Janskerk | Danskerk

The iconic Sint Janskerk on the Vrijthof square will transform into a Dance Church for one day. In this peaceful and quiet location, you will find an almost magical place where dance can be experienced in its purest form. Without illusion, decor or theatre lighting.

As an audience, you are close to the dance floor, on the skin of the dancers. So close that the smallest details become visible, and you feel the dancers in all their humanity and vulnerability crawl under your own skin. 

You will experience work by artists to whom the far-reaching war in Ukraine has become an important part of their lives. Vladyslav Detiuchenko and Veronika Rakitina both fled from Kyiv to The Hague at the beginning of the war. With their projects (including with Igone de Jongh, Korzo and the Stuttgart Ballet), they continue to draw attention to the tragedy that has impacted their country for more than two years. Polish choreographer Maciej Kuzminski recently settled in Rotterdam and last year created the moving Every Minute Motherland, in which Polish professional dancers and Ukrainian refugees convey the helplessness of war, but also the hope for better times.