De Balie

De Balie

Een podcast over politiek, maatschappij en cultuur.

  1. Behind the Opera: Le nozze di Figaro with director Kirill Serebrennikov and journalist Tahrim Ramdjan

    5H AGO

    Behind the Opera: Le nozze di Figaro with director Kirill Serebrennikov and journalist Tahrim Ramdjan

    With Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart composed a tragicomic classic that has been a crowd favourite since its premiere in 1786. Mozart and librettist Da Ponte combine playful intrigues with existential questions about life and social criticism, which, under Kirill Serebrennikov’s direction, remain as relevant as ever. During this evening, we will delve into the underlying themes of Mozart’s masterpiece about love, power, and deceit. The opera takes place over the course of one day full of craziness. Figaro and Susanna are preparing for their wedding, but their employer, Count Almaviva, turns out to have a crush on Susanna. Meanwhile, his wife, the Countess, is seduced by the young Cherubino. Being an unconventional director, Kirill Serebrennikov reveals the passions and motivations behind the characters in this household, which presents an orderly exterior but harbours turbulence on the inside. Bearing resemblance to a thriller, the relationships are pushed to a breaking point. Serebrennikov adds an extra storyline by splitting the role of Cherubino – a teenage boy, conventionally performed by a female singer – into a male and a female character. The silent but lively Cherubino—played by a male actor—is brimming with sexual desire yet fails to notice the love that the singing Cherubina feels for him. During Behind the Opera, we’ll take a closer look at the origins and the staging of this work, and explore themes from the opera: how do you control your desires, or do your desires control you? And how does social criticism affect the making of an opera that confronts the viewer with the struggle of releasing your inhibitions?  Behind the Opera is an initiative from De Balie in collaboration with De Nationale Opera en Ballet. This evening at De Balie offers an introduction to Serebrennikov’s Le nozze di Figaro ahead of its premiere on May 8th. Programme editor: Veronica Baas In cooperation with: Nationale Opera & Ballet Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 15m
  2. Baanbrekers: Jeffrey Spalburg in gesprek met theatermaker Nita Liem

    1D AGO

    Baanbrekers: Jeffrey Spalburg in gesprek met theatermaker Nita Liem

    RIGHTABOUTNOW INC. presenteert de RAN INC. Legacy Podcast Baanbrekers: een serie over onderbelichte pioniers uit het culturele veld die de weg vrijmaakten voor een nieuwe generatie makers. In deze aflevering is dansmaker en urban danspionier Nita Liem te gast. Nita studeerde dans aan de Theaterschool in Amsterdam en ontwikkelde zich vanaf de jaren ’90, fysiek theatermaker op het snijvlak van dans, performance en storytelling. Zij richtte Don’t Hit Mama op, waarmee ze een invloedrijk oeuvre creëerde rond clubcultuur, identiteit en de relatie tussen underground en theater. Nita Liem 1962, studeerde dans aan de Theaterschool in Amsterdam. Vanaf 1986 raakte ze geïntrigeerd door hip hop dansers en volgde ze de ontwikkeling van deze stroming van dichtbij. Vanaf begin jaren negentig ontwikkelde Liem zich, in nauwe samenwerking met de Britse theatermaker David Greaves, tot een fysiek ingestelde theatermaker met gebruik van dans. In 2000 startte Liem haar eigen danstheater instelling Don’t Hit Mama, samen met theaterjournalist en dramaturg Bart Deuss. Nita Liem maakt altijd in samenwerking met de spelers/dansers de meeste van de danstheater voorstellingen van Don’t Hit Mama en nam ook deel aan internationale training en uitwisselingsprogramma’s. Ze deed diepgaand onderzoek naar de underground club dance scene in New York en werkte onder meer in Amerika, Zuid-Afrika en Senegal. Meer over Nita Liem: In 2010 volgde ze een exclusieve training in de techniek Acogny,in Senegal bij Germaine Acogny, ze wordt ook wel de moeder van de moderne afrikaanse dans genoemd. Dit zorgde ervoor dat ze terug in Nederland begon met het uitvoeren en vormgeven van haar eigen verhaal als performer. Waarin ze zich tot de dag van vandaag laat begeleiden door Sonja Bloem, javaanse hofdans beoefenaar. Het werk met Don’t Hit Mama is gestopt in 2021. Tegenwoordig is ze actief met het Living Archive, de onderzoeks ruimte rondom bagage van 20 jaar Don’t Hit Mama. Ze verdiept haar werk als performer, artist/researcher en educator en zoekt manieren om haar werk overdraagbaar te maken. In 2023 ontving ze van de Nederlandse Dansdagen de Dansspeld, voor met name haar rol als pionier binnen de ontwikkeling die hiphopdans maakte van de straat naar het theater in Nederland Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 8m
  3. Free Speech, an Origin Story with Pieter Omtzigt and Fara Dabhoiwala

    2D AGO

    Free Speech, an Origin Story with Pieter Omtzigt and Fara Dabhoiwala

    What is freedom of speech, and who is allowed to make use of it? In his book What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea, historian Fara Dabhoiwala traces the origins of free speech, examining for whom it was invented and the cultural implications it holds today. Is free speech under attack in our present day society – and what then is exactly under attack? Free speech has become a key issue in the culture wars. Elon Musk bought X, in part to protect free speech on the platform. In practice, this has meant scaling back moderation, allowing disinformation, and “shadow-banning” minorities. Freedom of speech has never been a neutral concept, Dabhoiwala argues. Emerging from the ideals of the Enlightenment, free speech became an individual right, but in practice it was largely restricted to white European men. If free speech never was an absolute right, what does that mean for how it has developed over the following centuries into what it has become today? In this programme Fara Dabhoiwala and Pieter Omtzigt will explore why Europeans and Americans differ so much in their approach to free speech and explain the current transatlantic fight over free expression, media platforms, and government regulation. Moderator: Yoeri Albrecht In collaboration with: Universiteit van Amsterdam Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 59m
  4. Dear stranger: what does it mean to lose a home? With Ece Temelkuran

    4D AGO

    Dear stranger: what does it mean to lose a home? With Ece Temelkuran

    Across the world, the number of refugees, exiles, and displaced people continues to rise. More and more individuals find themselves politically homeless, economically excluded, or estranged within their own countries. Over the past decade, Ece Temelkuran has warned that the erosion of democracy does not happen overnight. To those who believed “it can’t happen here,” she has insisted: it will. In her new book,  Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century, journalist Ece Temelkuran – who herself left her home country Turkey because of the authoritarian turn it took after the failed coup of 2016 – turns to the urgent question of belonging. Through a series of intimate letters from one stranger to another, she explores what it means to lose a home — and how we might begin to rebuild one in a fragile and uncertain century. Ece Temelkuran (1973) is an award-winning writer. In 2012, she was dismissed from her position at a Turkish newspaper after writing critically about the Erdoğan government. Her earlier book, How to Lose a Country: The Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship, examined the gradual steps through which democracies can slide into authoritarianism. The Dutch edition of Nation of Strangers will be published in March. She has recently been longlisted for the women’s prize for non-fiction. Programme editor: Rosalie Dielesen In collaboration with: Studio Julian Hetzel, Uitgeverij Pluim and 360 Magazine Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 7m
  5. Georgi Gospodinov on the Weaponization of Nostalgia

    6D AGO

    Georgi Gospodinov on the Weaponization of Nostalgia

    How is nostalgia used as a political weapon? The acclaimed Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov (Time Shelter, The Death and the Gardener) explores the relationship between collective memory and identity in contemporary Europe. Populist politicians are merchants of nostalgia. But what happens when the desire to preserve the past overtakes the will to shape the future? Georgi Gospodinov explores how collective memory is shaped, used, and misused. Having lived through a communist dictatorship, Gospodinov warns for grand stories and favors the small, the personal and the particular. Georgi Gospodinov won in 2023 the International Booker Prize with Time Shelter, in which he tells the story of a ‘clinic of the past’ offering Alzheimer’s patients spaces recreating different decades of the twentieth century. Soon the clinic attracts healthy people seeking refuge from an uncertain present. Gospodinov’s most recent book, The Death and the Gardener (2025), is about a son who mourns his father and, in doing so, looks back on the communist past. Georgi Gospodinov (1968) is a Bulgarian writer, poet, and playwright. His debut, Natural Novel (1999), was an international success, followed by The Physics of Sorrow (2011) and Time Shelter (2020), which won the 2023 International Booker Prize. His work has been translated into more than 35 languages and is known for its unique blend of history, philosophy, and sharp social observation on Europe’s past and present anxieties. Gospodinov’s writing frequently explores themes of memory, nostalgia, and the way history repeats itself. Programme editor: Ianthe Mosselman Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 45m
  6. Blik op femicide met Saskia Belleman, Janine Janssen, Songül Mutluer en Barbara Godwaldt

    APR 30

    Blik op femicide met Saskia Belleman, Janine Janssen, Songül Mutluer en Barbara Godwaldt

    Femicide is de laatste jaren een ingeburgerde term in het publieke debat geworden. Maar hoe geschikt is dit begrip om huiselijk geweld te begrijpen? De politiek lijkt de noodzaak van concreet beleid om de veiligheid van vrouwen te vergroten in te zien. Zo maakte het vorige kabinet 10 miljoen euro vrij voor de bestrijding van femicide, wil de huidige coalitie het wettelijk mogelijk maken dat bedreigde vrouwen het politiedossier van hun partner in kunnen zien en heeft de gemeente Rotterdam een speciaal actieplan opgesteld. Maar wat kan de samenleving concreet doen tegen femicide? En hoe geschikt is deze term als lens om naar gendergeweld te kijken? Ontsnapt daardoor minder dodelijk, maar veel vaker voorkomend, huiselijk geweld niet aan onze blik? Deze editie van Kennismakers onderzoeken we wat femicide is, onderzoeken we wat de mogelijke blinde vlekken van dit containerbegrip zijn en kijken we naar wat we kunnen doen. Welk beleid wordt momenteel opgesteld om gendergerelateerd geweld aan te pakken, en wat is werkelijk effectief? Met Rechtbankverslaggever De Telegraaf Saskia Belleman, Lector Geweld in Afhankelijkheidsrelaties en hoogleraar Criminologie & Rechtsantropologie Janine Janssen, Kamerlid PRO Songül Mutluer en Specialist intieme terreur en femicide bij de Blijf Groep Barbara Godwaldt. Over de serie Kennismakers: Zijn narcisten aan de macht? Heeft gentech de toekomst? Gaan we gezond oud worden met de zorgrobot? In Kennismakers leggen we actuele maatschappelijke vraagstukken tegen de lat van de laatste inzichten uit de wereld van wetenschap en onderzoek. In gesprek met onderzoekers, spraak- en opiniemakers én het publiek over de kennis die onze samenleving verandert. In samenwerking met: Regieorgaan SIA Programmamaker: Sylvia Vegter Moderator: Monique Hindriks Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 32m
  7. In conversation about the epic novel Theodoros with Mircea Cărtărescu and Jan Willem Bos

    APR 28

    In conversation about the epic novel Theodoros with Mircea Cărtărescu and Jan Willem Bos

    Can obsession turn an impossible dream into reality? In conversation with the master of modern surrealism Mircea Cărtărescu about Theodoros, a novel about the rise of an unlikely emperor. Theodoros is set in the nineteenth century and follows the extraordinary life of the otherwise ordinary Teodor, the son of two servants of a Romanian aristocrat. Raised on stories of Alexander the Great told by his Greek mother, he becomes obsessed with the idea that he too is destined for greatness — and everything else must give way to it. His improbable life path eventually leads him to Ethiopia, where he ascends the throne as Emperor Tewodros II. Theodoros is a surreal epic, written in rich, distinctive prose. About the speakers Mircea Cărtărescu (Bucharest, 1956) is considered one of the most important voices in contemporary European literature. His novels and poetry have been widely translated and awarded, and his acclaimed novel Solenoid was hailed by the European press as a masterpiece. Jan Willem Bos (1954) translated more than twenty-five novels, short-story collections, and poetry collections from Romanian. He has also published numerous articles and written several nonfiction books about Romania. Remo Verdickt (1992) is a literary scholar and specialised in Mircea Cărtărescu’s work. He wrote several articles about him, including in De Standaard and Los Angeles Review of Books. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in literature at KU Leuven.  Programme editor: Ianthe Mosselman Moderator: Remo Verdickt In collaboration with: Roemeens Cultureel Instituut Brussel Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 34m

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