Program – Cultura Nova

Listed below are all performances where Dutch is not spoken. For the full program, see the Dutch program page.

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Cultura Nova opening show: TAWA

Gratte Ciel (FR)

Fri 25 Aug 20:00 en Sat 26 Aug 20:00

We experience that which connects us, that which makes us our own, when we come together. TAWA immerses Heerlen in a spectacular explosion of color during the festive opening of Cultura Nova. In celebration of a cultural ritual that is intertwined with the city after so many years. TAWA is a wonderful mix of live…

2023, Dutch premiere, Language no problem

The Sirens’ Song

Mécanique Vivante (FR)

Fri 25 Aug 21:00 en Sat 26 Aug 21:00

After the festival opening by Gratte Ciel, the French theater company Mécanique Vivante will take you on a musical parade through the city. Especially for Cultura Nova and for the Municipality of Heerlen, the composer of Mécanique Vivante is creating The Sirens’ Song, a special composition for the seven-piece polyphonic orchestra of musical sirens, sung…

2023, Collaborations, Language no problem

ROMPERAYO (co)

Spiegeltent Concerts

Fri 25 Aug 22:30

Fascinating electronic-psychedelic cumbia from Colombia Romperayo is part of the new Colombian music scene that is fascinatingly reinterpreting its roots in a humorous blend of traditional rhythms and modern electronica. The band sounds like a fast-moving musical journey through Colombian folklore. A mischievous interpretation of the psychedelic sounds of 70s cumbia* and other tropical rhythms. Expect…

The (Uncertain) Four Seasons

Philzuid

Sat 26 Aug 20:30 en Sun 27 Aug 15:00

What will our world sound like in 2050? Based on data from the International Climate Panel IPCC, The (Uncertain) Four Seasons translates Vivaldi’s 300-year-old masterpiece the Four Seasons into the state of our planet in 2050 via a computer model. Its storms sound more ominous, bird calls hushed. With The (Uncertain) Four Seasons, an elusive…

2023, Collaborations

Yé!

Circus Baobab (gin)

3 voorstellingen van Sat 26 Aug t/m Mon 28 Aug

The great finalists of La France a un incroyable talent 2022! Acrobatics, pyramids, hip-hop: with their bodies as their only accessories, the thirteen young acrobats of Circus Baobab – a social circus from Guinea – have conquered all of France with Yé! A high-flying acrobatic performance with no safety net, which takes its title from…

2023, Dutch premiere, Language no problem

Precious Bloom

Spiegeltent Concerts

Sat 26 Aug 22:30

Nostalgia and experimental bliss in a mix of Asian city pop, new beat basslines and Indonesian disco. Precious Bloom is the duo formed last year by Aradea Barandana and Adinda Dwimadasari. Barandana is a producer pioneering dance music inspired by obscure Asian film soundtracks. Dwimadasari is a singer-songwriter from Jakarta who dreams of recreating the…

Grondslag

20Hertz (NL)

Sun 27 Aug 15:00 en Mon 28 Aug 20:00

Back to basics, that is the concept of choreographer Sharon Wesseling’s performance Grondslag. Searching for the origins of the subjects that inspire her, Sharon arrived at her Heerlen roots, the mining past of South Limburg and the urban dance styles she learned at a young age. Everyone has moments in life that greatly influence your…

2023, Collaborations, Dance, Premiere

Entoto Band (et) + Joep Pelt

Spiegeltent Concerts

Sun 27 Aug 21:30

‘Ethiojazz’ they call the music that emerged in the last decade of Haile Selassie’s reign; a quirky Ethiopian interpretation of funk, soul, jazz and rock & roll. The vinyl that circulated in the hip nightlife of Addis Ababa was reissued decades later under the title “Ethiopiques. After that, the rest of the world also embraced…

The Siren Orchestra

Mécanique Vivante (FR)

Mon 28 Aug 21:00

Mécanique Vivante continues to Voerendaal. In The Siren Orchestra on Parade, this French Theater Company takes you on a surprising, musical parade through the village. Along the route is a focus on the sirénium, a unique instrument that leads the Sirens. Franz Clochard, the man behind the self-made locomotives featured in the parade, has dramatically…

2023, Language no problem

sor

Spiegeltent Concerts

Mon 28 Aug 21:30

A mix of hip-hop and classical that you can hear and feel sor, stage name of Rosario Mussendijk is a Dutch rapper and producer. He is one of the creative brains behind the hip-hop collective Black Acid. In 2018, sor suddenly experienced hearing loss, which forced him to work even more creatively. He took up…

Babs

Spiegeltent Concerts

Tue 29 Aug 22:00

A rapper with a mission. Babs cannot be pigeonholed. This 3voor12 talent of the Popronde 2022 likes to kick against stereotypes around gender and sexuality. As a female producer and rapper, she tries to playfully counteract a male-dominated scene. Her music is a combination of fast-paced dance drums, melodic rap and funky, rhythmic chords…

Lost Dog (6+)

Cal Y Canto Teatro (esp)

3 voorstellingen van Wed 30 Aug t/m Thu 31 Aug

Exciting street art, puppet and object theater about the life of a street dog. Lost Dog takes you to a new place, somewhere on the street. In a poetic theater, whose curtain does not rise further than strictly necessary, you enter the world of a street dog. For Lost Dog has no owner. You see…

2023, Dutch premiere, Family show, Language no problem, Youth program

ECHT!

Spiegeltent Concerts

Wed 30 Aug 21:30

An explosive mix of electro, hip-hop, trap, futuristic jazz and fat funk Brussels-based innovative electrojazz quartetCHT! is known for its explosive live shows, which resemble the build-up of a DJ set: the beats seamlessly blend into a unique collage of sound, both acoustic and electric, in which one climax follows another. Their music is self-proclaimed…

Animal – Dance With The Living (7+)

Théâtre Du Centaure (FR)

3 voorstellingen van Thu 31 Aug t/m Sat 2 Sep

Animal – Dance with the living by Théâtre du Centaure is the meeting of two worlds: Kaori Ito’s choreographic universe and Manolo’s quest to become a Centaur. An extraordinary fusion of dancers, musicians and four powerful, mysterious, quirky black horses. Since childhood, Manolo, founder of the Marseille-based Théâtre du Centaure, has had the dream of…

2023, Collaborations, Dutch premiere, Language no problem

Great Apes of the West Coast

Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura, NTGent in co-production with Likeminds and VIA ZUID

Thu 31 Aug 20:30

Performer Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura (25) tells the story of her journey from her native Sierra Leone to the Netherlands in a love letter to her family, her roots, her people. Great Apes of the West Coast is a visual, musical and lyrical solo performance about starting over, rediscovering and remembering. Using theater as a…

2023, Dutch premiere

Pitou

Spiegeltent Concerts

Thu 31 Aug 21:30

Bloody beautiful vocal storytelling; ‘goosebumps guaranteed’ (3voor 12) “Pitou brings controlled and heartfelt pop in which you can hear folk as well as classical,” the Volkskrant headlined above a ★★★★ review of Pitou’s long-awaited debut album Big Tear earlier this year. The combination of pop, folk and chamber music does not come out of the…

ROUGE!

Gratte Ciel (FR)

Thu 31 Aug 21:30 en Sat 2 Sep 21:30

This year there are once again spectacular performances to be seen throughout Parkstad. For example, in Kerkrade and Brunssum we welcome the Dutch premiere of ROUGE! ROUGE is a visual and monumental music box. A scarlet carousel blown on by a dizzying circus whirlwind. ROUGE is a call to celebrate life together. Red is the…

2023, Dutch premiere, Language no problem

Knitting Peace

Cirkus Cirkör (swe)

3 voorstellingen van Fri 1 Sep t/m Sun 3 Sep

Welcome to the utopian world woven by Sweden’s Cirkus Cirkör, between fantasy and visual poetry. The poetic contemporary circus company Cirkus Cirkör returns to Heerlen with their groundbreaking performance Knitting Peace. A spectacle of dance, music and acrobatics – both on the ground and high above the stage – in a world of threads, yarn,…

2023, Language no problem

MEUTE (DE)

MEUTE (DE)

Fri 1 Sep 20:30

“So who says Germans don’t have the funk????” – Âme The bass vibrates, confetti shimmers and red uniforms pop in flashing strobe lights. With its explosive mix of hypnotic driving techno and expressive brass band music, Hamburg’s eleven-piece marching band MEUTE treats Cultura Nova to an evening of acoustic raving. What was born as an…

2023, Collaborations, Music

Joost van Bellen and St. Paul

Spiegeltent Concerts

Fri 1 Sep 22:00

LOVE IS ALL A multidisciplinary gender-blend dance floor happening under the inspiring leadership of two turntables. Tonight you can have a blast on the dance floor. Together with a video artist and a group of performers, DJs Joost van Bellen and St. Paul are pulling out all the stops to fuse the Spiegeltent into one…

Luna Morgenstern

Spiegeltent Concerts

Sat 2 Sep 22:15

Hyper electro-pop with dance anthems Amsterdam-based Luna Morgenstern (with roots in Cologne) is self-taught, bedroom producer, songwriter and artist all in one. She makes alternative electro-pop with powerful melodies and delicate vocals, in which personal stories resonate on the dance floor. Her productions are inspired by EDM giants such as Kaskade, Da Hool and Gigi…

Annelie

Spiegeltent Concerts

Sun 3 Sep 12:00

Minimalist music to dream away to Songs are generally a mix of sound, voice, melody and rhythm, working in harmony to tell a story or evoke a feeling. Dutch neo classical pianist Annelie explores this mix in her solo work within the confines of one instrument: the piano. It allows her to deliver her…