RUIM
The housing shortage is driving many people to madness. We squeeze ourselves into 7 m², sublet temporarily, compete in house-share interviews, and wait while endlessly collecting WoningNet points.
Four dancers navigate a world that's teetering: they slide, fall, struggle, climb, and squeeze between crooked walls. With raw acrobatics and boundless imagination, they challenge themselves to create space within tight confines. Without anything to hold on to, at each other’s expense or with each other’s support.
RUIM is an acrobatic and intimate dance performance about creativity in a system that has come to a stand still. A celebration of resilience and the endless search for what "home" truly means. Because when the dust settles, one question remains:
‘What makes a house a home — and what are you willing to sacrifice for it?’
Pictures by Rick van Woudenberg
“These four intensely musical, acrobatic dancers are bound to become audience favorites. And rightly so: if people are capable of something like this, there may still be hope.”
— Javier López Piñón, De Theaterkrant 2026
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17 maart - (try out) Theater Kikker, Utrecht
18 maart - (premiere) Theater Kikker, Utrecht
19 maart - Zwolse Theaters, Zwolle
28 maart - ICKFest 2026 / Meervaart, Amsterdam
21 april - Bellevue, Amsterdam
23 april - Grand Theatre, Groningen
26 april - Korzo, Den Haag
6 mei - Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
9 mei - Theater de Vest, Alkmaar
16 mei - De Schuur, Haarlem
27 mei - CC Amstel, Amsterdam
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Choreography | Maxime Abbenhues, Mees Meeuwsen in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers | Maxime Abbenhues, Gihan Koster, Mees Meeuwsen, Sem van der Zouwen
Scenography | Rients Dijkstra
Music | Tom van Wee
Styling | Jinko Joshu
Light design | Jasper Kayser
Dramaturgy | Sophie Cohlen
Creative producer | Hanne Blomme
Marketer | Sanne Oostenga
Coaching | Jasper van Luijk
Photography | Sjoerd Derine
Photography | Rick van WoudenbergVideography | Jesse Immanuel Bom
Personal trainer | Lo Walther Boer
Thanks to | SHIFFT, Karavaan, Lisa Donia, ICK, Grand Theatre, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Juliette van Ingen
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Duration: 60 minutes
