Choreographer

Laura van Hal

Choreographer

Laura choreographs and directs performances in all sorts of disciplines. She specializes in circus theater, but she also choreographs pure dance creations and dance with a dash of theater.

TENT: LOOP (2011)

TENT circus theater productions is the first Dutch company that will fully focus on creating ´cirque nouveau´. Laura directed

their first production called LOOP.

Sometimes one decision can change your

life completely. Are you brave enough to

take a new road? The answer decides

your life LOOP.

Performers: Zinzi Oegema, Jorga Lok, Evertjan Mercier, Joris de Jong, Minka Maria Parkkinen en Cahit Metin.

Director: Laura van Hal.

Watch the trailer >>

Collaborating youth circuses: Crème Brûlée (2009)

In 2009 Circus Elleboog had their 60th anniversary and Crème Brulee is the creative icing on their birthday cake. In association with youth circuses Circaso, Grote Broer, Nevermind, Rotjeknor, Santelli and Shamballa, Circus Elleboog created a family performance in which theater, dance and circus came together.

Twenty-five young, talented circus artists from the Dutch youth circuses brought a physical spectacle with acrobatics, trapeze, tight wire, juggling, aerial silks and unicycling. Surprising , moving, emotional, and breathtaking. Laura created the choreographies for this unique show.

Collaborating youth circuses:

Hoog Toerental (2008)

Hoog toerental is continuation of the youth circus festival Tumulto, in which five Dutch youth circuses presented themselves in the theater ‘De Krakeling’ in January 2004 and 2006.

In a time span of just four weekend workshops, twenty-two talented artists from four youth circuses in The Netherlands created a family piece for six year-olds and up.

Hoog Toerental follows the rhythm of a normal day in the city, showing a world between fantasy and reality. It’s a story about friendship and loneliness, fun and dreams – told in the language of circus art. Laura van Hal created the choreographies for this show.

Danswerkplaats Haarlem:

For two years in a row, four choreographers created a site-specific work in which professional and amateur dancers danced together.

La Pinalie (2007)

With 30 dancers and 6 musicians we travelled to Pinalie (FR). There we created a surprising piece based on the story of King Arthur. The piece was performed both indoors and outside. The local spectators were impressed with the variety of the performances.

Pas Partout (2006)

‘Pas Partout’ was a performance for 15 dancers and 6 musicians in Hannezel (FR), which was performed mostly outdoors. It was a magical tour around the circle of life, from birth to death.

Choreographers:

Haya Maëla, Gabriella Carrera, Martine van Santen en Laura van Hal.

Artiance: Pauline (2006)

Inspired by the song ‘Pauline’ from Bram Vermeulen, Laura created a performance about the loneliness of kids nowadays, coming home to an empty house every day and having to scream for attention from their busy parents. Pauline zooms in on the struggle of these kids trying to get the attention they need, sometimes leading them to very extreme measures.

Pauline is a dance and theater production for seven dancers which tells a serious story about communication, relations and getting attention in an absurd and humorous way.

Articles about Pauline appeared in several newspapers, such as ‘Noordhollands Dagblad’>>

Het Muziektheater: Pagliacci (2006)

With a team of people that come from four different disciplines (music, theater, dance and visual arts), we created our own version of the famous opera ‘Pagliacci’ for high school kids from ‘Het Huizermaat’ in Huizen.
We showed our version on the 31th of March in ‘Het Muziektheater’ in Amsterdam. Afterwards we took the students to see the original version, performed by ‘De Nederlandse Opera’.

Articles about ‘Pagliacci’ appeared in several newspapers, such as ‘Gooi and Eemlander’>>

Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam Theatre teacher: Eva Zanen | Fine arts: Renee van Veelen, Dore Hoekstra, Wouda Zandenbergen | Theater dance teacher: Laura van Hal

Het Conservatorium, Utrecht

Music: Josje Visser, Sara Lagerveld,

Jeanine Venema

Circus Elleboog: IX US (2008)

"What if I just do it? Sometimes I think about that. What if I do it. Just for a moment. When nobody is looking. Secretly dare to differ..."

In a moving performance full of theater, dance and circus art, twenty youngsters tell a story about desire, colored dreams and heroic deeds.

IX US from Circus Elleboog is exciting circus theater played by 20 young artists. A spectacle of physical abilities that includes acrobatics, trampoline jumping, dance and the art of balance. In the air as well as on the ground, one can see displays of both muscular power and extreme flexibility everywhere.

IX US debuted in 2008 and toured for two years performing for festivals throughout Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg.

As a first step from circus to total theater IX US is a surprise.

Trouw: A first step in taking circus to theater, IX US surprises. >>

acrobatic dance artist