ENTER Festival: HIBERNATORS
Elja de Haas, Iwan Vaandrager Academie voor Theater en Dans – Mime, Scenografie

ENTER Festival: HIBERNATORS
Elja de Haas, Iwan Vaandrager Academie voor Theater en Dans – Mime, Scenografie

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- An emancipated milk foamer
What if caring for each other could be continuous instead of a temporary necessity?
We are mechanisms trying our best.
Let’s be attentive to what appears, when the hibernators gather to slow down.
A performance about quitting and thinking and longing and not doing so good but also doing good and about living and there is music.
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Disclaimer: a Van de Graaff generator will be used during the performance, possible risk indicated for pacemakers.
Iwan (hij/hem) en Elja (die/hun) studeren af aan de opleiding scenografie en mime. Samen hebben we zachtheid en mislukkelingen onderzocht vanuit geel plastic, Toon Tellegen, effectpedalen, alter egels, en kronkels. We spelen met spullen en proberen de aanstekelijkheid hiervan over te brengen. We zoeken dromerige universums die zowel geruststellend als onheilspellend kunnen zijn. Immersiviteit die tot de verbeelding en gevoelswereld spreekt. Hoe verhoud je je tot de dingen om je heen? En hoe verhouden de dingen om je heen zich tot jou?
Thanks to: Kirsty Baker, Wouter Klein Velderman and Rita Bifulco Special thanks to Kiki Heslenfeld, Aion Arribas, antje nestel, Ragna Moen, Neslihan Kaymak, Nina Peruško, Aurelie Van de Walle Koczuk, Lisa Bernardus, Léa Thomas, Daan Hobbel, Judith van de Pas, Daan Westendorp, Marcel Slagter, NSA physics fair and all the hedgehogs

About ENTER Festival
ENTER is the national graduation festival (and, to some extent, also for Belgium) of Ensemble Nieuwe Theaterwerkers. It is a graduation festival by and for emerging theatre makers. Every year, we facilitate encounters between graduating theatre makers, one another, audiences, and the professional field. Each edition takes place in a different location across the country, because the cultural sector has no single centre. We started in Amsterdam in 2023, moved to The Hague in 2024, headed to Groningen in 2025, and in 2026 we will land in Utrecht!
ENTER is a place to discover who your graduating cohort is and what defines you as a generation. It is a place to encounter each other’s work, inspirations, and artistic visions. It is a place to build a new network with people you may end up working with for years to come. It is a place for a (first) meeting with professionals from the field. It is a place to remind you that there is a professional world waiting for you. It is a place to celebrate the end of your time in school together with your fellow graduates in unforgettable fashion.
ENTER is both a farewell party and a housewarming.












