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changeMakers

How do dance makers in the Netherlands with roots in Indonesia and the former Dutch East Indies incorporate their (multi)cultural background?

In this new long-term research exhibition by dansMuseum, five dance artists take you inside their creative practices to explore this question.

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Meet the makers

Contributions

Andere weergave
LeineRoebana

Research Farewell Future Welcome World

A video of the research conducted in October for Farewell Future Welcome World and a correspondence between composer Iwan Gunawan and Harijono following a recording of a run-through.

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Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

Futurism and Noise

Recording of a performance at Garage Noord in Amsterdam. In this performance we work with a self-made instrument, something I’ve been developing more actively over the past months.

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Cheroney Pelupessy

Interview Het Parool

"Cheroney Pelupessy maakte een dans- en filmvoorstelling over de ontastbare band tussen moeder en dochter"

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Lees verder
Lisette Ros

'(the Act of) Smell-ing' (2025-26) #2

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Nita Liem

FOUNDATION

In dialogue with Sonja Bloem

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Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

changeMakers conversations: Ciro and Renée

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Nita Liem

Four video fragments from LIVING ARCHIVE

The research space of twenty years Danstheater Don’t Hit Mama (2000 – 2020), by Nita Liem and Bart Deuss.

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Cheroney Pelupessy

Cerita Kita

Recap (18 October 2024, Felix Meritis)

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Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

The trickster as a guide to understand Diasporic longing

"This offering is a reflection on my practice, through revisiting archetypes from folklore, the lens of changemakers and how my Indonesian upbringing has influenced my work."

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LeineRoebana

Looking Forward

A letter to Indonesian dancers Agus Margiyanto, Sandhidea Cahyo Narpati, and Boby Ari Setiawan, and a video response from Sandhidea to the letter.

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Lisette Ros

‘(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025)

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dansMuseum

About these contributions

Each month, the makers will share their progress on this platform. Through videos, texts, images, and conversations, this platform will continue to grow along with their developing work.

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LeineRoebana

Research Farewell Future Welcome World

A video of the research conducted in October for Farewell Future Welcome World and a correspondence between composer Iwan Gunawan and Harijono following a recording of a run-through.

View
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Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

Futurism and Noise

Recording of a performance at Garage Noord in Amsterdam. In this performance we work with a self-made instrument, something I’ve been developing more actively over the past months.

Continue
Continue
Cheroney Pelupessy

Interview Het Parool

"Cheroney Pelupessy maakte een dans- en filmvoorstelling over de ontastbare band tussen moeder en dochter"

Lees verder
Lees verder
Lisette Ros

'(the Act of) Smell-ing' (2025-26) #2

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Nita Liem

FOUNDATION

In dialogue with Sonja Bloem

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Community panel

changeMakers is supported by a panel of seven representatives from the Indo-Indonesian community. The makers are guided by this panel and together they shape the exhibition.

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Context researchers

During changeMakers, two context researchers work in parallel with the makers to give the exhibition a socio-cultural and dance-historical perspective.

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