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Ola Mafaalani
Ola Mafaalani (born 1968) is a Syrian-born theater director. she is the artistic director of the Noord Nederlands Toneel (NNT) in Groningen, in the Netherlands. Mafaalani was born in Syria and moved with her family to Germany at age 2, where lived in Bochum and studied film and television. She continued her studies in theater in Amsterdam, and has lived in the Netherlands since 1992. Her first production, ''Harige Machines'' ("Hairy machines") was performed in Groningen in 1995, at the Grand Theatre (Groningen), Grand Theatre; since then she has worked for the Royal Flemish Theatre, the Kölner Schauspielhaus, and Toneelgroep Amsterdam, before becoming the artistic director at NNT, a position she holds until the end of 2016, when she was succeeded by Guy Weizman. Mafaalani is married to writer and director Ko van den Bosch. Her outspokenness has been the subject of some controversy; when she opened the Dutch Theater Festival in Amsterdam in 2015, her speech was concerned not so m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Mafaalani
Ola Mafaalani (born 1968) is a Syrian-born theater director. she is the artistic director of the Noord Nederlands Toneel (NNT) in Groningen, in the Netherlands. Mafaalani was born in Syria and moved with her family to Germany at age 2, where lived in Bochum and studied film and television. She continued her studies in theater in Amsterdam, and has lived in the Netherlands since 1992. Her first production, ''Harige Machines'' ("Hairy machines") was performed in Groningen in 1995, at the Grand Theatre (Groningen), Grand Theatre; since then she has worked for the Royal Flemish Theatre, the Kölner Schauspielhaus, and Toneelgroep Amsterdam, before becoming the artistic director at NNT, a position she holds until the end of 2016, when she was succeeded by Guy Weizman. Mafaalani is married to writer and director Ko van den Bosch. Her outspokenness has been the subject of some controversy; when she opened the Dutch Theater Festival in Amsterdam in 2015, her speech was concerned not so m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noord Nederlands Toneel
Noord () is a town and region in Aruba (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). This town is known for its low rise and high rise hotels, restaurants, beaches, malls, the California Lighthouse, and other places of attraction. Places of interest in Noord include Alto Vista Chapel, Bubali Bird Sanctuary, California Lighthouse, Palm Beach and Arashi Beach. Tanki Flip The town of Tanki Flip is home to an Amerindian settlement whose remains date from 1000 to 1500. The village contained several ''malocas'' (long houses) with several smaller round houses and a central hut surrounded by an open plaza. The village was fenced off and inhabited by Caquetio people. Cas Tan Tin Cas Tan Tin is a ''cunucu'' (rural) house in Noord. It was built by Mario and Johanna Tromp in the early 20th century. They raised nine children and grew fruits and vegetables at Cas Tan Tin. Nowadays it is located in the suburban sprawl. In 2019, it was bought by the , because it is a traditional house in perfect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of the country; as of December 2021, it had 235,287 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest city/municipality of the Netherlands and the second largest outside the Randstad. Groningen was established more than 950 years ago and gained city rights in 1245. Due to its relatively isolated location from the then successive Dutch centres of power (Utrecht, The Hague, Brussels), Groningen was historically reliant on itself and nearby regions. As a Hanseatic city, it was part of the North German trade network, but later it mainly became a regional market centre. At the height of its power in the 15th century, Groningen could be considered an independent city-state and it remained autonomous until the French era. Today Groningen is a university ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bochum
Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 16th largest city of Germany. On the Ruhr Heights (''Ruhrhöhen'') hill chain, between the rivers Ruhr (river), Ruhr to the south and Emscher to the north (tributaries of the Rhine), it is the second largest city of Westphalia after Dortmund, and the fourth largest city of the Ruhr after Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg. It lies at the centre of the Ruhr, Germany's largest urban area, in the Rhine-Ruhr, Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, and belongs to the Arnsberg (region), region of Arnsberg. Bochum is the sixth largest and one of the southernmost cities in the Low German dialect area. There are nine institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the Ruhr Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the City Region of Amsterdam, urban area and 2,480,394 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now designated a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River that was dammed to control flooding; the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. Originally a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Theatre (Groningen)
Grand Theatre, Grand Theater, Grand Théâtre (French), may refer to: Theatres and cinemas Canada *The Grand Theatre (Kingston, Ontario) * The Grand Theatre (London, Ontario) * Grand Théâtre de Québec United Kingdom *Grand Theatre, Blackpool *Grand Theatre, Clapham *Grand Theatre, Derby, operated between 1886 and 1950 *Grand Theatre, Leeds *Grand Theatre, Lancaster *Grand Theatre, Swansea *Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton United States * The Grand Theatre, a chain of 14 multiplex cinemas in the southern United States operated by Southern Theatres * Grand Theatre (Douglas, Arizona), aka Douglas Grand Theatre, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Warner Grand Theatre, San Pedro, California * Masonic Hall and Grand Theater, Wilmington, Delaware, listed on the NRHP * Grand Theatre (Cartersville, Georgia), designed by Daniell & Beutell * Loew's Grand Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia * Grand Theatre (Wheaton, Illinois), a historic theater * Brown Grand Theatre, Conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Flemish Theatre
The Royal Flemish Theatre ( nl, Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg, abbreviated ''KVS'', french: Théâtre royal flamand) is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium. It is the anchor of the Flemish theatre company in Brussels, which aims to promote professional theatre in the Dutch language in Belgium and abroad. A place is also made for dance, poetry, music and temporary exhibitions. The theatre is located in the Quays Quarter, where the inner port of the City of Brussels was located until the end of the 19th century. Its main facade is located on the /. It is served by the metro stations Yser/IJzer (on lines 2 and 6), De Brouckère (on lines 1, 3, 4 and 5) and Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne (on lines 1 and 5). History Early history From the middle of the 19th century, there was a desire to establish a permanent Flemish theatre company in Brussels. In 1852, the —Brussels' foremost Dutch-language company—was founded. This led the city authorities to reassign the former Brus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toneelgroep Amsterdam
Toneelgroep Amsterdam is the largest repertory company in the Netherlands. Its home base is the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg, a classical 19th century theatre building in the heart of Amsterdam. History The Dutch Company Toneelgroep Amsterdam started in 1987 through a merger of and with Gerardjan Rijnders as its artistic director. His montage-method of creating plays and his avant-garde stagings of classic plays were very influential in the Netherlands, as well as abroad. Since 2000 the company is led by Flemish director Ivo van Hove. He and his long-time designer Jan Versweyveld broke through the confinements of the classical stage to rediscover the stage as a "location." For their production ''Faces'' (an adaptation of John Cassavetes's film) the audience watched the show lying in beds. International Many of Toneelgroep Amsterdam's productions travel abroad. For instance, van Hove's adaptation of several of Shakespeare's plays, presented under the title ''Roman Tragedies'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouw
''Trouw'' (; ) is a Dutch daily newspaper appearing in compact size. It was founded in 1943 as an orthodox Protestant underground newspaper during World War II. Since 2009, it has been owned by DPG Media (known as De Persgroep until 2019). ''Trouw'' received the European Newspaper Award in 2012. Cees van der Laan is the current editor-in-chief. History ''Trouw'' is a Dutch word meaning "fidelity", "loyalty", or "allegiance", and is cognate with the English adjective "true". The name was chosen to reflect allegiance and loyalty to God and Country in spite of the German occupation of the Netherlands. ''Trouw'' was started during World War II by members of the Dutch Protestant resistance. Hundreds of people involved in the production and distribution of the newspaper were arrested and killed during the war. The newspaper was published irregularly during the war due to lack of paper. In 1944 the Nazi occupying forces tried to stop publication by rounding up and imprisoning some 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Weizman
Guy Weizman (born 1973) is an Israel choreographer and director. Together with his partner Roni Haver, he is artistic director of the dance company Club Guy & Roni in Groningen, the Netherlands. Since January 2017 Weizman has been artistic and general director of the Dutch theatre company Noord Nederlands Toneel in Groningen. In 2018 he won the directors award at the Dutch Theater Festival for Salam. In 2018 Weizman's Noord Nederlands Toneel and Club Guy & Roni started the interdisciplinary movement called NITE together with Asko, Schönberg and Slagwerk Den Haag. Dance career Guy Weizman began his career as a dancer with the Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv. In 2002, after dancing with companies in Berlin, Barcelona and Galili Dance in the Netherlands, he started his own international dance company with Roni Haver in Groningen (NL). Club Guy & Roni performs innovative contemporary dance pieces in collaboration with other disciplines such as theatre, literature, film and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagblad Van Het Noorden
The ''Dagblad van het Noorden'' (; en, Daily of the North), abbreviated as ''DvhN'', is a Dutch regional daily newspaper that is published and circulated in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands. The newspaper is owned by Mediahuis. Erik Wijnholds has been editor-in-chief since 2017. It had a circulation of 96,515 copies in 2015. History The ''Dagblad van het Noorden'' is a merger of the ''Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'' (founded in 1888), the ''Groninger Dagblad'' (founded by merger in 1992) and the ''Drentse Courant'' (founded by merger in 1991). Its first edition was published on 2 April 2002. Jan Bonjer, who had been the editor-in-chief of the ''Drentse Courant'', was the first editor-in-chief from 2002 to 2003. Pieter Sijpersma was editor-in-chief from 2004 till 2017, when he was succeeded by Erik Wijnholds.Colofon", ''Dagblad van het Noorden''. Retrieved on 24 September 2014. Circulation The newspaper circulation Print circulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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