When it was established in 1947, the Holland Festival signaled the Dutch desire to build bridges after World War II.
Its mandate was simple: to bring international artists from a range of disciplines to the Netherlands, every summer.
“You had three cultural exports at the time: tulips, cheese and the Holland Festival,” Emily Ansenk, who has been the event’s artistic director since 2019, said in an interview.
While the 2022 edition tackled climate change and issues of representation, there is no overt theme this year.
Still, as the theater portion of the Holland Festival kicked into high gear over this past weekend, common threads started to emerge.
Persons:
“, ” Emily Ansenk, Elli Papakonstantinou, Susanne Kennedy
Organizations:
Holland, Holland Festival
Locations:
Netherlands, Amsterdam