Call for participants | Are you of Curaçaoan origin and do you live in Breda or Tilburg?

Then we invite you to participate in Living archives (Levende Archieven): ean art project to share stories, memories and experiences about Curaçao. This heritage is the starting point for a joint theatrical walk with dance, music and performance.
Why? There is a Wilhelmina Park in Breda, Tilburg and Curaçao. These parks bear traces of history, such as the colonial past, but are also meeting places for the present and the future. In this project, we will explore together what this history means in the here and now.

• What: 10 meetings of approximately 2 hours. You can participate every time, but you don’t have to.
• Who: Together with participants and professionals; everyone can contribute with dance, movement, a memory, a story, a drawing or music.
• How: By creating together; everyone can choose the role that suits them best and together we will create a performance of dance, music and performance art.

• Where: Tilburg (DansBrabant) and Breda (Chassé Carré)
• When: Tuesdays in Tilburg and Thursdays in Breda from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
• Dates in Tilburg: 3 and 31 March, 28 April, 26 May
• Dates in Breda: 19 March, 16 April, 7 and 28 May
• Performance: end of June 2026 in the Wilhelmina Parks in Breda and Tilburg
• Important: we will provide food and drinks and help arrange transport

Because your story matters in creating space for Curaçao’s history and culture, here in the city.

Please let us know before 2 March 2026.

Would you like to know more or participate? Please contact Esther van Rosmalen at Witte Rook: esther@witterook.nl

Living Archives is a project by Witte Rook in collaboration with Dansnest and DansBrabant, made possible by the Province of North Brabant and the Fund for Cultural Participation.