The Power of Culture

The fate of 2,500 people who went missing during the war in Kosovo is still unknown. In Pristina, the Center for Children’s Theatre Development is collaborating with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo’s Office on Missing Persons and Forensics on a theatrical project known as Voices.

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"It’s challenging and stimulating but also very complex. We are four composers and over the next few days will discuss who is going to compose what." Tunde Jegede is a cellist, kora player and composer. He is of Nigerian stock and lives in London, where he pursues musical projects that span African and European cultures. Jegede is a member of the artistic team that is busy creating the Sahel Opera, the ambitious project conceived by Prince Claus as a top-notch showcase for the presentation of African talent to European audiences.

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He is a choreographer and benefactor but also a sort of magician. His name is Ivaldo Bertazzo, and for decades now he’s been travelling all over the world to put on dance projects with underprivileged young people.

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The Vredeseilanden organisation was looking for someone to put on a theatrical production in Costa Rica about fair trade. In the end they chose me. I held auditions in Costa Rica and picked some members of the Theater Magos del Tiempo group. Together, we have created the Corazón de Café production.'

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On the occasion of the tenth birthday of the Hivos Culture Fund, the Lunatics from the Netherlands will work together with the Indonesian theatrical group Payung Hitam to perform Black Moon. Lunatics director Koos Hogeweg talks about the creative process in Bandung.

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To mark the 10 th anniversary of the setting-up of the Hivos Culture Fund, the Indonesian theatre company Payung Hitam is coming to the Netherlands in June to put on a production with the Dutch Lunatics that was produced up in Indonesia in May. Artistic director Rachman Sabur was in the Netherlands for a few days to prepare the production.

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