated by short films on the choreographers and the company.
Queens Concert at Noordeinde Palace world music,
played by Iraqi Maqam Ensemble of singer Farida and music ensemble WESHM
of the Maroccan singer Najib Cherradi.
Documentary
Queens Concert
Featuring the Ensemble Iraqi Maqam with singer Farida and the Marocan
band WESHM with singer Najib Cherradi.
Broadcasted by NPS in combination with the concert registration in Noordeinde
Palace.
2003
Eurovisie Young Dancer Competition 2003 - live-broadcast
to twenty countries from the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam.
Kicks - studio-adaptation of the performance Danscombinatie
4 by the dance companies for youngsters Ish, Meekers and Aya.
The Sleeping Beauty - live-broadcast on Christmas afternoon
from the Muziektheater Amsterdam of the choreography by Marius Petipa/Sir
Peter Wright, performed by the Dutch National Ballet accompanied live
by Orchestra Holland Symfonia.
Short films on this choreography and a documentary portrait on ballerina
Sofiane Sylve, broadcasted during intermissions.
Edited for DVD release by Opus Arte.
2002
KOMMA
Short impression on the work of visual artist Maria Blaisse for the
exposition DISPLAY in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
THE BEST YOUNG MUSICIAN
Portraits of the Dutch candidates in the Eurovision Young Musician Competition
preparing for this event.
Edison Klassiek - concert with various Edison awarded
classical soloists at the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam.
Sacre pilot movie on the Sacre du Printemps,
in corporation with choreographer Bianca van Dillen. Production not
realized.
For Heavens Sake - choreography by Itzik Galili,
adapted for camera and filmed in Central Studio, Utrecht.
Tragic Torso - choreography by Piet Rogie, adapted
for camera and recorded on location in warehouse Las Palmas, Rotterdam.
Christmas with IDT (International Dance Theater) -
live-broadcast of this specially for tv composed programme. With short
films about the company, the music and costumes, and the research trip
of artistic leader Maurits van Geel to Japan.
Released on DVD by the company.
2001
THE BEST YOUNG DANCER
Documentary report of the Eurovision Young Dancer Competition in London
with opinions on dance by ballet masters, coaches and the dancers themselves.
The two Dutch candidates are followed closely and become 3rd-prize winners.
Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht - filming of various
dance fragments.
3 x 1 HOLLANDSE (DUTCH) SOLOS tv
adaptations of:
- Solo Version 5.0 - choreography Nanine Linning,
- Still Life III - choreography Ton Simons,
- Double Point: One - choreography Emio Greco/P.C.
Scholten in cooperation with the Limburg Symphonic
Orchestra.
Vrije Geluiden 3 live-broadcasted music programmes
for VPRO-television.
2000
Cultuurprijs (Cultural Award) - editor
and director of the items with the music canditates.
Sulphur - Scenario and direction of this dance movie
with choreographers duo Leine & Roebana. Music specially made by
Martijn Padding.
Shown on various film and dance festivals.
A short re-edited version was put on Vimeo in 2021.
View SULPHUR short
Two choreographies adapted for camera - :
- Paradox in het House of Guilt (choreography Bruno Listopad
performed by Dance Company Krisztina de Châtel),
- Single Manoeuvres (choreography by Ed Wubbe performed
by Scapino Ballet Rotterdam). Preceded by a short documentary portrait
on ballerina Charlotte Baines.
Nominated for best adaptation to camera on the Dance Screen Festival.
Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht - filming of various
dance fragments.
The Nutcracker - live- broadcast of
this special version by choreographers Toer van Schayk and Wayne Eagling
for the Dutch National Ballet.
Costumes and sets: Toer van Schayk.
Performed at Old Years afternoon in the Muziektheater Amsterdam.
Short film about the participating childeren of the National Ballet
Academy, broadcasted during the intermission.
1999
Four Ballets - adaptations for the camera of:
Short Cut (Hans van Manen),
Oktober (Conny Janssen),
Delirium (Mirjam Bos),
Link I (Beppie Blankert)
DANCE IN THE BOX
Two short documentaries about the starting period of Dutch dance on
television, featuring dance critic Ine Rietstap and choreographer Hans
van Manen.
(Investigation of the Dutch dance film archives in cooperation with
the Dutch Theater Institute and Film museum)
1998
A Soul of Wood - opera by composer Robert Heppener.
Co-direction of this integrated theater/tv production together with
opera director Monique Wagemakers.
Played by the New Ensemble, conductor: Ed Spanjaard.
Broadcast of a shorter, for tv adapted version.
INVADING THE THEATRE - Live video-projections with
dancer Michael Schumacher in the Vrijthof Theater Maastricht are - together
with short improvisations during the Dutch Dance Festival - the base
for a filmic impression.
1997
Aus Deutschland - Opera by Mauricio Kagel, Holland
Festival 1997, performed in Carré Theater, Amsterdam.
Played by the ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble, conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw.
Semi-live broadcast.
Giselle - semi-live broadcast of the stage performance
in Lucent Theater, The Hague, by the Dutch National Ballet. Live accompanied
by the Dutch Ballet Orchestra, conductor: Jacques van Veen.
Mikrokosmos - Series of 12 short piano pieces by Bela
Bartok (arranged by Ernst Glerum). The music and the sets by visual
artist Jeroen Henneman of this in origin theater performance for childeren,
are specially adapted for tv and filmed in the studios Hilversum.
1996
The Evening of Dutch Dance broadcast of this specially
for tv organized evening at the Vrijthof Theater Maastricht, with four
complete choreographies.
The Green Table choreography
by Kurt Jooss performed by the Dutch National Ballet. Adapted for camera
and filmed at Central Studios, Utrecht.
Preceded by a documentary introduction about the history of this famous
ballet.
A King Riding - Opera by composer Klaas de Vries and
director Christoph Marthaler. A Holland Festival production performed
in and filmed at the Carré Theater, Amsterdam.
De Getekende Huid (Drawn Skin) - Choreography
by Rudi van Dantzig, specially made for the camera with physical retarded
people.
Filmed in Amsterdam Studios.
Preceded by the making-off documentary of director
Ine Schenkkan.
1995
Mazeppa - Opera composed by Tsjaikovski , performed
at the Muziektheater Amsterdam by the Dutch National Opera. Direction:
Richard Jones, Sets: the Quay Brothers, played by the Dutch Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by
Hartmut Haenchen.
Dido en Aeneas - Opera composed by Henry Purcell, played
by the Combattimento Consort o.l.v. Jan Willem de Vriend, directed by
Erik Vos.
Recorded in the Central Studios, Utrecht, in a
for camera adapted version.
1994
Salome - stage registration of the opera by Richard
Strauss at the Dutch National Opera in the Muziektheater Amsterdam.
Director: Harry Kupfer, played by the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra directed
by Edo de Waart.
HANS SNOEK - THE ART OF DANCING OR THE CHILD?
Documentary about this dance pioneer and foundress of the children's
company Scapino Ballet.
The Evening of Dutch Dance A specially for tv
organized night with various Dutch dance companies in the Vrijthof Theater,
Maastricht.
1993
THE DANCE FURY
Documentary on the unknown history of Dutch dance since 1655, featuring
dancers from the past as Adriana Nozema and Polly Cunninghamme.
The for this film specially made choreographies by Ted Brandsen and
compositions by Ig Henneman are reenacting the history.
1992
Piano Concerto Arnold Schönberg - registration
at the Doelen, Rotterdam, by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra with
soloist Mitsuko Uchida.
Preceded by an interview with Uchida by Hans Heg.
Friends for Life Live-broadcast Aids Gala from
the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
Cosi Fan Tutte - Mozart Opera performed at the Dutch
National Opera by the Concertgebouw Orchestra directed by Harnoncourt.
Direction: Jürgen Flimm.
Jury member International Dance Film Festival Dance
Screen, Lyon
1991
Romeo en Julia choreography by Rudi van Dantzi
performed by the Dutch National Ballet. Registration of the stage performance
in the Lucent Dance Theater, The Hague.
Monument for a dead boy choreography by Rudi
van Dantzig performed by The Dutch National Ballet. Adapted for the
camera, filmed in Central Studios Utrecht.
Rudi van Dantzig, live or dance Long interview
with Van Danztig because of his parting Dutch National Ballet as artistic
director.
With specially filmed dance fragments and archive material.
Interviewer: Freek de Jonge.
Ballet Gala - An evening with lots of soloists from
abroad and Dutch companies, organized by Alexandra Radius and Han Ebbelaar
in the Muziektheater Amsterdam. Registration of the stage performances
with filmed items in addition.
1990
ALEXANDRA RADIUS, PRIMA BALLERINA
Film about one of Holland's wellknown classical dancers, who is at the
end of her 40-year long career.
FORTE-PIANO
Music documentary on the history of this instrument, told by international
famous pianoplayers.
Broadcasted in combination with Beethoven's First Piano Concerto played by Melvyn Tan accompanied by The London Classical Players on
the Old Music Festival Utrecht.
3e Piano Concerto of Liszt and De Profundis
- concert performed by the Residential Orchestra The Hague, in the Lucent
Theater.
1e Piano Concerto of Beethoven concert performed
by Melvyn Tan and The London Classical Players in concert building Vredenburg
Utrecht in the Old Music Festival Utrecht.
1989
WHO IS TOER?
Portrait of Dutch choreographer Toer van Schayk.
Broadcasted in combination with his choreography Seventh Symphony (Beethoven) performed by The Dutch National Ballet.
The Seventh Symphony - choreography by Toer van Schayk
performed by the Dutch National Ballet. TV-adaptation filmed in the
Lucent Dance Theater The Hague.
Preceded by a documentary on the choreographer.
Released on video-disc by Philips Classics.
Ballet Gala 1989 - registration of the evening in the
Muziektheater Amsterdam with various Dutch and international soloists.
Organized by Alexandra Radius and Han Ebbelaar.
Eurovision Christmas Matinee Daphnis et Chloe
by Ravel performed by teh Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra directed by
Ricardo Chailly.
Eurovision live-broadcast to 11 countries.
1988
Swanlake Choreography by Rudi van Dantzig performed
by The Dutch National Ballet. Sets and costumes: Toer van Schayk. With
the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra directed by
Live-broadcast in occasion of the start of the 3rd public tv-channel.
The Music of Theo Loevendie - Festive concert evening with
performances, interviews etc. because of the presentation of the 3M-Award
to the composer Loevendie.
TV-presentation: Ischa Meijer.
Live-broadcast, and editor of the evening.
Uit de Kunst Series on the arts. Direction of
live-broadcasts and making of items.
1987
NACHO DUATO, DANCER & CHOREOGRAPHER
This film shows the start of Duato's choreographic career and follows
him performing in Spain with the Dutch Dance Theatre.
At the end his first choreography JARDI TANCAT (music Maria
del Mar Bonnet) is shown, performed by Dutch Dance Theatre.
VINCENT
IN BRABANT
The Brabant period of painter Vincent van Gogh. Diary fragments are
read by actor Hans Dagelet.
Temet - compostion by Guus Janssen (awarded the Mathijs
Vermeulen Prize) performed by the Gysbrecht van Aemstel Quartet, filmed
in the tv studio.
Eroica - composition of Beethoven, performed by the
Orchestra of the 18th Century directed by Frans Brüggen in the
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Released on video-disc by Philips Classics.
1986
Openbaar Kunstbezit three documentaries on the
visual arts.
Themes: The Portrait, The Object, The Quatation.
MERG Opera adapted for the camera, filmed in
the tv-studio Hilversum.
Libretto - Judith Herzberg, composition - Henk
van der Meulen, stage direction - Annemarie Prins.
Tempo Barocco & Rococo Concert - Two music programmes
with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, specially for
tv filmed in the Naarden Kathedral.
1984/85
Nederland C - Short documentary items for this weekly art magazine.
Editor-in-chief: Hans Keller
1983/84
Omnibus - Short films for and studio direction of this
weekly series of programmes on the arts in Holland.
Editor-in-chief & presenter: Theo Stokkink.
1983
Impression of the Uitmarkt (Festival of performing
arts at the beginning of the new season on various locations in Amsterdam).
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