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DasArts graduate Rodrigo Pardo made a one-take movie ‘Una Toma’, travelling through the DasArts building.


RitSael at DasArts
Studio East during Open Day
Historic photo of the Open Air School
Historic photo of the Terrace

The DasArts building houses many facilities that include studios, a library and light-, sound-, video- and digital equipment. The building is also open for the students during evening hours.

Our building has three large studios with a basic theatre equipment.
The names of the studios and their approximate sizes are:

  • RitSael: 9m x 18m
  • Studio East: 7m x 14m
  • Studio Toubab II: 6m x 12m

Other rooms, studios and spaces in the DasArts building are:

  • Three Participant Rooms: 6m x 6m
  • Library
  • Four Garden Houses
  • Studio for sound editing, called: Deep Space Nine
  • Studio with a scale theatre, called: The Black Hole
  • Computer Studio, called: Mail Kitchen
  • Offices for the staff
  • Technical workshop/studio
  • An umbrageous Terrace

Inauguration and name-giving of the Studios
In 2003 the studios were officially opened and inaugurated.

  • The main studio RitSael was opened by Ritsaert ten Cate. The studio is named after Ritsaert: the founder and first director of DasArts
  • Studio East was opened by Antoinette Tanja, former city councillor for the arts in district Amsterdam Oost-Watergraafsmeer. The studio is named after the city district Amsterdam-Oost
  • Studio Toubab II was opened by undefinedGermaine Acogny, former mentor of the Block entitled: Time/Le Temps. The studio is named after the town Toubab Dialaw in Senegal, where undefinedL'Ecole des Sables is situated, partner and host of DasArts during the Block

The history of our building - Open Air School
DasArts is located in a historic school building - the former ‘Open Air School: W.B. Noteboomschool’ - at the Mauritskade 56 in Amsterdam - in the vicinity of the Oosterpark close to the Amsterdam city centre.

The Open Air School was first publicly opened on the 31st of March 1931. Architects of the ‘Dienst Publieke Werken Amsterdam’ designed the building. The pupils of the school consisted of children with respiratory problems and the frail in need of rest and recuperation.