Showing posts with label choreography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label choreography. Show all posts

Girovago

2017



















Girovago
Reborn from worn out times, an artist wanders into the room.

The Italian poet, Ungaretti wrote his poem Girovago (vagabond) after fighting as a soldier in World War I, where he is wandering around in a broken world, seeking to be reborn in an innocent land.
Now his poem is the leitmotif for the 5 challenged artists from different disciplines participating in this one week project. One after the other, with less than 23 hours to work, will present their artistic interpretation of the poem, Girovago. Each artist will have the space from the previous artist as a starting point. The first evening will be a kick-off event, where each participant will bring some material for the first person.

Each evening at 20:00 the audience will witness the transformation of the space and will be granted a very interesting look into the artistic process of each artist.

すりきれた時間から再生し、アーティストはその空間にさまよい入る。
イタリアの詩人ウンガレッティは、自身が第一次大戦から帰還したのち、生まれ変わることのできる罪なき国を求め、壊れてしまった世界をさまよう自らの姿を「Girovago」(ジローヴァゴ/放浪者)という詩の中で詠いました。
今回、この詩をライトモティーフとして、分野の異なる5人のアーティストが挑戦・参加する1週間のアートプロジェクト:「Girovago ジローヴァゴ」を開催します。
各アーティストが一日ひとりずつ23時間以内で「Girovago ジローヴァゴ」をテーマに作品を制作、翌日午後8時に発表し、2日目以降のアーティストは、前日の作品を制作の出発点とする形式をとります。(第一夜は、各自が初回担当者へ素材を持ち寄る、キックオフイベントとなります。)
毎夜午後8時に作品が発表されるごとに、観覧者の皆さんには、それぞれのアーティストによって同じ空間が日々どのように変貌していくか、楽しんでいただけることと思います。
 

Requiem for a Cosmonaut

2014












foto: Charlotte Brouckaert

“Being human means nothing when you’re alone.”


A meditative psychological science fiction crystallizing around the experiences of a cosmonaut on board of a disintegrating spaceship.
The cosmonaut, symbol of the greatest height of progression of the modern era, becomes the victim of his own success. Doomed to fall down in Icarus style, the cosmonaut is fighting a lost battle to prevent the collapse of the system on which he depends.
Surrealistically permeated with sounds and images from the time of the Renaissance, this solo performance also proposes a reflection on man's timeless longing to unify himself with his universe.

Dedicated to Erwin, who navigated so beautiful in extremely bad weather.

Concept, choreografie, soundtrack en uitvoering : Armand van den Hamer
Licht ontwerp : Anne van Es
Coproductie : Les Brigittines, Danscentrumjette  
 Met dank aan Roxane Huilmand, Wolfgang Kolb, Sammy Dellicour, Nicole Mossoux, Patrick Bonté


Hollanders


2011

Een polder-butoh-voorstelling door 9 dansers waarin 'de Hollander' wordt beschouwd door Japans-avantgardistische bril. Momenten van meditatieve stilte en geleide improvisaties wisselen zich af met diepgeworteld cultureel zelfbeschouwend drama. Dwars door alle clichés heen op zoek we naar de diepe tergingen en grootse gelukzaligheden van de echte Hollander.


Georganiseerd door Buitenkunst

Where has the moon gone?

2010
Tsuki wa doko e itta? (Where has the moon gone?)

A multidisciplinary performance with dance, music and calligraphy, presented at the Chinese Zen temple Kofukuji, which was founded in 1620 in Nagasaki, Japan. Inspiration for this piece came from the moon and Chinese poetry on the moon and the Chinese characters themselves. These 'Kanji' were transformed into movement dance and music and formed a technical ellement that brought together the artists from Holland, Shang Hai, Tokyo, Nagasaki, and Hirado.

17,18-09-2010 at Kofukuji Temple, Nagasaki, Japan

Concept & Choreography:
Armand van den Hamer
Co-choreography: 
Mioko Yoshihara
Music:
Sissi Ji (Er-fu), Kazuya Zenzai

Calligraphy:
Yugo Yasuda

Dance:
Armand van den Hamer
Mioko Yoshihara
Natsue Yamaguchi
Mayumi Kawamoto
Ichiko Hirano
Noriko Matsumoto
Maki Furukawa

Costume design: 
Armand van den Hamer, 

Flyer Design: Yugo Yasuda,
Production: 
Kanshi Temple Project, Mioko Yoshihara
Co-production: Tomyozan Kofukuji, Nagasaki,
Technical support: Hiroyuki Chisaki (Page One Planning)
Production Support: Yoshihara Cleaning Co., Hirado Otsuka Healthy Circle, Hirado Komyoji Temple, PARTS Summer Studio
Special thanks to Dahlia Mees


Gently reframed

2009

foto: Annelinde de Jong

Taking a playful and naive perspective Armand van den Hamer is reframing his favorite elements from Japanese culture (like shodo, sumo, zen, a.o.) into a context of European contemporary dance.
Gently reframed is a short solo dance performed as part of the 12xHolland Art Festival in Hirado, Japan.

Kanji Park

2009
Kanji Park

Multidisciplinary performance based on a technique of dancing kanji, Chinese characters.
Performed at Inogashira Park, Tokyo, September 4 2009.

concept & choreography:
Armand van den Hamer

dance:
Mioko Yoshihara
Natsue Yamaguchi

music:
Kazuya Zenzai

shodo-performance:
Ugo Yasuda

Project 8002

2008


Multidisciplinary performance with dance, music and design.
Researching evolution of form and pre-form awareness.

Direction, choreography: Armand van den Hamer
Musical direction: Esmée Olthuis
Design direction: Sarah Barkmeijer
Organised by Buitenkunst


photos: Tom

Mission 2nd take, pitched

2008

Video sketch

Nico Huijbregts: Piano and Image
Armand van den Hamer: Dance and Video

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 NordA 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

Synaps

2008


"Een synaps is een ruimte in de verbinding tussen zenuwcellen. In deze ruimte vindt het doorgeven van de boodschap plaats door de overdracht van neurotransmitters." Een analogie voor de ruimte tussen de performers en publiek. In een paradoxaal landschap van abstracte vorm, concrete ervaring en onverwachte expressie gaat het vooral over hoe je als mens geraakt durft te worden door de ander.



Structured improvisation dance piece for 16 dancers and 5 musicians based on the flow of information between people. Premiered in theater Minnemeers in Gent. Second series adapted versions in theater Willemsfonds in Gent. Organised by Wisper.

Anatomie

2007


Multidisciplinary performance with dance and music researching anatomical imagery in performance-art.
Concept, choreography: Armand van den Hamer
Musical direction: Niels Vermeulen
Organised by Buitenkunst

Paradox

2007


"Dans van alle ruis ontdaan. Het zal als de stilte zijn, die inslaat als een bom."

Researching several paradoxes in performance-art we were looking for an artistic symbiosis between dancer and its natural environment.

Organised by Buitenkunst

Local Time: Buiten-Spel

2007


“Het stadsplein leeft. Ze ademt de mensen in en uit. Haar lichaam is getekend door verscholen liefdes, drama’s en oplaaiende emoties. Vreemde bezoekers dringen haar systeem binnen en begeven zich al zwetend tot in alle hoeken. Het plein gaat de confrontatie aan. Het spel is onvermijdelijk. Haar betonnen hart bonst.”

A dance-theatre performance on a city square for 7 dancers and 3 musicians. 6 performances at Iepenplein Amsterdam.


Concept & regie: Armand van den Hamer
i.s.m. dansers: Hanneke Baan, Erwin Bruijn, Maurits Dijkstra, Sanne Fokkens, Nadine Lock, Johannes Miedema, Dido Mirck
en muziekanten: Harmjan Roeles, Gerard van der Kamp, Bernard Verhoeven
Productie: Het Kabinet Danst

Toeval

2006


A dancepiece for 4 dancers with epilepsy about their life experiences.
Premiered at Huis a/d Werf in Utrecht. Touring Arnhem Zwolle and Capelle a/d IJssel.

In de theatrale dansvoorstelling “Toeval” staat de mens, soms overvallen door epilepsie, centraal. De dansers nemen u mee naar een wereld waarin de beleving van alledaagse momenten een extra dimensie krijgt. Een bijna surrealistisch portret dat de ene keer grappig en de andere keer ontroerend uitvalt.





Choreografie en video: Armand van den Hamer
Dans: Erwin Bruijn, Annette van Bracht, Elsbeth van Niekerk, Johannes Miedema
Productie: Elsbeth van Niekerk / Epilepsie Vereniging Nederland



Chaos

2006


Dance performance for 7 dancers researching complex structure and chaos in performance-art. Organised by Buitenkunst

Hirado

2005


Solo inspired on traditional Haya Dance, performed at Haya-festival; Trio with dancer and Koto-player, performed at a Buddhist temple; Quartet with dancer and tuba- and flute-players, performed in a park. All part of a residency-program at Hirado City in Japan. Organised by 12xHolland.

Assepoester

2005


Theatre performance for 8 teenagers, directed in collaboration with Jürgen Brucker, produced by the Jeugd Theater School Ede directed by Edgard Geurink. Performances in Cultura theatre te Ede.

To what the body wants to express

2005


Site specific performance based on Intrinsic Dance principles researching pre-mental expression for 12 dancers in a former mine production hall in Outokumpu, Finland. Produced by Outokumpu College Dance Department by Jyrki Haapala.

Loco Motion

2004


Theatrical dance piece by a mixed group of 7 people with and without a mental disorder, using the theme of an ideal world vs. a world where things are different as expected.

Performances at several theatres in the region Nijmegen, Arnhem, Tiel.

concept, choreography, senography: Armand van den Hamer
dance: Willem Gosselt, Gabriela Tarcha, Larissa van de Winkel, Theo Kersten, Pieter Schellen, Martin Machiels, Asuka Yamaguchi.

costumes: dancers with the help of Asuka Yamaguchi, Shuhei Numata, Hiroaki Kanai, Els Beusen

graphic design: Merijntje Betzema

production: Sylvia Priborska, Armand van den Hamer / stichting On Common Ground

financially supported by Gemeente Nijmegen

Ik wist niet dat u bestond

2004


A multidisciplinary piece on outside location inspired on Marguerite Duras’ India Song.

Sonsbeek Park Arnhem June 22, 2004
EDDC-Theatre Arnhem June 23, 2004

Het resultaat van een onderzoek (8 bijeenkomsten) met als uitgangspunt India Song van Margeritte Duras. De climax-scene uit de film staat centraal. Ik heb de bewegingen van acteurs en camera overgenomen en toegepast op een nieuwe situatie op locatie in Sonsbeek Park. Verder heb ik de essentie van het stuk proberen te vertalen naar dans, mime, spel met gesproken tekst, zang en muziek





Concept and direction: Armand van den Hamer
Dance and Mime Maite Larraneta-Gazpio, Ingrun Schnitzler

Play: Anja Nicola
Double bass Harmjan Roeles
Song: Monica Coronado
Costume and extra: Shuhei Numata