Ambassade
Activities in 2006
Presentation of the book "Horrors of the War in Serbia - Diary of a War Surgeon" by Arius van Tienhoven, The National Library of Serbia, 25 January 2006
Translation of the book “Horrors of the War in Serbia – Diary of a War Surgeon” by Arius van Tienhoven was presented in the National Library of Serbia. The book was translated 90 years after it was written. Professor Jelica Novaković-Lopušina translated the book and the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs supported publishing of the book.

Mrs. Marija Bisof, writer was the moderator of the presentation
Participants at the presentation were:
Mr. Sreten Ugričić, Director of the National Library of Serbia
Mr. Arthur Kibbelaar, Second Secretary of the Royal Netherlands Embassy
Mrs. Jelica Novaković-Lopušina, Chief of the Dutch Studies at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade
Mr. Dejan Ristić, Adviser to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs
Mr. Dragan Mlađenović, soloist, performed Serbian epic songs.
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Rosenberg Trio at the Guitar Art Festival
Sava Centre Belgrade, 11 February 2006
Stochelo Rosenberg held a master class in the Belgrade Cultural Centre on 10 February 2006 in the framework of the Guitar Art Festival. The Rosenberg Trio played at the Django party at the Midnight Guitar Art Café Club in the Hyatt hotel on 10 February 2006. Concert of the Rosenberg Trio, together with the Raphaël Fays Trio from France, took place on the 11 of February 2006 in Sava Centre.
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Hope Box: Remix Road Movie, Kites of Life
Kosovo Art Gallery, Priština and Cultural Centre, Mitrovica, 15 March – 8 May 2006
Presentation of Remix Road Movie and Kites of Life took place in Priština and Mitrovica. In the film artists follow a group of youngsters and a graffiti writer on their trip through the Balkans to Amsterdam and back. On the road they make several stops to create Kites of Life with local youth and leading graffiti artists. Local hip hop artists made their music available for the music-score of the Remix Road Movie.
Festival of International Student Theatre – FIST 02
Faculty of Drama Belgrade, 18 to 26 March 2006
A production of ITS (International Theatreschool Festival, in Amsterdam) was presented, at the Festival of International Student Theatre – FIST 02 at the Faculty of Drama in Belgrade. ITS Festival is, together with FIST, member of student theatre Festival network – International Young Makers Marathon, founded in Amsterdam (IYMM). One lecturer from the Netherlands, member of the IYMM, held a workshop for students of drama during the FIST 02.
The International Young Makers Marathon is a European festival of young theatre makers who participate at a variety of festivals to promote their theatre work. Born out of the ITS Festival, the Young Makers Marathon consists of theatre makers from Amsterdam, Bilbao, Pristina, Belgrade, Brno, Scarborough and Edinburgh, who each tour a show around Europe.
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Park 4D TV- Dutch Video in Belgrade
Academic Film Centre Alternative Cinema and Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, 15 to 30 April 2006
Project “Dutch Video in Belgrade” was initiated by Academic Film Centre (AFC) of “Students’ City” Cultural Centre in Belgrade and the most important aspect of this project is presentation of the Park 4D TV from Amsterdam and introduction to new strategies in video presentation and archiving and exhibiting video base model (creating, promoting, presenting, archiving, exhibiting, supporting and exploring video).
Alberto de Michele presented Park 4D TV project in Alternative Cinema of Academic Film Centre to the participants of the workshop, students and young authors from Belgrade and AFC audience.
The results from the workshop were presented in Alternative Cinema in Academic Film Centre. The presentation consisted of introduction by the workshop curator Alberto de Michele, screening of the works and open discussion.
In parallel to the workshop, there was an exhibition of video installations by Alberto de Michele and Park 4D TV at the Gallery of the Student Cultural Centre in Belgrade.
Nederlands Dans Theater in Belgrade Dance Festival 2006
Sava Centre Belgrade, 20 April 2006
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Netherlands Dance Theatre II performed four pieces in Sava Centre on 20 April 2006 in the framework of the Belgrade Dance Festival. Pieces performed were Minus 16 (choreography by Ohad Naharin), Shutters Shut (choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León), Sleepless (Choreography by Jiří Kylián) and Subject to Change (choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León).
Performance of the Mondriaan Kwartet
Pallati i Rinisë, Salla e Kuqe, Pristina, 6 May 2006
Mondriaan Kwartet held a concert in the framework of the Festival REMUSICA 2006 on 6 May 2006 in Pristina.
International Salon of Caricature
Gallery “Stara kapetanija”, Zemun, 3 – 10 June 2006
Solo exhibition of Peter Nieuwendijk, known Dutch cartoon artist, and a workshop were organised in the framework of the 11th International Salon of Caricature in Zemun.
Four Flags One Spirit
Zaječar, Niš, Užice, Novi Sad, Podgorica, Čačak, 17 – 30 July 2006
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 A series of concerts of the “Jazz Conzilium” quartet (consisting of musicians from the Netherlands, Belgium, Israel and Serbia) took place during the month of July in several towns in Serbia. Dutch musician Flin van Hemmen participated in this project.
DOKUFEST
Indoor and outdoor cinemas Cultural Centre, Prizren, 8 – 13 August 2006
A Dutch jury member (Mrs. Rada Sesic) participated at the international documentary and short film festival (DOKUFEST) in Prizren.
Educational Training Program 2006
Cultural Centre REX, Belgrade, 11 – 16 September 2006
The choreographer Frans Poelstra held a series of contemporary dance workshops and technique classes for dance students and dancers from the region. The project was conducted by the NGO Station - Service for Contemporary Dance.
From B to A and Vice Versa
Gallery “Grafički kolektiv”, Belgrade, 18 – 30 September 2006
Exhibition of the portfolio “Echo” of the Grafisch Atelier Alkmaar was held in the Gallery Grafički kolektiv in Belgrade. The portfolio consists of twenty prints made by twenty artists from Alkmaar and surroundings. The prints are based on artworks from the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar. The starting point of the portfolio “Echo” was the 750th anniversary of the city rights of Alkmaar.
Braakland at BITEF 2006
Ada Huja, Belgrade, 22 and 23 September 2006
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Performance “Braakland” of Compagnie Dakar - Lotte van den Berg was performed in the framework of the Belgrade International Theater Festival – BITEF.
“Braakland” (Wasteland) tells in sober, penetrating images, of nine figures wandering around a forgotten piece of the earth. They surrender to the laws of living and dying, without defence. Is this what they have chosen or have they merely failed to escape?
Lotte van den Berg was inspired by the novels of John Coetzee. Without words she manages to make you feel the violence, the desolation and the poetry of his work. With a cinematographic eye, she creates a line drawing in a landscape full of cruelty, where there is no cause and effect.
Director Lotte van den Berg received the ‘Erik Vos-‘ and the ‘Charlotte Köhler’ award for her work and presently works at ‘Het Toneelhuis’ in Antwerp.
After ten – Dutch evening
BITEF Art Café, Belgrade, 22 September 2006
Dutch evening was organised in the framework of the Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF) at the BITEF Art Café. Theater, music, films, photography and food from the Netherlands were presented in a relaxed atmosphere.
New Art Net Conference
Sava Centre, Belgrade, 27 – 30 September 2006
New Art Net is an International Conference for Young Managers in Performing Arts conceived as an intellectual platform for arts management themes, contact making and exchange among performing arts managers from all over the world, with sessions delivered by international experts as well as participant’s presentations. New Art Net Conference was organised by Jugokoncert, together with BITEF Theater and ArtLink. Mr. Jan Hoekema, Ambassador for International Cultural Cooperation at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participated as the guest speaker at the Conference.
Days of Dutch Film
Cultural Centre, Belgrade and Cultural Centre, Niš, 19 – 26 October 2006
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Recent Dutch cinematography was presented in Belgrade and Niš. Feature films “Simon” (Eddy Terstall) and “South” (Martin Kolhooven), four long documentaries (by Piter Fleury, Gerrit van Elst, Walter Stokman and John Appel) and the short animated Oscar winner “Father and Daughter” by Michael Dudok de Wit were shown. Movies were selected by the well known film expert Nebojša Popović. The project was organised in cooperation with NGO “Balkankult Foundation” and Cultural Centres of Belgrade and Niš.
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Fair of Cultural Centres
Faculty of Philology, Belgrade, 20-21 November 2006
Students Union of the Faculty of Philology organised the Fair of Cultural Centres at the Faculty of Philology in November 2006. The Fair was organised in order to present foreign countries and possibilities for studying in those countries. The Netherlands was one of the participating countries. The Dutch stand was prepared by the Department for Netherlands Studies of the Faculty of Philology and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Belgrade.
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Groningen Guitar Duo
“Madlenianum”, Zemun and Cultural Centre “Budo Tomović”, Podgorica, 22 - 27 November 2006
The Groningen Guitar Duo performed on 25 November in the Culture Information Center “Budo Tomović” in Podgorica and on 26 November in the Opera & Theater “Madlenianum” in Zemun. The Groningen Guitar Duo also held a master class for guitar students on 26 November in Belgrade. The project was organized by the Yugoslav Association of Classical Guitarists (YACG).
Almost anyone may fall (except the Heron)
Little Theater “Duško Radović”, Belgrade, premiere 25 November 2006
Performance is still on the repertoire of the Little Theater "Duško Radović".
„Almost anyone may fall (except the Heron)” is a theater performance for children inspired by stories of Toon Tellegen, adapted and directed by Nikola Zavišić. The idea of the performance is to convey the message, through the story about animals, that Man is a creature made of emotions and that as such he is part of a unique and joint space for all – people, animals and objects.
Composers in first Person II
Dom omladine, Belgrade, 1 – 3 December 2006
Works of contemporary composers and musicians were presented through concerts, lectures, open rehearsals and workshops, organised by NGO “CHINCH” The programme was as follows:
1 December - Open rehearsal and workshop by the ensemble “Ear Massage” (contemporary classical music for percussions);
2 December - Lectures by composers/performers Juan Parra, Henry Vega and Diego Espinosa;
2 December - Concert of “Electronic Hammer” (contemporary electronic and acoustic music);
3 December - Lecture by Richard Ayres (Dutch-British composer);
3 December - Chamber concert of “Chinch Bug” and “Ear Massage”, works of Serbian composers, Dutch composers and Richard Ayres;
3 December - Concert by “Ear Massage”.
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Youth and Cultural Heritage in Kosovo
Museum of Kosovo, Pristina, 15 December 2006 – 15 April 2007
Youngsters from multiethnic background are actively involved in archaeological investigations, recording of findings and preservation in order to discover in practice that their historic culture has the same roots in ancient history.

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