De Stilte in 'Dance Platform Istanbul'! 

Date: 09.15.2010 - 09.22.2010 Venue: Halic - Sutluce Congress Center

De Stilte comes to Istanbul for the first time to take stage in Istanbul the European Capital of Culture in 2010.

Carried out by the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency Performing Arts Directorate, the ‘Dance Platform Istanbul’ is an international training, production and festival event that goes with the slogan “Istanbul is dancing!” and it is carried out by the Istanbul 2010 ECOC Agency Theatre and Performing Arts Directorate.

Spread over a long period between April and December 2010 with a rich international program, the backbone of the project is the main festival to take place between 15 and 22 September 2010. Already applied in certain cultural cities of Europe, this project aims at gathering all members of modern and classical dance community in Turkey as well as Turkish and foreign dancers for researching the present situation and future of the art of dance.

Dane Platform Istanbul is now hosting De Stilte at Muhsin Ertugrul Stage on 11-12 June.

Dance company for youth - De Stilte

De Stilte is the only professional dance company in the Southern region of The Netherlands, that focuses entirely on developing and producing performances for children. Established in 1990, De Stilte has thus far launched 24 performances and 12 special projects. Over a period of fourteen years (1994-2008) there have been 1,784 performances, attended by over 250,000 visitors. 

On a yearly basis De Stilte’s educational activities (i.e. workshops, introductions and lessons) add up to 500. The year 2001 proved to be pivotal, when both the City council of Breda and the Province council of Noord-Brabant translated De Stilte’s importance to the region into structural subsidies. January 2009 De Stilte (being the only newcomer in the field of performing arts) was admitted to the Basic Infrastructure of the Dutch Ministry of Culture, Education and Science, guaranteeing structural funding for a four year period.

 Information visit: http://www.en.istanbul2010.org/