with the support of the Flemish Government
Jan Martens for Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (AHK)
2010GREAT EXPECTATIONS is a dance performance for twelve dancers from the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam. The personal hopes and dreams of the performers constitute the basis of the work. Using a range of choreographic languages and forms such as minimalist dance, physical theatre or the genre of the musical, the dancers on stage express their longings: from the life-defining desire to be important to the most trivial wish to simply smoke a cigarette.
PREMIERE: 08 December 2010, Academy of Theatre and Dance Amsterdam (NL)
BY: Jan Martens and dancers
WITH: Polina Shushakova, Sjifra Ijpma, Roma Kolen, Marlou Braakhuis, Marlinde Vos, Karin Frankel, Angela Rabaglio, Loraine Dambermont, Julie Vandercruyssen, Audrey Apers, Kim Tuerlings and Mandy Koenraads
COSTUME: Olivier Waelkens
ADVICE: Helga Lange
DURATION: 15 minutes
