80 years Van Abbe

Since 2014, guided tours have been given in the museum for special guests: blind or partially sighted, deaf or hard of hearing visitors, visitors with Alzheimer's or aphasia, etc. We came up with the idea to ask Het Nederlands Gebarenkoor to perform with us. This choir was founded in 2011 by the Plotsdoven Foundation and consists of singers without a voice, who use gesture, supplemented with elements from Dutch Sign Language, to signify music in choir.

During the celebration of 80 years Van Abbe in April 2016, for the first time we performed together at the end of this festive week. That was very special for us. But for them too, it was the first time they worked with other performers. Since then, we have performed together on several special guest tours. But also, for example, during the symposium that the Van Abbemuseum organized at the end of 2016 on how to make the museum more accessible to people with disabilities.