Rooted in Culture: UK Sounds influencing House culture
Rooted in Culture is a recurring program during Amsterdam Dance Event that celebrates the cultural, social, and political significance of club culture. The program highlights the dance floor as a space for expression, activism, and connection. Through dance workshops, panel discussions, and jam sessions, participants are invited to explore the deeper layers of this culture. A culture in which BIPOC and queer communities form the foundation of the underground club scene.
Festival Amsterdam Dance Event
Location The Bookshop & Rotonde
Genre Workshop
Your ticket gives you access to the entire event, but you're also welcome to join individual program components separately.
Rooted in Culture celebrates its fifth anniversary
This year, Rooted in Culture celebrates its fifth anniversary. Over the course of five editions, the program has evolved into a platform that highlights a new chapter in the history of house culture each year. This upcoming edition focuses on house music’s journey to Europe and the crucial role the UK played as its first European home. We will celebrate this milestone together with our returning guest Lynnée Denise (writer, cultural critic, and DJ) and an international dancer.
Program
12:30 Doors open
13:00–14:30 Workshop in the Rotonde
15:00–16:30 Talk in The Bookshop
16:30–19:00 Dancefloor session in The Bookshop
For bookworms and curious listeners aged 6 and over, we’re presenting a special edition of The Bookshop Kids this Pride! For this edition, we’re transforming our soft pink Bookshop into a space filled with children’s stories where the imagination can run wild.
For bookworms and eager listeners aged 6 and up, we present The Bookshop Kids! Every first Sunday of the month, we transform our soft‑pink Bookshop into a place full of children’s stories where imagination has all the space it needs.
