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24-695: Codarts can trace its origins to the Rotterdams Conservatorium voor Muziek (Rotterdam Conservatory of Music), popularly known as the Conservatorium Holthaus after its director, Jos Holthaus (1879–1943). In 1886 the German violinist Willy Hess took up a professorship in the Rotterdams Conservatorium voor Muziek which he held for two years. In 1930 the alternative Rotterdamsch Toonkunst Conservatorium (Rotterdam Musical Arts Conservatory)

48-555: A piano trio with cellist Hugo Becker and pianist James Kwast . One of the instruments he played on was a Guadagnini . Hess died in Berlin in 1939, aged 79. De Droomfabriek De Droomfabriek (The Dream Factory) is a 2007 Dutch documentary produced and directed by Netty van Hoorn about the students at the Havo voor Muziek en Dans (High School for Music and Dance) in Rotterdam ,

72-604: A bachelor's degree in any of several disciplines: Music Theater, Pop, Jazz, Composition/arranging, Music Production, Argentinean tango, Indian music, Flamenco, Latin/Latin jazz/Brazilian, Turkish music, Classical music, and Music in Education. The school puts on public performances, at times using the adjacent De Doelen concert hall. Thus in April 2011 guest conductor Arie van Beek led the Codarts Orchestra and Codarts Chamber Choir in

96-942: A performance in the Jurriaanse Hall. In September 2011 the Codarts Ensemble performed a program that explored the boundary between classical music and jazz, with works by Stravinsky, Gershwin, Shostakovich, Antheil and Harvey. The Codarts Ensemble played again at De Doelen in March 2012 with the Codarts Chamber Choir, performing a major work by Arthur Honegger . They were conducted by Wiecher Mandemaker . The Dance Academy teaches dancers and arranges for students to appear in performances and tours. Codarts helps students gain practical experience with internships with noted dance companies, and participates in student exchange programs with other European and American dance schools. In May 2011

120-428: A professional dancer or musician. The children come from all over the country, and from all types of background. The film focuses on eight students: John, Lorenzo, Genelva, Paul, Misha, Alysh, Mickel and Rory. The camera gives a view of the pupils' daily life in the school as the camera "dances" between classrooms and practice rooms. It shows the tension of the tough entrance exams and the demanding teachers. It shows

144-495: A terrace on the roof of the Doelen extension. Codarts occupies classrooms and offices below this floor. The conservatory is above it and the large dance studios are at the top of the building. The building is clad in brick to give an appearance consistent with nearby apartment buildings. Willy Hess (violinist) Willy Hess (14 July 1859 – 17 February 1939) was a German violinist and violin teacher. Willy Hess

168-531: A wide range of circus techniques to prepare for a professional career. The Havo voor Muziek en Dans (High School for Music and Dance) provides a secondary school education in which music and dance are part of the daily curriculum. It is co-located in the Codarts building and Codarts teachers teach the music and dance classes. The school prepares students for higher music education, but graduates must still pass entrance examinations to continue at Codarts. The high school

192-710: A year in the Netherlands and performing in a number of continental cities. In 1874 he made an extended tour including London , Belgium and France . In 1876 he went to Berlin to be a student of Joseph Joachim and after two years left to take up the leadership of the Oper Frankfurt . He resigned from that post in 1886 to take up a professorship in the Rotterdam Conservatorium voor Muziek which he held for two years. In 1888 he moved to Manchester to become leader of The Hallé Orchestra and from its opening in 1893

216-714: The Doelen concert hall in 2000 under the name Codarts – hogeschool voor de kunsten (Codarts – University of the Arts). The Circus arts program was launched in September 2006. Codarts has three divisions: the Rotterdam Conservatory, Rotterdam Dance Academy, and Rotterdam Circus Arts. The Rotterdam Conservatory is one of the largest conservatories in the Netherlands, with over 900 pupils. It offers courses through which students may obtain

240-399: The Codarts building appears to reach over the end of the conference center. The building's steel skeleton supports a "box in box" design for the interior spaces, including several tall spaces with variable lighting. A long escalator connects the entrance lobby to the fifth floor. This is the main floor for Codarts, holding the restaurant, library and several performance rooms, and opening onto

264-527: The Netherlands were invaded in May 1940. On 14 May 1940 the buildings of the dance school and the main building of Pijper's conservatory were destroyed by bombs. It was decided to merge Pijper's and Holthaus's conservatories into one building on Mathenesserlaan, where Holthaus had a branch. Soon they moved again to a big old house that had somehow been spared, totally surrounded by rubble, and managed to continue day classes and early evening classes before curfew throughout

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288-577: The Netherlands. It was broadcast by Nederlandse Programma Stichting on the TV program Het Uur van de Wolf (The Hour of the Wolf) on 3 June 2007. For forty years the Havo voor Muziek en Dans has given talented young people the opportunity to study music and dance in depth as well as following the normal high school curriculum, with the possibility of going on to the conservatory or dance academy. Each pupil dreams of becoming

312-701: The Rotterdam Dance Academy performed at the Venice Biennale with a show called Talent on the Move . The program included works by established choreographers such as Jiří Kylián , Nacho Duato and Mauro Bigonzetti and by younger artists including graduates of the academy. The Circus Arts school began offering a bachelor's course in September 2006, training students for careers in contemporary and traditional circus, in variety shows and in local or street theater. Circus students learn dance and drama as well as

336-561: The first performance of the Violin Concerto, op. 50 by Felix Woyrsch 1903 in Altona. It was also in 1910 that Bruch composed the Concert Piece for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 84, for Hess. Hess advised Bruch on composing for strings, and also performed the premieres of other works by Bruch. Among works by other composers written for Hess was Arthur Foote 's Ballade , Op. 69. He played in

360-484: The musical luminaries of his day and taught students who came to Berlin from all over the world, the most distinguished of whom was his fellow German Adolf Busch . Hess taught a German style of right hand technique which emphasized wrist motion with very little finger motion. He had no difficulty alternating between the violin and viola , and performed the viola part in the first performance of Bruch's Double Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra, Op. 88 , as well as

384-725: The position of premier violin instructor at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin, Germany (Berlin Hochschule fuer Musik, now a part of the Berlin University of the Arts ). The composer Max Bruch , a friend of Hess, helped arrange Hess's appointment as professor. During the time of the Weimar Republic the Hochschule was the hub of the international music scene, and Hess was associated with many of

408-580: The remainder of the war. Until Holthaus died in 1943 the combined conservatory had two directors. The Rotterdamse Dansschool was renamed the Rotterdamse Dansacademie (Rotterdam Dance Academy) in 1954. In 1986 the Conservatory and Dance Academy became the Hogeschool voor Muziek en Theater Rotterdam (Rotterdam University of Music and Theatre). The school moved into its present modern building next to

432-474: The sacrifices the pupils have to make to realize their dreams, such as 12-year-old Alysh from distant Joure who has to live in lodgings while she studies at the school. The film also shows the adolescents coping with their parents and struggling with their ambitions, anxiety and love. The school is a factory where the dreams of ambitious and talented young people are nurtured. To make the film, Netty van Hoorn and her cameraman Onno van der Wal repeatedly visited

456-407: The school, which is located in the modern Codarts building in downtown Rotterdam, filming students in their daily lives over a ten-month period. The director said she invested a lot of time in getting the students used to her presence. If the cameraman was not present, she walked around with her own camera. She felt this helped ensure the camera was not disruptive, but gave a genuine view of life at

480-421: The size of Karel Doormanstraat, and this was used for the Doelen extension and the Codarts building. The building was developed by the architectural firm of Ector Hoogstad , and was completed in 2000. The plinth is mainly used for commercial purposes. The building is relatively high to accommodate all the demands of the school, and has a total floor space of 10,500 square metres (113,000 sq ft). Visually,

504-725: Was also the principal professor of violin at the Royal Manchester College of Music . In 1895 he was appointed as principal professor of violin at the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln ( Cologne ). From 1904 to 1910, he was the concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and taught violin at Harvard University . He also spent time as concertmaster in Frankfurt and Rotterdam . He then relocated to Berlin in 1910 to take

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528-504: Was born in Mannheim on 14 July 1859. He commenced the study of violin when only five years of age with his father, who was a pupil of Ludwig Spohr . When aged seven his family moved to the United States and as a youth he performed with his sister Joanna who accompanied him on pianoforte , making a number of successful tours around the country. In 1872 he moved back to Europe , spending

552-505: Was founded with the composer Willem Pijper as director. The Rotterdamse Dansschool (Rotterdam Dance School) was established in 1931 by Corrie Hartong as director and the German dancer Gertrud Leistikow as a teacher. At first the dance school was part of the Conservatorium Holthaus. In 1935 the dance school transferred to Pijper's conservatory. Hartong remained as director. She was to stay in this position until 1961, and continued to teach until 1967. World War II broke out in 1939 and

576-531: Was the subject of the 2007 documentary De Droomfabriek (The Dream Factory) directed by Netty van Hoorn . The building abuts the 1966 De Doelen concert and conference building, home of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra . It was built as part of an overall plan for an extension to De Doelen defined in 1993 by Jan Hoogstad. A new building site beside the Kruisplein was created by reducing

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