AKICE
Alaska International
Cultural Exchange
EDUCATION:
The United States recently experienced terrible
loss of life and property from hurricanes that flooded the low-lying
coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The Dutch people
suffered a similar catastrophe in 1953, when a huge storm broke through
their dikes and flooded large areas of their country. (More than one-third
of all the land in Holland sits below sea level.)
Determined never to suffer a repeat of this disaster, the Dutch people
began construction of the “Delta Works” — one of
the greatest hydraulic engineering projects in history. This series
of dams and moveable sea walls, constructed over a 40-year period,
is designed to prevent the sea from ever again flooding the communities
of Holland.
As part of the 2006 Exchange, we planned to have Dutch experts describe
the construction and operation of the Delta Works in a series of public
lectures and school assemblies. |
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In
2006, plans were started for a future Exchange:
- Proposals for 2007 - |
Dutch
artists available to visit Alaska and exhibit their work |
Get
more details on these artists from Gerrit's brochure
Other
proposals for the September 2006 Alaska-Holland Exchange |
MUSIC/FILM:
Two
Jazz groups from Holland are under consideration. One of these
is a quartet which provided live accompaniment for a special screening
of the classic movie “Nanook of the North”
during the 2004 Holland/Alaska Exchange. This quartet, led by
Andre Goudbeek of the Dutch group “Willem
Breuker Collectief” , played an original score written specially
for "Nanook". this special screening was the best-atended
move ever shown in Bergen op Zoom. If the quartet is sponsored
for the 2007 Exchange, another such screening can take place in
Alaska with live musical accompaniment.
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Dutchman
Peter van Baal, who runs special film programs at the Cinema Paradiso
in Begen op Zoom is prepared to bring other Dutch films and documentaries
to Alaska. |
A
Nov. '05 article in a Dutch newspaper tells about U.S. delegates
visiting Deltaworks in Holland.
Read English version
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DANCE:
Representatives
from the youth dance group “Grondwerk”
are available to visit Alaska in 2006. These students from Bergen
op Zoom offer modern dance performances. Details about Grondwerk
can be found in Gerrit's brochure.
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Alaskan
Artists (with Dutch connection) may also
be featured in 2007
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Ilse
Witterland, sculptor in Anchorage who is half Dutch, half
Indonesian
Thank you, Ilse, for help with the Exchange, including
translation!
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