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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
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) #5

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Nita Liem

Deshima

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Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

Applications

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Cheroney Pelupessy

Reflectie over identiteit, beweging en verder kunnen gaan

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LeineRoebana

Taal geven aan beweging, en beweging aan taal

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Nita Liem

We Gather Through Stories - Living Archive

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Cheroney Pelupessy

Reflectie Mama’ku

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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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Conversations

changeMakers conversations: Lisette en Gwen

Makers and panel members delve deeper into the creative process

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Lisette Ros

‘(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #4

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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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Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

Questions with many answers

About identity, reflecting on migration in and to the Netherlands

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Cheroney Pelupessy

MAMA’KU (Bahasa Indonesia – my mother)

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Lisette Ros

’(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #3

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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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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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Lisette Ros

‘(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #5

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Nita Liem

Deshima

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Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

Applications

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Cheroney Pelupessy

Reflectie over identiteit, beweging en verder kunnen gaan

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LeineRoebana

Taal geven aan beweging, en beweging aan taal

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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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