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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
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

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"

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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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

Every month, makers and context researchers share the development of their work here on this platform.

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Nita Liem

We Gather Through Stories - Living Archive

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Lees verder
Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

The Booklist

a selection of readings, tapes and references that are shaping the development of Ciro's upcoming performance

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Read
Lisette Ros

‘(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #4

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Watch & listen
Asmara Pelupessy

change(ability) :: (ex)change

*Citations for Decolonial Heritage Work*

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Kareth Schaffer

Performance no. 1: God Shiva

Context research examining seminal performances of Indonesian-inspired dance

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Read
Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

Questions with many answers

About identity, reflecting on migration in and to the Netherlands

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Read
Cheroney Pelupessy

MAMA’KU (Bahasa Indonesia – my mother)

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Watch and read
Lisette Ros

’(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #3

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Listen to the sound clip
LeineRoebana

Leaving space and taking space

Dramaturgical advisor Luc de Groen shares his observations from two rehearsals of Farewell Future Welcome World by LeineRoebana and Black Pencil.

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Nita Liem

Liminal Space

I'm on my way again... can't get going... easily distracted... head full of cotton wool...

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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.

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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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Listen here
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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Watch video
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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Ontmoet de makers

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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