We invite you to join our three day laboratory at the beach, where we explore how poetry and creativity can enrich the current political dialogue. We will explore issues like chaos or control, intimacy or isolation, territory thinking or public space. We use the open source principle in the programming of these days – everyone can participate and contribute with dance, theater, science, visual arts, land art, stand up comedy, poetry, fashion, staged rituals, etc. We are open to other suggestions.

The time has come for artists to get themselves involved in the social debate concerning the various ‘Dutch Identities’ that dominates the current political arena; a concept that creates a great deal of agitation, perpetuating negative forces of difference and enmity. From October 2010 on, choreographer Robert Steijn openly invited various artists to collectively develop a platform for ideas that can intervene and rectify this one dimensional political debate.

Inspire and be inspired, in an informal and sharp-minded atmosphere,
with sun or rain, with food and drinks. ‘Be the change you want to see’ (Ghandi).

For more information, to join, contribute or just drop by:
www.danslab.nl /Facebook en LinkedIn (Kunst in plaats van Propaganda)
‘Kunst in plaats van Propaganda’ is an initative of Petra Ardai, Marcel Bogers, Jette Schneider, Robert Steijn en made possible by grants of Fonds 1818, SNS REAAL Fonds en de Gemeente Den Haag, VSB Fonds. Special thanks to Strandpaviljoen Zuid, Goran Turnsek and Eline Tan.

robert is happy to show his duet with Maria Hassabi in vienna, at eleven o’clock at night, in the casino.

dear taro- readers: robert start to develop a technique to dance every day a tarot card, can we get the subconscious moving through our body, and will it be fun? never fix you on one card, always move through it. the workshop will be in the week of , 1-5 of august, see also : http://www.impulstanz.com/workshops11/wid157/en/

after his collaboration with Olga Duchovnaya in Vienna, he will now collaborate with Philipp Grigorian. their performance will be at 29 and 28 of july.

For the second time the performance Robert & Maria, made by Maria Hassabi and Robert, will be seen in Europe, this time in Tanz im August. the 17th at 21h and 18th of august, at 21h30.

in trafo tonight the symptoms will again present propaganda, a ritual to reflect on the difficult political situation of being surrounded by slogans of populist politicians. http://www.trafo.hu/

robert will dance his deer dance as a contribution at the end of an evening with Nicole Beutlers new piece, called 3: the garden. After her performance , there will be an aftertalk with nicole and robert, moderated by the philosopher Hans Kennepohl.

the evening is in Theatre Frascati, Amsterdam and begins with films and don’t miss the show of guilherme garrido and pieter ampe.

During the Belluard festival united sorry will roam the streets together with operasinger Erik Leidal and the musician Martin Siewert to make songs of encouragement. It will end with a concert.

frans will make a solo for the cellar in the konzerthaus of brut, he struggles with left overs in the basement like forgotten stories,unsolved memories, phrases of popmusic, a lot of stored stuff you can’t get rid of…. and he struggles with the fact that he has to split his time to make a performance with being a father.

Robert will make a duet with the Viennese choreographer Georg Blaschke, in Wuk, it will be a combination of text and movement, of violence and tenderness, of a body talking, a body listening, a protected body, an open body.