Archive - 2012

April 30 is party time: the Netherlands, and especially Amsterdam, celebrates the Queen's birthday, which is in January. Confused? So are we. Just dress up in something orange, act funny and you'll have a ball. Streets become the decor for huge garage sales, there's music and dancing everywhere, crowds move (or not), go with the flow and enjoy our version of Mardi Gras.

In September 2012 the Homomonument will celebrate its 25th birthday. There will be several events leading up to its birthday. From April 5th till the end of May there will be an exhibition, opened by the maire of Amsterdam, to honour the monument.

From March 15-25 Amsterdam has its Pink Film Days. Started in 1986 as the International Gay & Lesbian Movie Festival, it now features 110 movies in 11 days, arranged around the themes 'Religion', 'The Gaze' and 'Global'. There are four awards to win.

Everyone loves Dolly and now it's official: Dolly Bellefleur is Amsterdam's Sweetheart.
For more than 25 years Dolly Bellefleur is her own self: witty, compassionate, sharp and above all adorable. Writing her own texts, singing her own songs with her own voice she is not your avarage drag queen. And did we mention her dresses? She has her own couturier to (over)dress her.

 
Dutch dancer, choreographer, writer and artistic director Rudi van Dantzig died last week at the age of 78.
Van Dantzig started dancing late but then became very succesfull as dancer and later as choreographer of some 50 still performed ballets. One of his best known ballets is 'Monument for a deceased boy'. For Rudolph Nureyev he created three ballets. Together with Hans van Maanen and Toer van Schayk he was responsible for the remarkable quality of Dutch modern ballet.