Nederlandse Dansdagen logo
changeMakersMakersContributionsCommunity panelContext researchers
Nederlands

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.
‍

Read more about the exhibition
Andere weergave
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.

Read
→
Read
→
Lisette Ros

’(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #3

Listen to the sound clip
→
Listen to the sound clip
→
Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

Questions with many answers

About identity, reflecting on migration in and to the Netherlands

Read
→
Read
→
Lisette Ros

‘(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #4

Watch & listen
→
Watch & listen
→
Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

The Booklist

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

Read
→
Read
→
Cheroney Pelupessy

Reflectie Mama’ku

Lees verder
→
Lees verder
→
Nita Liem

We Gather Through Stories - Living Archive

Lees verder
→
Lees verder
→
LeineRoebana

Taal geven aan beweging, en beweging aan taal

Lees verder
→
Lees verder
→
Cheroney Pelupessy

Reflectie over identiteit, beweging en verder kunnen gaan

Lees verder
→
Lees verder
→
Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

Applications

Read and listen
→
Read and listen
→
Nita Liem

Deshima

Lees meer
→
Lees meer
→
Lisette Ros

‘(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #5

Lees meer
→
Lees meer
→
Lisette Ros

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

View
→
View
→
Nita Liem

FOUNDATION

In dialogue with Sonja Bloem

Continue reading
→
Continue reading
→
Conversations

changeMakers conversations: Ciro and Renée

Makers and panel members delve deeper into the creative process.

Listen here
→
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.

View more
→
View more
→
Cheroney Pelupessy

Cerita Kita

Recap (18 October 2024, Felix Meritis)

Watch video
→
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."

Read more
→
Read more
→
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
→
View here
→
Lisette Ros

‘(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025)

Read more
→
Read more
→
dansMuseum

About these contributions

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

Read more
→
Read more
→
Kareth Schaffer

Performance no. 5: Deshima

Context research examining seminal performances of Indonesian-inspired dance

Read
→
Read
→
Conversations

changeMakers conversations: Nita and Sascha

Makers and panel members delve deeper into the creative process

Watch here
→
Watch here
→
Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit

The Last Offer

Bekijk hier
→
Bekijk hier
→
Lisette Ros

'(the Act of) Smell-ing’ (2025-26) #8

Bekijk hier
→
Bekijk hier
→

Ontmoet de makers

Cheroney Pelupessy
“How is heritage passed on and reshaped?”
Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit
“I try to understand my ancestors and find their stories in my own muscles.”
LeineRoebana
"Get a taste of and immerse yourself in another world"
Lisette Ros
“My Indonesian roots are both the theme and method of my research.”
Nita Liem
“Through dance, you can connect old worlds with the present.”

Community panel

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.

Read more about the community panel

Context researchers

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

Read more about the context researchers