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January 2013 Holland Focus e-newsletter As with the magazine and our website, information is written in a combination of English and Nederlands and w
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As with the magazine and our website, information is written in a combination of English and Nederlands and will keep you up to date with community news and events in Australia, New Zealand and of course, The Netherlands.
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BLAZE The International Dance Sensation
Following a successful premiere in London’s West End and sold out tours in the Netherlands and the UK, BLAZE is getting ready to rock Melbourne!
From award-winning West End director and choreographer Anthony van Laast (Mamma Mia!, Sister Act, Batman Live), and now starring Melbourne’s own Sid Mathur from So You Think You Can Dance, BLAZE is high-octane, non-stop streetdance featuring 12 of the best streetdancers and breakers in the world and choreography from the world reknowned Kendra Horsburgh, Lyle Beniga, Mike Song, Chris Baldock and Kenny Wormald.
With mind-blowing digital set designs by Es Devlin (designer for Kanye West, Mika, Take That, Pet Shop Boys and the Lady Gaga Monster Ball tour), BLAZE is Melbourne’s hottest dance party of summer. And you’re invited.
Arts Centre Melbourne
Date and Time: 23 – 26 January, 8pm; 25 – 27 January, 3pm
Tickets: From $ 42 |
On February 4, 2013 the travelling exhibition ‘Anne Frank, A history for today’, will be officially opened in the Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre in Elsternwick, Melbourne. It is a message to the young people of today, written by a 15 year old Jewish girl that has become a worldwide symbol for the millions of Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The exhibition will be held till April 28, 2013 and then travel around major cities and regional towns throughout Australia in this and the coming years.
To prevent that the family will be taken captive by the Nazis, Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in an inconspicuous canal house on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, on 6 July 1942. Their hiding place, of which the entrance is hidden behind a bookcase, is known worldwide as ‘The Secret Annex’. On her thirteenth birthday Anne Frank receives a diary, in which she meticulously writes what is happening around her and what she and her family have to endure. In August 1944 the hiding place of the Frank family and their friends was betrayed by an unknown person. They were separated from each other and sent to different concentration camps. Anne dies, aged 15 years, in Bergen-Belsen. Only her father survives the war. He decides that his daughter’s diary should be shared with the rest of the world.
The exhibition
Quotations from Anne Frank’s diary and photos of her family form a thread throughout the exhibition. To emphasise the chronological order of events, almost every panel contains a time line. Below the time line is the personal story of Anne Frank and above the time line the visitor is confronted with the ‘big historical events’ of that time.
Message
The worldwide tour is coordinated by the Anne Frank House and is directed at young people from 11 to 18 years old. “The diary of Anne Frank is a book with a strong message which is still relevant for all young people throughout the world: ‘learn to live together with other communities and respect each other’s culture and habits.’ And that is what we want to explain in this exhibition,” according to Ronald Leopold, general director of the Anne Frank Foundation. “We want to pass on the message to the younger generation. Therefore supplementary material such as a catalogue, a DVD and instructions for guides and schools will be part of the exhibition.” The Anne Frank Exhibition travelled through New Zealand from 2010 till 2012 and was a huge success. The expectations for Australia are very high too.
For more information and Travelling dates / Places, go to the Anna Frank website |
MISSING PERSON
Mr. Jan Cornelis Toeter, born in Amsterdam on July 21st, 1941, left with his parents for Lara Lake (Australia) on December 8th, 1958. If you have any information about Mr Toeter, please contact Mr. G. Lindeyer, notary public by email on: info@notariaatbeilen.nl or by write to: Notariaat Midden-Drenthe Beilen, Postbus 94, 9410 AB Beilen. Tel +31 593-522452, Fax +31 593-525143 |
Op zoek naar mijn vader
Ik weet weinig over mijn echte vader het enige dat ik weet is dat hij in 1961?? naar Australië is geëmigreerd, met zijn vrouw. Ik denk vanuit de gemeente Ede, omdat ik daar geboren ben.
Mijn echte moeder wil mij de naam niet geven van mijn echte vader en hij kan mij nooit opsporen, want mijn echte moeder heeft mij 2 dagen na mijn geboorte ter adoptie afgestaan, wat hij niet weet. Hij weet dat ik ben geboren en denkt dat ik bij mijn moeder ben opgegroeid. Mijn vader heeft nog contact vanuit Australië gehad met mijn moeder in Nederland (1 of 2 jaar) en wilde graag veel informatie over mij en graag foto’s. Toen ze hem die niet kon geven, omdat ze niet eerlijk had verteld dat ik door de kinderbescherming bij haar ben weggehaald, heeft mijn moeder het schriftelijke contact met hem stopgezet en nooit meer zijn brieven beantwoord.
Ik ben echt wanhopig! Ik heb pleegouders gehad die allang niet meer leven. Ik heb kleine kinderen en hoop dat er ooit nog een kans bestaat dat ik mijn vader en mijn familie hun opa kan ontmoeten??
De naam van mijn moeder is Hendrika Mijnten haar roepnaam weet ik niet.
Ze was getrouwd met Rik Meijboom en is 1 maand voor mijn geboorte van hem gescheiden. Ze heeft gewoond op Nijverheidsplein 5 in Ede.
Wilma van de Craats
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Important news regarding regaining and loosing the Dutch nationality as of 1 April 2013
Are you a former Dutch national who voluntarily obtained citizenship of another country prior to 1 April 2003?
Do you hold besides the Dutch nationality another country's citizenship?
Were you born before 1985 out of a Dutch mother and a non-Dutch father?
Are you thinking of taking on the Australian or New Zealand citizenship in the near future?
If you respond 'yes' to any of the questions above, we recommend you to contact your nearest Dutch Embassy or Consulate BEFORE 29 MARCH 2013 to obtain more information about your particular circumstances.
Contact details can be found on Netherlands Mission Australia OR Netherlands Embassy New Zealand |
Nieuwe wettelijke regels voor kinderen en alcoholgebruik
Voor jongeren is (te veel) alcohol extra schadelijk. De overheid wil daarom drankgebruik onder jongeren terugdringen. Het nieuwe kabinet gaat drinkende jongeren strenger aanpakken. Jongeren onder de 16 jaar zijn vanaf 1 januari 2013 strafbaar als ze alcohol in bezit hebben.
In Onze Kinderen en Alcohol van Kinderarts Nico van der Lely en kinderpsycholoog Mireille de Visser, oprichters van de eerste Nederlandse polikliniek voor Jeugd en Alcohol (de alcoholpoli), vertellen de auteurs onomwonden en in heldere taal wat er kan gebeuren met het zich ontwikkelende brein van een puber die alcohol drinkt en wat in het algemeen de lichamelijke en geestelijke gevolgen zijn van drinken op jonge leeftijd. |
AGED CARE STRATEGY FOR CULTURALLY & LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE AUSTRALIANS
The Gillard Government has launched the National Ageing and Aged Care Strategy for People from CALD backgrounds which will help inform the delivery of Living Longer Living Better – the Government’s $3.7 billion aged care reform package.
The Hon MARK BUTLER MP, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Minister for Social Inclusion and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform, said the growing number of older people from CALD backgrounds have specific needs that must be addressed.
“Around 20 per cent of people aged over 65 years were born outside Australia and by 2021 that number will rise to 30 per cent. Older people from CALD backgrounds often have different cultural, linguistic and spiritual needs which can affect the type of care and services they want and need. In many cases, the onset of dementia causes older people from CALD backgrounds to lose their English language skills and revert to their first language. Clearly that is a unique challenge for the person affected, for families and for the aged care provider. The Strategy is designed to inform the way Government supports the aged care sector to deliver the care and services appropriate and sensitive to the needs of older people from CALD backgrounds.”
More information on the Strategy is available on webpage Living Longer Living Better |
Echoes from the Past
This exhibition portrays the challenges which the Dutch migrants encountered when leaving their motherland to re-settle in Australia. Echoes from the Past will be on exhibit at the Fairfield Regional Museum, 634 The Horsley Drive, Smithfield NSW 2164, from 2 February 2013 until the end of that month. |
NEXT ERASMUS EVENT
Presentation by the new Dutch Ambassador to Australia H.E. Mrs Annemieke Ruigrok.
"The Dutch mission in Australia and reflections on my recent posting in Indonesia"
When: Sunday 3 February, 5:00 for 5:30 pm:
Where: Abel Tasman Club, 60 Rosstown Road, Carnegie
Entry: free
Catering: Various Dutch snacks, such as kroketten, paling, soup etc, and drinks at club prices. There will be time to enjoy the Dutch food after the talk.
RSVP (for catering purposes): By Wed 30 January with our Booking form or by email: mail@erasmus.org.au or phone: 03 9807 3170 |
Adelaide Festival is one of the world’s great arts events. For more than 50 years the festival’s audiences have delighted in an outstanding mix of internationally acclaimed theatre productions, operatic performances to die for, an eclectic array of world-class musicians, breathtaking dance pieces, renowned writers and striking visual arts displays. Enjoyed amid warm March days and starry nights, Adelaide Festival’s celebration of creative excellence makes for an event of truly epic proportions.
Go to their website for a complete program download,
A selection from this year's contributions from the Netherlands and Belgium are: |
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KAMP
Kamp is a theatrical portrait, by Rotterdam based theatre group Hotel Modern, based on a day of life and death in Auschwitz-Birkenau. An enormous scale model based on Auschwitz-Birkenau fills the stage. Overcrowded barracks, a railway track, a gateway bearing the words Arbeit Macht Frei.
Thousands of three-inch-high puppets, represent prisoners and executioners re-enacting everyday existence in the notorious concentration camp.
Not a word is spoken, the audience only watch as actors move through the camp like giant war reporters, manipulating the figures and filming with miniature cameras; the footage is projected on a screen at the back of the stage. Film and scale models play an important role in Kamp, allowing the world to be viewed from a macro perspective.
Hotel Modern blend visual art, puppetry, music, film and performance to create expressive theatre productions. Their work has won various prizes, including the Swiss Prix de Coppet for outstanding European artists.
Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Tue 12 Mar – Sat 16 Mar 8.30pm and Sun 17 Mar 5.30pm
60 minutes (plus 30 minute post-show Q&A session)
Tickets: $30 - $59
Box Office: adelaidefestival.com.au or BASS 131 246 |
 What The Body Does Not Remember |
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What the Body Does Not Remember
In an Australian exclusive over 25 years after What the Body Does Not Remember launched the career of Wim Vandekeybus and his ground-breaking company Ultima Vez, the seminal production makes its Australian debut in a thrilling remake at Adelaide Festival.
With music composed by Thierry De Mey and Peter Vermeersch, What the Body Does Not Remember defined a new style of dance based on strength, speed and risk. Involving choreography that requires precise technique and timing, the show focuses on the moment before an accident occurs, the tiny fraction of time where decisions are made for you and instinct controls your movement.
The Production has a tempestuous energy: dancers launch themselves into the air and intercept each other's falls. Bricks are thrown above heads. Every gesture is tightly controlled by precise timing as the performers surrender to their instincts.
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
Thu 7 Mar 7.30pm; Fri 8 Mar – Sat 9 Mar 8.30pm; Sun 10 Mar 7pm
65 minutes (no interval)
Tickets: $30 to $69
Box Office: adelaidefestival.com.au or BASS 131 246 |
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Trilogy: The Smile Off Your Face / Internal /A Game of You
Belgian theatre makers Ontroerend Goed bring a trilogy of shows that explore the line between the performer and the audience allowing people to experience one-to-one theatre.
A Game of You and Internal will be Australian premieres and The Smile Off Your Face completes the trilogy. This is only the second time the three productions have been presented together, allowing festival-goers the opportunity to see all three works at the same festival.
Wheelchair bound and blindfolded, the audience who experience The Smile Off Your Face are taken on a surreal, individual journey which heightens their perceptions as they surrender control. The result is an intense and exhilarating encounter where performance art blends with theatre in a strange world of sensory delight.
Internal, the second show and sequel to Smile, explores speed-dating and group therapy. Drinks are offered, mandolins play in the background and eyes meet as the conversation goes deeper in an attempt to answer the question – can you build a meaningful relationship with a stranger in 25 minutes?
Completing the trilogy, A Game of You is a play about you. No two people will have the same experience as it is a journey of self-reflection. Seven strangers crave to spend time with you, they want to know you better than they know themselves, they want to find out what makes you tick. Their sole purpose is to help you find out who you might be.
Ontroerend Goed are a theatre performance group that create intimate, individual performances as well as large-scale theatre productions. They explore the boundaries and codes of performing art challenging the norms of theatre with the aim of reaching a wider audience.
All three shows will be staged in State Theatre Company of South Australia’s Rehearsal Room (enter via Dunstan Playhouse foyer), Adelaide Festival Centre
The Smile Off Your Face
Shows commence every 30 minutes during the periods shown below
Thu 28 Feb – Mon 4 Mar 2pm – 4.30pm and 8.30pm – 11pm
Internal
Shows commence every 30 minutes during the periods shown below
Wed 6 Mar – Sun 10 Mar 2pm – 4.30pm and 8.30pm – 11pm
A Game of You
Shows commence every 30 minutes during the periods shown below
Tue 12 Mar – Sun 17 Mar 2pm – 4.30pm and 8.30pm – 11pm
Tickets: All shows $29 LIMITED CAPACITY
Box Office: adelaidefestival.com.au or BASS 131 246 |
The list of Dutch Playgroups, Clubs and Businesses was getting too long for publication in our e-newsletter. We decided to create a special webpage. Go to Playgroups, Clubs, Businesses and search for a listing in your area about playgroups, social clubs, Dutch language schools, aged care, news and entertainment, etc.
If you would like your contact / website included, please send your details to editor@hollandfocus.com |
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