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Artistic director Haya Maëla is currently working with Dansgroep Haarlem on a special project with the working title Wild. To this end, she enters into an intensive collaboration with professional choreographer Patricia van Deutekom of LAVA Collective, following her previous performance La Despedida. This results in a co-production that will be performed in the Schuur on April 14, in a double bill with a duet by Patricia with two of her own dancers. This is a 'helix' at its finest. Keep an eye out for further messages on the website and on Facebook!

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DanshuisnHaarlem will hold its annual benefit week from Friday, March 22 to Thursday, March 28. All classes at the Dance House are open to the public who can make a donation to a charity chosen by the dancers, Unicef. Everyone come and have a look!

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The Eigen Werk performance is called by many the best performance of the season. For this 32nd edition, the dancers all create the dances themselves. Be surprised by a lot of creativity and fun!

Date: Sunday 11 February 2024
Time: 19:30
Location: Theater De Luifel, Herenweg 96, 2101 MP Heemstede

Our youngest students dance the story of the Snowman during the annual winter presentation. Heart-warming and very cozy!

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Project Week takes place in the week of November 20 to 26. During that week we completely change the schedule for teenagers and adults and offer styles that we normally do not teach within the Dance House, such as Latin Jazz, Flamenco, Classical and Modern repertoire, African dance and Salsa.

Date: 20 - 26 November 2023
Location: Danshuis Haarlem

On November 17, our dancers from the production groups and the preliminary training will present a surprising performance at various locations in the building. Be surprised!
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Date: Friday November 17 2023
Time: 20.30 uur
Location: Danshuis Haarlem

Inspired by the story of 'Philemon and Baucis' by the Roman poet Ovidius, 9 dancers from the Dans Vooropleiding (14-16 years) of Danshuis Haarlem wondered about their hospitality. And with this dance performance they also want to ask the same question to their audience.
What does hospitality mean to you?

Date: Sunday, September 24, 2023
Time: 5:00 PM and 8:15 PM
Location: Theater De Luifel, Herenweg 96, 2101 MP Heemstede

The Municipality of Haarlem has given a positive advice for the project plans of artistic director Haya Maëla. i.c.v. With this Program subsidy Cultuurplan 2022-2024 (for culture makers), the Dance Act Foundation will receive a substantial amount for Maëla over the next 2.5 years.

This means that the projects of Dansgroep Haarlem and DansVooropleiding Haarlem can be realized!

Maëla: “I feel honored and appreciated. After years of smaller project subsidies, with this support I can deliver even more quality and we can further professionalize our organization. We had to write the application in a short time and together with Anet Cronheim of the board and Jolanda Keurentjes, fundraiser, we managed to describe a nice plan. In the coming years I will work with great enthusiasm to realize wonderful projects!”

The first project will be IBU (Indonesian for 'mother'), after Maëla created AYAH (Indonesian for 'father') 5 years ago.

Part 1 of that project will premiere at the end of November 2022.