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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 the dansMuseum, five dance artists take you inside their creative practices to explore this question.
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Andere weergave
Kareth Schaffer

Performance no. 5: Deshima

Context research examining seminal performances of Indonesian-inspired dance

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Conversations

changeMakers conversations: Nita and Sascha

Makers and panel members delve deeper into the creative process

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Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

The Last Offer

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Lisette Ros

'(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #8

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Cheroney Pelupessy

Reflectie onderzoeksreis Maluku 26' - Je bent Keturunan

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Nita Liem

Nita @ Studio Vrijthof

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Kareth Schaffer

Performance no. 3 & 4: Bundaran & Ketuk Tilu

Context research examining seminal performances of Indonesian-inspired dance

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LeineRoebana

De foto van Deshima

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Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

The first sharing of Tectonics

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Cheroney Pelupessy

De improvisatie was de ontmoeting

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Nita Liem

PERANAKAN CHINEES: kind van een ander land

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Lisette Ros

‘(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #7

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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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Conversations

changeMakers conversations: Ciro and Renée

Makers and panel members delve deeper into the creative process.

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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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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."

Read more
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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.

View here
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Lisette Ros

‘(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025)

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Ontmoet de makers

Community panel

During changeMakers, a community panel consisting of representatives from the Indonesian and/or Indische communities with ties to the Dutch dance field will be present to support the makers’ processes where necessary.

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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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