Ties Mellema, Lisa Jacobs, the Bosgraaf and Elias duo and Judith van Wanroij were all winners these past years of the Grachtenfestival Prize, which this year is being awarded for the fifth time.To mark these first five years of the award, they will open the 14th instalment of the Grachtenfestival tonight at the pontoon in front of the Festival Centre with a programme inspired by dance.
The 'dance' theme will be further explored in a collaboration with the Night of the Young Dancer (NTR)/Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, staging artistic director / choreographer Ed Wubbe's Leading Edge, performed by Besim Hoti, and with the Internationaal Danstheater, which celebrates its 50th anniversary later this year.