Armand van den Hamer: La vie au bord du puits

2008

La vie au bord du puits is a project based on the story of the life of an old farmer woman, born in Bretagne, coming together with a popular tale: the girl with the cut arms. This cross writing meets the texts of the rich tradition of popular songs of high-Bretagne, France. During a series of interviews conducted in 2006 and 2007, Germaine Thomas, then aged 82 years, has raised the thread of her life. Her biography evokes the difficult living conditions for women in rural society in the last century.

premiered in Brussels Theatre Ocean Nord

A project and creation of: Candy Saulnier
With: Marie-Rose Meysman, Guilhem Maréchal, Candy Saulnier et Baptiste Vaes.
Artistic collaboration: Hélène Cordier
Choreography : Armand van den Hamer
Scenography : Satu Peltoniemi
Costumes : Patricia Eggerickx
Lumières : Julie Petit-Etienne

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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La vie au bord du puits