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Ritsaert ten Cate (1938 - September 8, 2008) was a prominent Inspirator and Motivator for performing arts all over the world. He was the founder and director of Mickery, where international avant-garde theatre was presented from 1965 to 1991 in the Netherlands. In 1994 Ritsaert founded DasArts, where he was director until the summer of 2000, he was teacher and mentor to many young artists and other professionals in the Netherlands and abroad. From September 2007 to February 2008, Ritsaert returned to DasArts as interim director. Ritsaert's catchphrase for DasArts is a quote by Scott Momaday: "We are what we imagine. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined."

Ritsaert himself started a new career as a 'young artist' in 2000, working from his studio in Amsterdam called ‘Touch Time’. It became an inspiring meeting place where many of DasArts alumni and participants met Ritsaert, talked about their lives and discussed their work.

Pettergoldstine (talk) 20:04, 11 September 2008 (UTC)