Cultural politics

  • Member of the Arts Council (various committees) in The Hague, 1979-1984
  • Member of the North Holland Cultural Council, 1980 – 1984
  • Member of the Dance Advisory Committee of the City of Utrecht
  • Member of the Fellowship Committee in the Advisory Committee for the Ministry of Culture, responsible for foreign Dance and Music Fairs, The Hague 1981 – 1989
  • This Scholarship Committee was taken over by the Foundation for the Performing Arts Study in 1989 and later handed over to the Foundation for the Performing Arts.
  • From 1993 – 1995: Chairman of the Dance Committee and member of the Advisory Committee for the Performing Arts Foundation responsible for the Dance Projects
  • Speaker and Member of the Stage Discussion during the NRW Dance Symposium – Tradition and Future, Düsseldorf, April 1993
  • Speaker and Member of the Panel Discussion at the Berlin Symposium – BERLIN TANZMETROPLE? In Podewil, Berlin February 1993
  • Speaker at the Tanz und Politik conference, Cologne / Germany 1995 6
  • Panel member during the open hearing in the Kunst Salon about the dance situation in Cologne -Modern Dance in Cologne, December 1996
  • Participation in many discussions about a new Dance Policy in the country of Berlin, as Director of the Tanztheater der Komischen Oper, Berlin / Germany.
  • Participant in the stage discussion Forum Hauptstadtkultur organized by Arts Advice Berlin and the Akademie der Künste Berlin / Brandenburg, March 1997
  • Guest speaker at the Symposium VISION ZUKUNFT 1 – arts – science – economy and politics, on “German theater in the year 2010: discussing structures about creating and preserving repertoire”, Frankfurt M, 15. – 16. February 1997
  • Founder of the “Bundesdeutschen Ballett- und Tanztheaterdirektoren Konferenz” (BBTK), Cologne, June 1998
  • Member during the discussion Tanz auf dem Vulkan on the future of Dance in Weimar / Germany, December 1998
  • Participant in the first world conferences of Ballet Directors (RURAL RETREAT) at the initiative and invitation of DANCE EAST (England), January 2003 and 2005
  • Member of the Advisory Committee for the International Dance Festival STEPS in Switzerland, 2004
  • Member of the Directorate of Dance Company Consultation (DOD), Amsterdam, 2003 – 2006
  • Member of the Dance Committee of the Rotterdam Art Foundation (RKS) 2004 for the Culture Plan period 2005-2008
  • Member of the Working Group on Culture of the Labor Party, Maastricht Department, 2007 – 2010