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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 22, 2024 20:56:55 GMT
slippedisc.com/2024/08/just-in-dutch-cut-all-ties-with-famed-director/The Amsterdam theatre group ITA has dismissed the Belgian director Ivo van Hove, following reports of ‘unacceptable behaviour’ under his leadership. Van Hove, 65, resigned last year as artistic director but retained a €145,000 salary as artistic advisor, which has now been terminated. The city-funded company’s entire board has also resigned. Van Hove has staged productions at Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera, as well as on Broadway and in the West End.
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Post by jr on Aug 22, 2024 21:49:35 GMT
They don't explain much. I suppose that being the leader of an organisation for too long is not good. It can lead to abuse, complacency, etc.
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Post by zahidf on Aug 22, 2024 22:58:40 GMT
Not a big surprise: have been a few rumblings about his working practices over the last few years. Be interesting when more details come out
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Post by kit66 on Aug 22, 2024 23:11:14 GMT
At least ITA will now have a few video cameras to sell.
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Post by Jon on Aug 23, 2024 10:04:21 GMT
It sounds like the ITA was a miserable place to work under Ivo's leadership.
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Post by blamerobots on Aug 23, 2024 10:16:25 GMT
Remember that Google Translate isn't the greatest so maybe anything fine wording should be taken with a grain of salt if you don't speak the language. But it sounds like work there was absolutely horrid.
Heavy deadlines, illegal working hours and an apparent hierarchy... A lot of the issues risen are mostly from people within the creative departments, with actors and tech people both expressing concern about violent and sexual behaviour brushed off as "part of the work". When reported, nothing was done.
Ivo is never mentioned but it feels like news places are putting two and two together.
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Post by theatreliker on Aug 23, 2024 16:39:14 GMT
Reading the NYTimes article it seems part of the problem was his international success. He was overseas so much that he didn't have a grip on issues caused by other artists.
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Post by Ranger on Aug 25, 2024 15:39:57 GMT
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Post by parsley1 on Aug 25, 2024 16:15:42 GMT
Reading the NYTimes article it seems part of the problem was his international success. He was overseas so much that he didn't have a grip on issues caused by other artists. International “success” Is quite generous Perhaps “spread himself too thin” Is better I would not count either A Little Life Or Opening Night To be universal hits or critically acclaimed Rather a step backwards compared to his native work |
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Post by theatreliker on Aug 25, 2024 19:33:38 GMT
Not disagreeing necessarily.
Fame perhaps a better word than success
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Post by bigsymalone on Aug 28, 2024 23:03:35 GMT
Does this mean he’ll now have more time to work in London? I do hope not.
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Post by hannechalk on Aug 29, 2024 11:07:16 GMT
The NRC-article is behind a paywall. |
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Post by blamerobots on Aug 29, 2024 11:13:34 GMT
The NRC-article is behind a paywall. Using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine bypasses the paywall; here it is |
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Post by Being Alive on Aug 29, 2024 11:32:17 GMT
Surely we can file this under 'least surprising news of 2024'?
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Post by kathryn on Aug 29, 2024 11:46:21 GMT
Blimey, there’s some serious accusations in there.
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Post by blamerobots on Aug 29, 2024 16:11:51 GMT
Blimey, there’s some serious accusations in there. Yes, it's very grave stuff. I wish there was something nice here to talk about, but it genuinely sounds like hell.
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Post by Rory on Aug 29, 2024 18:20:46 GMT
I can't access the article.
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Post by blamerobots on Aug 29, 2024 18:31:50 GMT
I can't access the article. Use the link I posted which can be Google Translated; I'm unsure if it'll work on everyone's devices though but it works on mine. It might not work if you're on mobile.
The article goes into a lot of detail about physical violence and unacceptable things said in the workplace, tons of pressure.
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Post by caa on Aug 29, 2024 18:35:46 GMT
I wonder what will happen to the productions that were directed by Ivo van Hove, as many of them were ITA's hit shows.
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Post by Rory on Aug 29, 2024 20:20:59 GMT
I can't access the article. Use the link I posted which can be Google Translated; I'm unsure if it'll work on everyone's devices though but it works on mine. It might not work if you're on mobile.
The article goes into a lot of detail about physical violence and unacceptable things said in the workplace, tons of pressure.
Thank you, I've now read it. It appears shocking stuff, if true. Jan Versweyveld does not come out of the article at all well. |
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Post by blamerobots on Aug 29, 2024 22:21:05 GMT
I mean, I think everyone associated probably aren't getting work anytime soon regardless, and I'm sure we'll be hearing more.
I wonder how Ivo's planned London plays are going to go, if they're even happening at all now. They'd surely have to make sure there's massive safeguards put in place to let anyone NEAR him.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 30, 2024 11:23:53 GMT
Can we not speculate about wrongdoing where there’s no evidence of it please. It just implicates people who might have nothing to do with and know nothing about what’s been going on at ITA.
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Post by Ranger on Aug 30, 2024 12:53:56 GMT
I mean, I think everyone associated probably aren't getting work anytime soon regardless, and I'm sure we'll be hearing more. I wonder how Ivo's planned London plays are going to go, if they're even happening at all now. They'd surely have to make sure there's massive safeguards put in place to let anyone NEAR him. The timing of this story was very favorable to Ivo. He had just started his first of three years as Artistic Director at the German www.ruhrtriennale.de/en. It seems like most of the initial press for this year's edition of the festival was conducted prior to the story breaking, as was the New York Times article about the festival. |
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Post by blamerobots on Aug 30, 2024 13:00:39 GMT
Can we not speculate about wrongdoing where there’s no evidence of it please. It just implicates people who might have nothing to do with and know nothing about what’s been going on at ITA. You're right, I apologise. Best to stick to the solid facts in something seirous like this. |
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