Spotlight Festival 2024
Amare hotspot with exclusive offers
Sat 7 Sep / 13:00 - 17:00
Saturday 7 September marks The Hague's annual Spotlight Festival! On this opening day of the 2024/2025 cultural season, The Hague artists and venues present themselves to the public and offer tasters of what’s to come in the season ahead. Amare serves as a ‘hotspot’ during the festival, meaning that lots of organisations will present themselves in Amare, in addition to Amare itself and its permanent residents: the Royal Conservatoire, Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) and the Residentie Orkest.
Join a guided tour around the building, watch previews and performances that include a concert by young talents of the Royal Conservatoire and a short concert by the Residentie Orkest – or participate in one of the dance workshops offered by NDT! In short, it’s the perfect opportunity to discover the new cultural season in Amare.
A dazzling day like this deserves a special offer. Receive discounts on various performances scheduled for Amare’s 24/25 season! The offers will be announced soon.
Programme Spotlight Festival
Soak up inspiration during this jam-packed programme of the Spotlight Festival in Amare, with short concerts by the Residentie Orkest, workshops by NDT, lots of music on the open stage, ensembles from The Hague, an information market, and so much more!
Timetable
Plan your route for the Spotlight Festival in Amare with the help of this timetable (click on the image to enlarge the timetable).
Programme can be subject to changes.
Programme highlights
Ensembles from The Hague with Terry Riley - In C / 13:00, Tribunetrap
A preview of a spectacular congregation of Hague-based ensembles (HIIIT, New European Ensemble, Matangi Quartet, 9x13, Modelo62, Kluster5, Ensemble Klang, SoundWave Collective and the Residentie Orkest).
Residentie Orkest / 14:00 & 15:30, Concertzaal
Get to know RO NOW. It opens your ears, broadens your view and deepens your taste. RO NOW immerses you – briefly and powerfully – in the best symphonic music. On 7 September, the Residentie Orkest will play RO NOW in a small format with parts of Beethoven 7.
De Dutch Don't Dance Division & Shrek / 15:00, Danstheater
Enjoy two short previews of these beautiful highlights from the Amare programme. The Dutch Don't Dance Division will dance three short pieces including a short preview from the Christmas production Ratatouille het Ballet: Linguini's Kerstmenu (6+). Immediately afterwards, the cast of Shrek will sing a song from the musical and will give a short interview.
VR experience: Another Kind of Blue - Arms / every hour from 13:30 - 17:30, Foyer 1
Enjoy a thoroughly immersive VR experience of Arms and experience a groundbreaking combination of dance and technology by Another Kind Of Blue!
Workshops & guided tours
Register for NDT Workshops
On Saturday 7 September, NDT is offering several dance workshops for younger and older visitors. Care to join? You can already register now online via this link. You can also register on the day itself at the registration desk on the ground floor.
Guided tours around Amare (in Dutch)
We have an eager team of guides, ready to guide visitors around Amare’s most interesting spots. The tours depart from the Amare meeting point on the whole hour, from 13:00 to 17:00. You can register at the registration desk on the ground floor.
Complete your visit with refreshments or a meal at Brasserie Amare or the Stadskantine
Before or after your visit, you can enjoy food and drinks at Brasserie Amare or the Stadskantine. The brasserie and terrace will be open until festival stocks run out.
Prefer to have a nibble while walking around the building or viewing one of the programmes? Then be sure to visit one of the food stands by Juni Lekkernijen offering vegan sweet and savoury refreshments.