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Stichting De Stilte, or abbreviated De Stilte, is a Dutch dance company based in
Breda Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...
focused on
modern dance Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which included dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th ...
in combination with performing for children, but also for an adult audience. De Stilte organizes performances as well as educational activities such as workshops, introductions and lessons. They run over 500 productions a year and is part of the basic infrastructure of the Dutch Ministry of Culture, Education and Science and receives a guaranteed structural funding for that. The organisation has two studios, one of it is a fully equipped theatre where they do public performances. Every two years the International Stiltefestival takes place in and around Breda. The organisation tours regularly worldwide, besides their activities in the Netherlands. In 2015 De Stilte was no.82 in the Dutch Cultuur Top 100 of
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Official website of De Stilte
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