| Company | Collectief MAMM |
| Duration | 60 min |
| Part of | CaDance Festival |
""Collective MAMM launches, dives, balances and catches. For thirty minutes, they make the hairs on my forearms stand up straight. Everything looks smooth, proceeds feather light, like it's nothing. Although being twenty-something anno 2023 must make for gruelling competition, the dancers in “Something Else” rescue each other from every situation, with an eye for each individual. Treat yourself to it, because really: they blew me away." "
— Gina Miroula | Theaterkrant
About the performance
30 birthday candles aren't that festive. You have only just survived the quarter-life crises when a new turning point in life awaits you: the BIG 30. In this acrobatic dance performance, MAMM delves into the stigma of turning 30: about giving up your youth, existential questions, the first gray hairs and big choices.
5 twenty-somethings are on the eve of the pivotal point of their lives and take you along in the final countdown to the big 30. The performers tumble, run, slide, lift and flip over the concrete floor. They struggle, celebrate life and take the audience along in their race against the clock.
Please note, this performance takes place at Skatepark
Collective MAMM consists of Maxime Abbenhues & Mees Meeuwsen. They make performances about, for and by people in their twenties, giving an insight into an often still misunderstood generation. In their work, MAMM balances (literally & figuratively) on the line between dance and acrobatics. They love risk, look for a smile in their work and hold up a critical mirror to themselves and their generation. They are currently supported by the FPK's New Makers scheme (2024-2026) with their partners Karavaan Festival and SHIFFT. MAMM won Mittelfest 2023, YAA Award 2024 and was nominated for the Next Step Award 2024.
Skatepark Sweatshop is with its 1000m2 the largest indoor skatepark in The Hague region. Lots of fun for skaters who like to be challenged, from beginners to advanced. Because of the indoor hall, Skatepark Sweatshop is always open and you can always practice your tricks and flips. The Sweatshop is accessible to all skaters, from skateboarders to inline skaters.
Credits
Concept: Maxime Abbenhues, Mees Meeuwsen (MAMM)
Choreography: Maxime Abbenhues, Mees Meeuwsen in collaboration with the performers
Performers: Gihan Koster, Ischa Statie, Lara Schieber, Maxime Smeets, Sem van der Zouwen
Music: Tom van Wee
Dramaturgy: Sophie Cohlen
Styling: Jinko Joshu
Light design: Jasper Kayser
Coaching: Jasper van Luijk
Creative producer: Hanne Blomme
Production: Shannah Telleman
Fotographer: Sjoerd Derine
Made possible by: Fonds Podiumkunsten, Karavaan Festival, SHIFFT, AFK, Janivo, Gemeente Alkmaar, ICK, Gemeente Den Haag
Thanks to: Lisa Donia, Tim van den Bos
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