Jakop Ahlbom Company
The Jakop Ahlbom Company is the mime ensemble of director Jakop Ahlbom. The company creates both large-scale productions for the main stage and more intimate performances for the mid-stage.
Jakop Ahlbom Company is the mime company of director Jakop Ahlbom. The company creates both large-scale performances for the main stage and more intimate performances for the smaller theater. Jakop Ahlbom Company is based in Amsterdam and is one of the resident companies of Meervaart.
The performances have a unique and distinctive style. Ahlbom uses a mix of mime, dance, slapstick, live music, special effects, and alienating elements, combined with cinematic effects and often live music to create poetic and enchanting worlds. The performances are shown all over the world.
''We believe in the power of imagination. In our fantasy, anything is possible, there are no limitations, no barriers. In the worlds that we imagine, you can look further than you ever did, there are no dogmas or prejudices. Our thinking is opened, our senses come alive, our dreams become reality. We acknowledge who we are, what people are, in everything that moves us. Therefore, we create our performances.''
Jakop Ahlbom Company:
- Creates physically expressive theater;
- Believes in the power of imagination;
- Uses a mix of mime, slapstick, dance, music, illusionism, and special effects in its performances;
- Belongs to the top of internationally traveling theater companies;