Armand van den Hamer: XL

2006 - 2008

Just like in a fast food restaurant, you can make your order from a diverse menu; what about a Big Mac Stuart or a Double Dekeybus or a Trish and Chips?
XL is a playful trip through recent dance history, accessible for experts and non-experts of it, and at the same time a dancing critic about the consumers' society.

Concept/Choreography: Maria Clara Villa-Lobos
XL was created in 2000 and is touring since then.
Dancing since 2006 for tours in Sweden, France, Belgium, Germany:
Mioko Yoshihara
Violeta Todo Gonzales
Armand van den Hamer
Denis Robert
Maria Clara Villa-Lobos
duration: 60min

Armand van den Hamer

Nagasaki based choreographer, dancer and teacher specialised in contemporary dance techniques, improvisation and the making of conceptual performances with a theatrical accent. Graduated in 2000 from the European Dance Development Centre in Arnhem. Researcher at hart, with the body as a dominant medium, he likes to investigate the undercurrents of the human being, consequently integrating bodywork with the psychological and philosophical realms. He has been commissioned to create work in the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland and Japan. He collaborated as a performer in several multi-disciplinary improvisation projects and worked as a dancer with a. o. David Zambrano, Salva Sanchis, Maria Clara Villa Lobos and company Mossoux-Bonté. Some of his own works : Requiem for a Cosmonaut 2014; Tsuki wa doko e itta 2010; Gently reframed 2009 ; Loco Motion 2004 ; Ik wist niet dat u bestond 2004; On Common Ground series I – IV 1999-2003 ; Contemporary Rituals 2000

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