@via-berlin.bsky.social
Via Berlin is an arts-based research & musictheatre company, based in Amsterdam since 2009. Led by our Artistic director Dagmar Slagmolen we create new (inter)national projects in which we connect Art-Science & Society in inspiring co-creations.
🇪🇺 Co-creation Transformative Role Playing – Men4Dem
Together with @emancipatornl.bsky.social and Bruno Setola, we are developing a new form of Transformative Role Playing (TRP) within the European project @men4dem.bsky.social , exploring the themes of masculinity, radicalisation, and democracy.
Together with @emancipatornl.bsky.social and Bruno Setola, we are developing a new form of Transformative Role Playing (TRP) within the European project @men4dem.bsky.social , exploring the themes of masculinity, radicalisation, and democracy.
October 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🇪🇺 Co-creation Transformative Role Playing – Men4Dem
Together with @emancipatornl.bsky.social and Bruno Setola, we are developing a new form of Transformative Role Playing (TRP) within the European project @men4dem.bsky.social , exploring the themes of masculinity, radicalisation, and democracy.
Together with @emancipatornl.bsky.social and Bruno Setola, we are developing a new form of Transformative Role Playing (TRP) within the European project @men4dem.bsky.social , exploring the themes of masculinity, radicalisation, and democracy.
💼 Doing research safely
Research on sensitive topics is becoming increasingly risky. Studies on gender, diversity, or the far right often trigger hate campaigns, threats, and institutional pressure.
Research on sensitive topics is becoming increasingly risky. Studies on gender, diversity, or the far right often trigger hate campaigns, threats, and institutional pressure.
September 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
💼 Doing research safely
Research on sensitive topics is becoming increasingly risky. Studies on gender, diversity, or the far right often trigger hate campaigns, threats, and institutional pressure.
Research on sensitive topics is becoming increasingly risky. Studies on gender, diversity, or the far right often trigger hate campaigns, threats, and institutional pressure.
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When did you leave? was developed by Via Berlin in collaboration with researchers from the University of Amsterdam. It was a theatrical experiment that explored themes of radicalization and masculinity.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Photos: Nichon Glerum
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Photos: Nichon Glerum
June 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
When did you leave? was developed by Via Berlin in collaboration with researchers from the University of Amsterdam. It was a theatrical experiment that explored themes of radicalization and masculinity.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Photos: Nichon Glerum
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Photos: Nichon Glerum
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Recently, Via Berlin, the Artistic Partner in MEN4DEM, performed “When did you leave?" at Oerol Festival on Terschelling.
Learn more at lnkd.in/em4BeKKt
Learn more about MEN4DEM at www.men4dem.eu
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Learn more at lnkd.in/em4BeKKt
Learn more about MEN4DEM at www.men4dem.eu
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
June 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Recently, Via Berlin, the Artistic Partner in MEN4DEM, performed “When did you leave?" at Oerol Festival on Terschelling.
Learn more at lnkd.in/em4BeKKt
Learn more about MEN4DEM at www.men4dem.eu
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Learn more at lnkd.in/em4BeKKt
Learn more about MEN4DEM at www.men4dem.eu
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
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(Q) Why MEN4DEM is important
In a time of increasing polarization, we believe that shared artistic experiences can bring people closer together.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
In a time of increasing polarization, we believe that shared artistic experiences can bring people closer together.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
May 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
(Q) Why MEN4DEM is important
In a time of increasing polarization, we believe that shared artistic experiences can bring people closer together.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
In a time of increasing polarization, we believe that shared artistic experiences can bring people closer together.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
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Weer op weg naar het vasteland na een fantastisch project op @oerolterschelling.bsky.social. Meer weten over ons onderzoek daar met @via-berlin.bsky.social? Zie deze blog:
stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
Radicale onderdompeling: een theaterexperiment op Oerol - StukRoodVlees
De Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV) signaleerde begin deze week dat jongeren online radicaliseren. Dit is maar een enkel voorbeeld van een bredere ontwikkeling: politie...
stukroodvlees.nl
June 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Weer op weg naar het vasteland na een fantastisch project op @oerolterschelling.bsky.social. Meer weten over ons onderzoek daar met @via-berlin.bsky.social? Zie deze blog:
stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
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Op festival Oerol speelden we de afgelopen dagen 18 keer de voorstelling ‘When did you leave’ voor 3,500 bezoekers. Vandaag was de laatste dag. Nieuwsgierig? Lees onderstaande blog. En check vooral ook de fantastische video aan het eind.
stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
Radicale onderdompeling: een theaterexperiment op Oerol - StukRoodVlees
De Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV) signaleerde begin deze week dat jongeren online radicaliseren. Dit is maar een enkel voorbeeld van een bredere ontwikkeling: politie...
stukroodvlees.nl
June 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Op festival Oerol speelden we de afgelopen dagen 18 keer de voorstelling ‘When did you leave’ voor 3,500 bezoekers. Vandaag was de laatste dag. Nieuwsgierig? Lees onderstaande blog. En check vooral ook de fantastische video aan het eind.
stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
stukroodvlees.nl/radicale-ond...
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Waarom spreken radicale ideeën zoveel mensen aan? Niet (alleen) door feiten, maar juist ook door verhalen. Althans, dat was onze verwachting. Om dit te onderzoeken hebben we een project opgezet met muziektheatergezelschap Via Berlin. Samen ontwikkelden we een theatervoorstelling en experiment in 1.
June 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Waarom spreken radicale ideeën zoveel mensen aan? Niet (alleen) door feiten, maar juist ook door verhalen. Althans, dat was onze verwachting. Om dit te onderzoeken hebben we een project opgezet met muziektheatergezelschap Via Berlin. Samen ontwikkelden we een theatervoorstelling en experiment in 1.
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Tot zondag nog op Oerol de voorstelling Why did you leave van @via-berlin.bsky.social. @mrooduijn.bsky.social en ik zijn er ook met een groep onderzoekers voor een studie over populisme, gender en mannelijkheid!
June 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tot zondag nog op Oerol de voorstelling Why did you leave van @via-berlin.bsky.social. @mrooduijn.bsky.social en ik zijn er ook met een groep onderzoekers voor een studie over populisme, gender en mannelijkheid!
The first performances of 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 at Oerol are done! We asked for your thoughts and the responses were overwhelming. 🙏🏼 Thank you for your support and massive turnout. All shows through June 22 are sold out.
#WhenDidYouLeave #ViaBerlin #Oerol2025
#WhenDidYouLeave #ViaBerlin #Oerol2025
June 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The first performances of 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 at Oerol are done! We asked for your thoughts and the responses were overwhelming. 🙏🏼 Thank you for your support and massive turnout. All shows through June 22 are sold out.
#WhenDidYouLeave #ViaBerlin #Oerol2025
#WhenDidYouLeave #ViaBerlin #Oerol2025
📚 A new study gives insight into a quiet but rapidly growing online world:
The manosphere; a network of online voices claiming to speak for “men,” but often sliding into misogyny, distrust of democracy, and rigid ideas about identity.
The manosphere; a network of online voices claiming to speak for “men,” but often sliding into misogyny, distrust of democracy, and rigid ideas about identity.
June 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📚 A new study gives insight into a quiet but rapidly growing online world:
The manosphere; a network of online voices claiming to speak for “men,” but often sliding into misogyny, distrust of democracy, and rigid ideas about identity.
The manosphere; a network of online voices claiming to speak for “men,” but often sliding into misogyny, distrust of democracy, and rigid ideas about identity.
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(Q) Can science change the world?
Science helps us understand the invisible systems that influence our lives - from digital infrastructures to human behaviours.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Science helps us understand the invisible systems that influence our lives - from digital infrastructures to human behaviours.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
May 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
(Q) Can science change the world?
Science helps us understand the invisible systems that influence our lives - from digital infrastructures to human behaviours.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Science helps us understand the invisible systems that influence our lives - from digital infrastructures to human behaviours.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
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(Q) How will Via Berlin contribute?
As the artistic partner in the MEN4DEM project, Via Berlin will develop four new music theatre works. All four works explore themes of identity, truth, democracy, and disconnection through music, movement, and story.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
As the artistic partner in the MEN4DEM project, Via Berlin will develop four new music theatre works. All four works explore themes of identity, truth, democracy, and disconnection through music, movement, and story.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
May 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
(Q) How will Via Berlin contribute?
As the artistic partner in the MEN4DEM project, Via Berlin will develop four new music theatre works. All four works explore themes of identity, truth, democracy, and disconnection through music, movement, and story.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
As the artistic partner in the MEN4DEM project, Via Berlin will develop four new music theatre works. All four works explore themes of identity, truth, democracy, and disconnection through music, movement, and story.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
🗣️ “Thinking like Socrates sounds simple – but try it sometime.”
- Bas Heijne, @nrc.nl
In When did you leave?, Via Berlin explores what happens when language no longer connects, but divides.
When convictions take over, and the other becomes invisible.
- Bas Heijne, @nrc.nl
In When did you leave?, Via Berlin explores what happens when language no longer connects, but divides.
When convictions take over, and the other becomes invisible.
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🗣️ “Thinking like Socrates sounds simple – but try it sometime.”
- Bas Heijne, @nrc.nl
In When did you leave?, Via Berlin explores what happens when language no longer connects, but divides.
When convictions take over, and the other becomes invisible.
- Bas Heijne, @nrc.nl
In When did you leave?, Via Berlin explores what happens when language no longer connects, but divides.
When convictions take over, and the other becomes invisible.
📊 New research shows: political divides in Europe are shifting. It's no longer just about ‘left vs. right’, but about values, identity and visibility.
Political conflict is being reshaped by deeper cultural fault lines.
Political conflict is being reshaped by deeper cultural fault lines.
May 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📊 New research shows: political divides in Europe are shifting. It's no longer just about ‘left vs. right’, but about values, identity and visibility.
Political conflict is being reshaped by deeper cultural fault lines.
Political conflict is being reshaped by deeper cultural fault lines.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲? is the new music theatre production by Via Berlin - a story about family, clashing truths, and how we present ourselves differently online and offline. 🇪🇺
May 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲? is the new music theatre production by Via Berlin - a story about family, clashing truths, and how we present ourselves differently online and offline. 🇪🇺
Oerol Director Mikey Martins has recommended Via Berlin!
In a segment of the TerschellingTV news programme, he describes our new production, When did you leave?, as an example of how art can offer new perspectives on complex societal issues. Grateful to Mikey for his trust and thoughtful words.
In a segment of the TerschellingTV news programme, he describes our new production, When did you leave?, as an example of how art can offer new perspectives on complex societal issues. Grateful to Mikey for his trust and thoughtful words.
April 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Oerol Director Mikey Martins has recommended Via Berlin!
In a segment of the TerschellingTV news programme, he describes our new production, When did you leave?, as an example of how art can offer new perspectives on complex societal issues. Grateful to Mikey for his trust and thoughtful words.
In a segment of the TerschellingTV news programme, he describes our new production, When did you leave?, as an example of how art can offer new perspectives on complex societal issues. Grateful to Mikey for his trust and thoughtful words.
Normality No More:
✨ The press was clear:
“A dazzling and expressive celebration of neurodiversity.” – Het Parool
“A triumph.” – Trouw
“Normality No More is 1 of those rare theatre experiences that resonates long in the memory ànd the nervous system.” – Theaterkrant (Critic’s Choice)
✨ The press was clear:
“A dazzling and expressive celebration of neurodiversity.” – Het Parool
“A triumph.” – Trouw
“Normality No More is 1 of those rare theatre experiences that resonates long in the memory ànd the nervous system.” – Theaterkrant (Critic’s Choice)
April 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Normality No More:
✨ The press was clear:
“A dazzling and expressive celebration of neurodiversity.” – Het Parool
“A triumph.” – Trouw
“Normality No More is 1 of those rare theatre experiences that resonates long in the memory ànd the nervous system.” – Theaterkrant (Critic’s Choice)
✨ The press was clear:
“A dazzling and expressive celebration of neurodiversity.” – Het Parool
“A triumph.” – Trouw
“Normality No More is 1 of those rare theatre experiences that resonates long in the memory ànd the nervous system.” – Theaterkrant (Critic’s Choice)
In our new show “Normality No Mo - Schuberts Winterreise Revisited” we celebrate the neurodivergent brain in an emotional and mesmerizing journey with 7 dancers, 8 classical musicians and our wonderful actress Dagmar Slagmolen. Yesterday evening our Prime Minister visited the show in sold out Delft.
March 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
In our new show “Normality No Mo - Schuberts Winterreise Revisited” we celebrate the neurodivergent brain in an emotional and mesmerizing journey with 7 dancers, 8 classical musicians and our wonderful actress Dagmar Slagmolen. Yesterday evening our Prime Minister visited the show in sold out Delft.
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Legislative theatre is one of the most meaningful, immersive and fun (!) tools that I have used my research so far 🤸♀️
How can theatre shape better policy? For the Horizon project Push*Back*Lash, @lizamugge.bsky.social and her colleagues use legislative theatre to engage policymakers in tackling sexual harassment issues👇
A great example of how science and art can create actual impact! 🎭 www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
A great example of how science and art can create actual impact! 🎭 www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
From theatre to policy: research resulting in real change
Legislative theatre as a tool for change: during a unique theatre evening, students and policymakers highlighted gender inequality and co-created solutions. Learn more about the ERC project PushBackLa...
www.uva.nl
February 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Legislative theatre is one of the most meaningful, immersive and fun (!) tools that I have used my research so far 🤸♀️
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🚨My small book with
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! 🚨
shorturl.at/jZyPz
*The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks!* The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended
@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! 🚨
shorturl.at/jZyPz
*The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks!* The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended
@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🚨My small book with
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! 🚨
shorturl.at/jZyPz
*The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks!* The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended
@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! 🚨
shorturl.at/jZyPz
*The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks!* The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended
@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
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Why the understanding of political masculinities is more urgent than ever @men4dem.bsky.social
Gender vote share gap among young Germans. Massive.
Among women, the left, greens and social democrats have a comfortable majority; among men, AfD, CDU/CSU and FDP score 50%.
Thanks to @lizamugge.bsky.social for pointing me to this; the German original is here: www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/...
Among women, the left, greens and social democrats have a comfortable majority; among men, AfD, CDU/CSU and FDP score 50%.
Thanks to @lizamugge.bsky.social for pointing me to this; the German original is here: www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/...
February 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Why the understanding of political masculinities is more urgent than ever @men4dem.bsky.social
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We are proud to present the MEN4DEM website. Check it out to learn more about this tlmely research project. men4dem.eu
MEN4DEM
Masculinities for the Future of European Democracy
men4dem.eu
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
We are proud to present the MEN4DEM website. Check it out to learn more about this tlmely research project. men4dem.eu