A TRIBUTE TO EVERYTHIING THAT BREAKS

Yoko Haveman

Fri 4 Dec ’26 and Sat 5 Dec ’26

An anime-inspired performance that unravels a breakage.

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Fri 4 Dec ’26

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Sat 5 Dec ’26

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Fri 4 Dec ’26

20:00

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 2

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Sat 5 Dec ’26

20:00

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 2

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A TRIBUTE TO EVERYTHING THAT BREAKS, by choreographer and performer Yoko Haveman, unfolds as a psycho-dystopian cinematic landscape. An isolated body navigates the tension between a fractured persona and its underlying protest. It stages a perpetual negotiation between control and resistance, drawing on the aesthetics and emotional intensity of neo-noir anime. The performance examines the erotization of violence while exposing a subtle progressive deconstruction.

Positioned at the intersection of performance, visual art, and dance, Yoko constructs a hyper-stylized language that oscillates between restraint and rupture. What begins as a silent act gradually mutates into an erratic, uncontrollable outburst. Escalating through fetishization, infantilization, and isolation, the work exposes its power structures as well as the Japanese notions of ‘Lolicon’ and ‘Hikikomori’.

Central to the work is Yoko's ongoing artistic research into the body as a living archive of memories and transfiguration. Rather than submitting to binary archetypes prevalent within anime, docility versus monstrosity, A TRIBUTE TO EVERYTHING THAT BREAKS hybridizes this dichotomy in order to reveal an unpredictable, complex, and self-determined character. "I want to disrupt and break what has been made consumable and allow the body to exist on its own terms."

The soundscape is composed by Mara Lalihatu (Animistic Beliefs), who draws from two distinct genres, electronic and ambient. A layered sonic environment functions in close dialogue with lighting design by Chieljan van der Hoek, shifting between the ethereal and the abrasive. What emerges is a charged environment where exposure and concealment are held in constant tension, continuously redefined through their interplay.

A TRIBUTE TO EVERYTHING THAT BREAKS offers a raw and immersive experience that confronts and unsettles. Audiences are invited into a charged encounter with vulnerability and reclaimed agency.

Duration: 40 mins.
Language no problem

Credits

concept, direction and performance Yoko Haveman artistic coach Cherish Menzo dramaturgy Courtney May Robertson sound design Mara Lalihatu (Animistic Beliefs) scenography Lena Michel van Drie, Yoko Haveman technician and light design Chieljan van der Hoek set builder Maarten Smids - Man Met Hamer costume Yoko Haveman photography campaign image Lisa Schamlé graphic design Ringailė Demšytė production Dansateliers co-production Grand Theatre Groningen, Nederlandse Dansdagen Virtual Residency, Studio FCP with the support of OFFSPRING Utrecht, Theater Rotterdam, Theater Kikker with the financial support of Gemeente Rotterdam, NORMA fund thanks to Gideon van der Stelt, Vera Bonder, Charlotte Goesaert

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In the press

“With a powerful work inspired by dark anime, martial arts, and paralyzing female imagery, Yoko
Haveman presents herself as a performance maker. Her physical language shifts from hunched and
turned away to grand, supercharged, and willing to take physical risks.” Theaterkrant

About Yoko Haveman

Yoko Haveman (1994, Brazilian/Japanese) is an interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, director, and performer. Her work brings together performance, dance, and visual art through a distinct visual and physical language. She explores themes such as eroticism, trauma, taboos, and the body as a carrier of memory and meaning.

As a graduate of the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam, Yoko has collaborated with artists and companies including Rauwkost Film, Dansateliers, De Dansers, and Ann van den Broek. Previous works include Paradise Lost (2024), Solastalgia (2023), and Conundrum (2022). In 2022, she was nominated for the prestigious Young Swan Award (VSCD) for Most Impressive Performance.