Show Night – Connecting Cultures Festival

Music, dance and more at the Connecting Cultures Festival Show Night!
student dancer in traditional indian clothing performs advanced poses

Experience the Connecting Cultures Show Night! As part of the Connecting Cultures Festival at Erasmus University Rotterdam, we celebrate the cultural diversity of our student community. With a Show Night, film festival, food fair and workshops, we bring students from around the world together to share, discover and celebrate different cultures!

Date
Tuesday 17 Nov 2026, 19:30 - 21:00
Type
General
Spoken Language
English
Location

Erasmus Paviljoen

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Join us for the Shownight!

Get ready for an evening of music, dance, stories and cultural exchange, featuring performances by students from across the EUR community. Come and discover the many languages, traditions and talents that make our university community so diverse!

Performers 2026
NameCountryPerformance

Diya Ghosh

with Lito Levenbach on Banjo

India
  • Baul Sangeet (Bengali folk singing)
  • Rabindra Nritya (classical Bengali dance)
Stefanos VavakosGreece/LuxembourgThe Day has come  (Poem)
Ashmita SunilIndiaBharatanatyam (Indian classical dance)
Phedra Collard PerlyFranceNe me quitte pas (Song by Jacques Brel)
Célestine TiessetFrancePadam Padam (Song by Édith Piaf)
Artur Ferreira Machado FagundesBrazilBrazilian funk on piano
Junwan FengChinaQi Li Xiang (Song by Jay Chou)
Aryan SoodIndiaTwo Flames (Poem)
Ramin BaghbanianIranPoem
Paula CantosSpainSe nos rompió el amor (Song by Rocio Jurado)
Cantya Saswita SukawijayaIndonesia, SemarangGado-Gado Semarangan (Traditional Javanese Dance)

Joana Aguiar

with Lito Levenbach on guitar

PortugalFoi Deus (Song by Amália Rodrigues)
Hassan Tork LadaniIranPerformance on Ney (Iranian traditional Flute)
Florian GronauerGermanyDer Weg (Song by Herbert Grönemeyer)
Waanja YasenKurdistanLa Yarawa (Song)

Christina Theologou

with Frits van Schendel on Guitar

GreeceNa me proseheis (Να με προσέχεις) (song by Nikos Portokaloglou & Eleni Tsaligopoulou)
 
Mariia VarchukUkraineCheremshyna (Springs’s song)

Panagiota Theodorou

with Greg Lykoudis  on guitar and Bart Kondikis on buzuki

GreeceDe s'asiko (Song from Natassa Theodoridou)
Arielle ChuvinFranceQuelques Mots d'Amour (Song by Michel Berger)
More information

Date: Tuesday 17 November
Time: 19.30 – 21.30
Location: Erasmus Paviljoen 
Toegang: Free, reservation recommended

Organised by Studium Generale and International Office

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