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A cornerstone of the dance heritage, Krisztina de Châtel's Typhoon is reuniting with the audience through the Introdans production

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Waiting for  Typhoon  (Theatre Rotterdam - 23 April 2025) © Mehmet Kerem Özel Introdans   The seeds of Introdans, which takes its name from the acronym for 'Introduction to Dance', were planted in 1971 with Studio L.P., a private ballet workshop founded by choreographer Ton Wiggers and theatre director Hans Focking in Arnhem, in the east of the Netherlands. By 1979, Introdans had developed into a dance company that received project-based grants from the municipality, the regional government and the Dutch state. Today, Introdans, which has grown to become one of the three largest dance companies in the Netherlands with more than twenty dancers, is supported by many sponsors and donors, as well as the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the regional governments of Gelderland and Overijssel, and the Municipality of Arnhem. In addition, Princess Margriet of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has been the patron of Introdans since 2003. In addition to performing in ...