Theatre thriller: a society spinning out of control
Due to its great success, the thriller The Nation is returning to the theatre. The six-part theatre marathon about a mysterious disappearance was written like a Netflix series for the stage: current, witty and full of nerve-racking cliff hangers.

The annual State of the City is a programme in which politicians and special guests from Amsterdam discuss facts and figures, tasks and challenges and ambitions for the future.

Every first Saturday of the month, you can join the public tour of the building and get a peek behind all the doors that would otherwise remain closed.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Human perception as a natural phenomenon

Julidans opens with Larsen C. This new performance by Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos is a meditation on our position as human beings in times of change.

A multimedia installation by Susanna Brenner

In A Divine Comedy, the notorious choreographer catapults the Italian poet Dante Alighieri's work of the same name into the present, thus creating heaven and hell in the here and now.

A feast of explosive dance and rousing rhythms from the townships

Breathing as a binding element to create a new living environment

How a sound score is created live with home, garden and kitchen utensils and a bunch of coconuts

Dance students of the Academy of Theatre and Dance free themselves from their inner monster in an unparalleled improvisation project

What does sacrifice mean in today's society?

With references to science fiction, classicism and pop culture, the spectator is transported to places that seem to be torn from the conventional space-time continuum.

Shamanism meets voguing meets drag in the multimedia dance performance Yishun is Burning, an ultra-dynamic quest for the rituals of our time.

Femke Gyselinck re-examines the relationship between movement and letter images. Letters 2 Dance 'reads' like a love letter to the art of dance and to life itself.

After a few difficult years, choreographer Ann Van den Broek feels, there is a need for air and light. In Joy Enjoy Joy she celebrates life, earthy and dynamic, with costumes in all colours of the rainbow and effervescent dance.

The club as a microcosm for contemporary rituals. On the cutting edge of visual art and dance, fourteen performers dive into rave culture in search of new, connecting rituals in REACHING.

A confrontational total experience, on the way to a possible future

A summer evening. A walk in the park. A dance. 

What would the world be like if there had been no colonisation? In D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER, Cherish Menzo and Camilo Mejía Cortés disentangle their bodies from fixed patterns and preconceptions and go in search of a new, futuristic environment: the D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER universe.

To manipulate or to be manipulated, that is the question in a pulsating choreography full of meanings but with a light touch.

In Stations, Louise Lecavalier goes in search of the pure essence of dance. With this new solo, the legendary 'Flame on legs' creates her most personal and delicate performance ever.

A nightmare vision that goes totally berserk. Like a David Lynch film on speed. Dancers who defy gravity. Books, teacups and flower pots lead a life of their own, mysterious creatures creep out of the shadows.

Portraits of women's bodies, with the vulva in the leading role

With Skiagraphia, a spectacular mix of flamenco, contemporary dance, electronic music and an ingenious set of moving sculptures, Siba Sahabi and Andrés Marín prove themselves a match made in heaven.

Ten young African performers and a musician blend artistic artistic expression from the past and present into an unparalleled ode to Nigerian culture.

Hyper-visual dance performance about radical redistribution of our wealth

The personal is political in Manifesto Transpofágico, the solo performance by theatre maker Renata Carvalho.

Three black bodies get into a ‘hissy fit’ to drill music: an outburst of ‘black rage’

Fúria is Portuguese for anger, enthusiasm, passion, inspiration. Such are the emotions that pervade the eponymous performance by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues.

Yasit and Gjoka create a fascinating cocktail of styles and possibilities in Neighbours, an emotional work in which the dancers explore what binds neighbours. And what separates them.

Celebrate the body: Schweigman& and DOX celebrate the female body. In Eros, five women go in search of the power and pleasure of their sensuality. In a contemporary ritual, social taboos are ignored and womanhood is celebrated in all its facets.

An ancient Indian dance form translated into a contemporary, highly personal dance language

A summer evening. A walk in the park. A dance. 

With Vástádus eana / The answer is land, choreographer Elle Sofe Sara pays tribute to all the people who want to make the world a better place.

‘A crazy dance concert where three punk musicians and four loose performers threw a wild party. '

In The Power (of) The Fragile, the Flemish-Tunisian Mohamed Toukabri dances together with his mother Mimouna Latifa Khamessi. We see their relationship mirrored in two moving bodies. What forms can the 'most archetypal of relationships' take?

Human perception as a natural phenomenon

Julidans opens with Larsen C. This new performance by Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos is a meditation on our position as human beings in times of change.

A feast of explosive dance and rousing rhythms from the townships

In A Divine Comedy, the notorious choreographer catapults the Italian poet Dante Alighieri's work of the same name into the present, thus creating heaven and hell in the here and now.

In the colourful performance Encantado, Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues goes in search of rites and customs that we have unfortunately lost sight of.

With Vástádus eana / The answer is land, choreographer Elle Sofe Sara pays tribute to all the people who want to make the world a better place.

In The Power (of) The Fragile, the Flemish-Tunisian Mohamed Toukabri dances together with his mother Mimouna Latifa Khamessi. We see their relationship mirrored in two moving bodies. What forms can the 'most archetypal of relationships' take?

A summer evening. A walk in the park. A dance. 

An ancient Indian dance form translated into a contemporary, highly personal dance language

‘A crazy dance concert where three punk musicians and four loose performers threw a wild party. '

Yasit and Gjoka create a fascinating cocktail of styles and possibilities in Neighbours, an emotional work in which the dancers explore what binds neighbours. And what separates them.

Celebrate the body: Schweigman& and DOX celebrate the female body. In Eros, five women go in search of the power and pleasure of their sensuality. In a contemporary ritual, social taboos are ignored and womanhood is celebrated in all its facets.

Fúria is Portuguese for anger, enthusiasm, passion, inspiration. Such are the emotions that pervade the eponymous performance by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues.

Three black bodies get into a ‘hissy fit’ to drill music: an outburst of ‘black rage’

Hyper-visual dance performance about radical redistribution of our wealth

The personal is political in Manifesto Transpofágico, the solo performance by theatre maker Renata Carvalho.

Ten young African performers and a musician blend artistic artistic expression from the past and present into an unparalleled ode to Nigerian culture.

With Skiagraphia, a spectacular mix of flamenco, contemporary dance, electronic music and an ingenious set of moving sculptures, Siba Sahabi and Andrés Marín prove themselves a match made in heaven.

Portraits of women's bodies, with the vulva in the leading role

In Stations, Louise Lecavalier goes in search of the pure essence of dance. With this new solo, the legendary 'Flame on legs' creates her most personal and delicate performance ever.

A nightmare vision that goes totally berserk. Like a David Lynch film on speed. Dancers who defy gravity. Books, teacups and flower pots lead a life of their own, mysterious creatures creep out of the shadows.

To manipulate or to be manipulated, that is the question in a pulsating choreography full of meanings but with a light touch.

What would the world be like if there had been no colonisation? In D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER, Cherish Menzo and Camilo Mejía Cortés disentangle their bodies from fixed patterns and preconceptions and go in search of a new, futuristic environment: the D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER universe.

The club as a microcosm for contemporary rituals. On the cutting edge of visual art and dance, fourteen performers dive into rave culture in search of new, connecting rituals in REACHING.

A confrontational total experience, on the way to a possible future

A summer evening. A walk in the park. A dance. 

Femke Gyselinck re-examines the relationship between movement and letter images. Letters 2 Dance 'reads' like a love letter to the art of dance and to life itself.

After a few difficult years, choreographer Ann Van den Broek feels, there is a need for air and light. In Joy Enjoy Joy she celebrates life, earthy and dynamic, with costumes in all colours of the rainbow and effervescent dance.

With references to science fiction, classicism and pop culture, the spectator is transported to places that seem to be torn from the conventional space-time continuum.

Shamanism meets voguing meets drag in the multimedia dance performance Yishun is Burning, an ultra-dynamic quest for the rituals of our time.

What does sacrifice mean in today's society?

Dance students of the Academy of Theatre and Dance free themselves from their inner monster in an unparalleled improvisation project

How a sound score is created live with home, garden and kitchen utensils and a bunch of coconuts

A multimedia installation by Susanna Brenner

Breathing as a binding element to create a new living environment

A 24-Decade History of Popular Music is Mac’s subjective history of America since its founding in 1776. This abridged version of the show is a highly immersive and outrageously entertaining crash course in the 240 years (and counting) of the history of American culture and dysfunction.

An incisive, humorous royal drama about fighting for love and your ideals, even in the face of the most extreme consequences.

Theatre thriller: a society spinning out of control
Due to its great success, the thriller The Nation is returning to the theatre. The six-part theatre marathon about a mysterious disappearance was written like a Netflix series for the stage: current, witty and full of nerve-racking cliff hangers.

An incisive, humorous royal drama about fighting for love and your ideals, even in the face of the most extreme consequences.

Three generations of Indonesians and their Dutch partners are still struggling with a tropical trauma that is anything but finished.

On all things Earth is a theatrical concert about how we humans see ourselves in relation to our surroundings.

A great family story about migration, emancipation, love and life

Just like the successful Don Caravaggio and Edward II – The Gay King, De Profundis is a unique translation of a literary masterpiece to the stage, in which important historical homosexual figures play a central role.

Michael Pietsch (peaches&rooster) created unique puppets from stuffed animals that are brought to life by the dancers and actors from the NITE ensemble.

A family get-together shows, as if through a lens, the problems and internal conflicts of Polish society.

With Bruegel, Lisaboa Houbrechts writes a kaleidoscopic portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and the era in which he created Dulle Griet.

A Shakespearean rom com for the whole family, about the pros and cons of being in love

De Bananengeneratie is a mosaic story that forms a portrait of this special community based on stories by various characters. A community that finally gets a face in this performance.

In De jaren, after the successful book by Annie Ernaux, five actresses get together to tell the life of one woman

A smashing performance full of power with acts, songs, performances and a DJ. Also for a straight audience.

A whispered musical about everything complicated in life

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Performance tour through the vertical city

During OFF VENUE dance comes alive in relation to the city. Hop on your bike for a dance route along surprising locations and see Amsterdam in a new way thanks to the performance interventions of adventurous dance makers.

Human perception as a natural phenomenon

Julidans opens with Larsen C. This new performance by Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos is a meditation on our position as human beings in times of change.

In A Divine Comedy, the notorious choreographer catapults the Italian poet Dante Alighieri's work of the same name into the present, thus creating heaven and hell in the here and now.

A feast of explosive dance and rousing rhythms from the townships

Breathing as a binding element to create a new living environment

How a sound score is created live with home, garden and kitchen utensils and a bunch of coconuts

Dance students of the Academy of Theatre and Dance free themselves from their inner monster in an unparalleled improvisation project

What does sacrifice mean in today's society?

With references to science fiction, classicism and pop culture, the spectator is transported to places that seem to be torn from the conventional space-time continuum.

Shamanism meets voguing meets drag in the multimedia dance performance Yishun is Burning, an ultra-dynamic quest for the rituals of our time.

Femke Gyselinck re-examines the relationship between movement and letter images. Letters 2 Dance 'reads' like a love letter to the art of dance and to life itself.

After a few difficult years, choreographer Ann Van den Broek feels, there is a need for air and light. In Joy Enjoy Joy she celebrates life, earthy and dynamic, with costumes in all colours of the rainbow and effervescent dance.

The club as a microcosm for contemporary rituals. On the cutting edge of visual art and dance, fourteen performers dive into rave culture in search of new, connecting rituals in REACHING.

A confrontational total experience, on the way to a possible future

A summer evening. A walk in the park. A dance. 

What would the world be like if there had been no colonisation? In D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER, Cherish Menzo and Camilo Mejía Cortés disentangle their bodies from fixed patterns and preconceptions and go in search of a new, futuristic environment: the D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER universe.

To manipulate or to be manipulated, that is the question in a pulsating choreography full of meanings but with a light touch.

In Stations, Louise Lecavalier goes in search of the pure essence of dance. With this new solo, the legendary 'Flame on legs' creates her most personal and delicate performance ever.

A nightmare vision that goes totally berserk. Like a David Lynch film on speed. Dancers who defy gravity. Books, teacups and flower pots lead a life of their own, mysterious creatures creep out of the shadows.

Portraits of women's bodies, with the vulva in the leading role

With Skiagraphia, a spectacular mix of flamenco, contemporary dance, electronic music and an ingenious set of moving sculptures, Siba Sahabi and Andrés Marín prove themselves a match made in heaven.

Ten young African performers and a musician blend artistic artistic expression from the past and present into an unparalleled ode to Nigerian culture.

Hyper-visual dance performance about radical redistribution of our wealth

The personal is political in Manifesto Transpofágico, the solo performance by theatre maker Renata Carvalho.

Fúria is Portuguese for anger, enthusiasm, passion, inspiration. Such are the emotions that pervade the eponymous performance by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues.

Yasit and Gjoka create a fascinating cocktail of styles and possibilities in Neighbours, an emotional work in which the dancers explore what binds neighbours. And what separates them.

Celebrate the body: Schweigman& and DOX celebrate the female body. In Eros, five women go in search of the power and pleasure of their sensuality. In a contemporary ritual, social taboos are ignored and womanhood is celebrated in all its facets.

An ancient Indian dance form translated into a contemporary, highly personal dance language

With Vástádus eana / The answer is land, choreographer Elle Sofe Sara pays tribute to all the people who want to make the world a better place.

A summer evening. A walk in the park. A dance. 

‘A crazy dance concert where three punk musicians and four loose performers threw a wild party. '

In the colourful performance Encantado, Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues goes in search of rites and customs that we have unfortunately lost sight of.

The interconnected bodies form striking human structures that shift, alter, evolve in synergy with the music.

It shows how dance reveals personalities and draws on interiorities to bring out raw strength and inspiration.

Undulating, rippling, still. Turbulent, or then again contemplative. Water symbolises everything that flows, and that includes our feelings, imagination and emotions. Ride the wave of Aqua, the vibrant new programme from Introdans.

On the occasion of Jiri Kylián’s 75th birthday, we celebrate this inspired maker with an evening of three significant works that speak to his artistic vision over time.

In this evening-length performance, Krisztina de Châtel seeks to express a feeling that is in her view becoming increasingly dominant in today’s society.

A dialogue between the universes of Wim Vandekeybus, Olivier de Sagazan and Charo Calvo.

Het gras hier is groener is a penetrating dance performance about man's urge to live on forever. What does the future hold for those who pursue their desire for eternal life?

Control is a medley of breakdance, physical comedy, live music, film and bizarre humor.

A unique dialogue between a classical and contemporary framework that somehow uncovers her choreographical trajectory.

Circularity, repetition and petal-like patterns allow for transformations to unfold with the music.

In “Decypher” the four dancers all decipher a deeper thought behind their number in their own chapter.

Attuned to the black feminist thinker bell hooks on love and reparation, Primisi dares you to let go of your advertised definitions, power plays, and cynicism of love.

In the dance performance Fortune, Club Guy & Roni, together with the Indian Navdhara India Dance Theatre and Slagwerk Den Haag, look for what makes us happy.

A string quartet situated on stage performs music by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Schubert, while the dancers become the instruments of the quartet, resulting in a rhythmical ensemble.