Dutch Dance

Test Your Knowledge of Dutch Dance

Are you a dance enthusiast looking to challenge your understanding of Dutch dance history? Take our quiz and see how much you really know!

8 Questions2 MinutesCreated by DancingFlame42

What was the first professional dance company created after WWII?

NDT

Het Nederlands Ballet

Scapino Ballet

Ballet van de Nederlande Opera

Why wasn't there a ballet-tradition in the Netherlands?

Dutch people are usually quite stiff

There was no court culture

People just loved theatre more

It was forbidden by the Protestants

Why was NDT created?

The dancers were unhappy with the work conditions

The dancers wanted more artistic freedom

The city of The Hague wanted their its own company

The dancers wanted to practice modern dance rather than ballet

Why was Introdans created?

To create more job opportunities for dancers

To bring professional dance to the East of the Netherlands

To show more postmodern dance

The people of Arnhem demanded a dance company

Who has never been artistic director of NDT?

Benjamin Harkarvy

Emily Molnar

Jiri Kylian

Rudi van Dantzig

What Dutch 88-year-old choreographer created over 120 ballets and is still going strong?

Hans van Manen

Sonia Gaskell

Bianca van Dillen

Ed Wubbe

Where does festival De Nederlandse Dansdagen (Dutch Dance Days) usually take place?

Amsterdam

Rotterdam

Maastricht

Groningen

What's the name of the choreographer whose work for the Dutch Dance Days you will discuss with Jochem?

Cecilia Moisio

Ann van den Broek

Thomas Bos

Connor Schumacher