Yoko Haveman (1994, Brazilian/Japanese) is an interdisciplinary maker; choreographer, performer, and director working across both theatre and film. Her work collides dance performance, visual poetry, and experimentation with themes such as eroticism, trauma, and idealism. A graduate of the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam, she has collaborated with renowned artists and companies including Ann van den Broek, De Dansers, Rauwkost, and Dansateliers.
She creates sensorial experiences in which the body becomes an integral part of the narrative. Her previous works, such as Solastalgia (2023), Conundrum (2022), and the upcoming dance film NOSEBLEED (2025), demonstrate her experimental language and her desire to confront, move, and invite audiences into deep vulnerability and reflection.
In 2022 was Yoko nominated for the Young Swan Award in the category of Most Impressive Performance for the production Vier by De Dansers, presented by the Association of Theatre and Concert Hall Directors (VSCD, NL).
The productions by Yoko Haveman:
A Tribute to Everything That Breaks
A Tribute to Everything That Breaks (2026) is a multidisciplinary revealing of violence and eroticism in a colorful psycho-dystopian world: physical, emotional, aesthetic, and symbolic – seen through the female-coded anime body. This solo performance – performed by Yoko Haveman – explores the fractured psyche, perception, and hyper-sexualized bodies of archetypal figures: the Innocent, and the Tragic Temptress – characters whose storylines are often shaped by implosion or sacrifice.
NOSEBLEED (2026/2027), a film by Yoko Haveman, navigates the fragile and volatile intersections of desire, identity, and embodied trauma. Blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality, this work invites audiences into the inner world of Maya, a young woman caught in a charged helix where pleasure and identity collapse into personal interactions.
Conundrum (2022) is an interdisciplinary research performance that explores the manifestation of friction, confrontation and the obstacles of thought. Performing this physical work herself, Haveman challenges the viewer’s senses and emotions by using cinematic images and auditory experiences. This piece has been developed during One Night’s Dance and was presented at Dansateliers.
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