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Welcome to the United States of America Dutch Performing Arts blog by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Our website features the very best in Dutch dance, film, literature, music and theater that can be found throughout the U.S. Please visit frequently for the latest Dutch performing arts events going on around the country.
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 Photo: Julie Lemberger, dancers l to r: Petra van Noort, Jeffrey Duval, Kevin Ho
Thursday, May 30, 2013 through June 2, 2013
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Brooklyn NY
Dancer PETRA VAN NOORT a native of The Netherlands, is performing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Tiffany Mills Dance Company. Petra,who is living in NYC, studied at Dansacademie Brabant and Rotterdam Dance Academy. She first came to New York with a VSB grant. In the Netherlands she danced amongst others with Wies Merkx and Herman van Veen. » Read more «
May 21st, 2013 by Gabri
 Black Out, Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Sunday June 2, 2013 at 5:00PM
Monday June 3, 2013 at 8.00 PM
Windmill Studios– Brooklyn, NY
During the Brooklyn Film Festival the Dutch movie Black Out of director Arne Toonen will be screened. The theme of this year’s competitive festival is Magnetic and will run from May 31 through June 9 in Williamsburg at indieScreen and at Windmill Studios NYC. The festival will present over 100 films from 24 different countries.
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May 21st, 2013 by CGNY
 Plural Bodies, Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Saturday June 1, 2013 at 7:30PM
CPR – Brooklyn, NY
Dutch dancer and choreographer Marlieke Burghouts is currently studying in New York at Dance New Amsterdam. She will start her Masters in Choreography at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, UK this fall. Before leaving New York, she presents Plural Bodies with guest choreographer Kate Ladenheim at the Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn.
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May 18th, 2013 by Erwin
 Promised Paradise. Courtesy: The Cinema Guild.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Union Docs, Brooklyn, NY
Renowned Dutch filmmaker and cinematographer Leonard Retel Helmrich is the first two-time winner of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) as well as the winner of Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize, amongst many other awards. He will join Union Docs on Saturday to present his controversial 2006 documentary Promised Paradise, which asks the following questions: How can one believe that terrorism leads to heaven? Banned by the Indonesian government, this provocative documentary examines the psychology of extremism in a country with the largest Muslim population in the world. » Read more «
May 17th, 2013 by Gabri

- Micha Wertheim. Photo: courtesy of the artist.
Thursday May 30, 2013 at 8:00PM and afterparty at 9:30PM
The Netherland Club of New York – New York, NY
At the end of May Dutch stand-up comedian Micha Wertheim will return to New York to perform at The Netherland Club of New York.
After finishing his MA in Cultural Sciences Micha Wertheim moved to Amsterdam and started working as a freelance radio producer, writer and comedian. He became a member of the Amsterdam based Dutch comedy collective Comedytrain in 1998. Playing regularly in Amsterdam comedy theatre Toomler he developed rapidly, and soon after won first price in the prestigious ‘’Leids Cabaret Festival’’ (Comedy Festival in the Dutch town of Leiden). This award resulted in his first one man show in 2005 that was received well and, like al his following shows was broadcasted on Dutch National television. Off stage Wertheim writes a weekly satire for Vrij Nederland magazine.
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May 15th, 2013 by CGNY
 Ruben Naeff, Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Saturday May 11, 2013 at 8:00PM
LaSalle Pianos – San Francisco, CA
Dutch Composer Ruben Naeff Wins New Music Competition. Wild Rumpus New Music Collective performs his Euphoria in San Francisco’s LaSalle Pianos.
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May 9th, 2013 by Erwin
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 6:00PM
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Jimmy’s Rooftop Bar, James Hotel, New York, NY
After the book launch had to be cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy, author Alexis Wilson will finally be able to present her book to a New York audience. The event will have appearances by Arthur Mitchell, Maurice Hines, Tamara Tunie, Michael McElroy and Byron Stripling for music, words, song. Proceeds will go Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. » Read more «
May 8th, 2013 by Gabri

Friday May 3, 2013
Pacha – New York, NY
After recent collaborations with Afrojack and Avicii now’s the time to see Shermanology live in New York!
May 1st, 2013 by CGNY

Monday May 13, 2013 till Friday May 24, 2013
Chicago IL, Des Moines IO, Memphis TN
The Dutch Kids Drum Ensemble Drums United is back in the USA after a succesful tour last year, that started during the Distinctively Dutch Festival in Pittsburgh. This time, the ensemble under the direction of Lucas van Merwijk, is in Memphis, Chicago and Des Moines Iowa. The Amsterdam based group brings a colorful all drum show, specifically geared towards kids. » Read more «
April 30th, 2013 by Gabri
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