Izah Hankammer
Izah Hankammer is a Filipino-German dancer, performer and choreographer. She graduated with a BA in Contemporary Dance at Fontys School of Arts in 2020. As a freelance dancer, she has worked with Meyer-Chaffaud Dance Company, United Cowboys and Nicole Beutler Projects/Schauspielhaus Bochum, among others. She was part of the artist duo moOv, and created projects supported by Makershuis Tilburg, United Cowboys, DansBrabant and Fonds Podiumkunsten. Since 2021 she has been working with Action Zoo Humain, performing in Flemish Xperience (2021), Flemish Primitives (2022) and The Truth Commission (2023). In Perzen. Triomf van Emphathie (2024), she worked on the choreography and movement under the direction of Chokri Ben Chikha. Since 2025, Action Zoo Humain has been accompanying her as a maker within the trajectory Inter:Action. She toured her dance and drum duet THE TIME IT TAKES {nomadic}, performing different locations as well as black box venues, such as De Brakke Grond during Amsterdam Fringe Festival 2025. She was also an artist-in-residence at De Werfplaats of Festival Cement 2025. Currently, she is working on her new project TIMEAFTERTIME, which was nominated for the Roel Verniers Prize (Het Theaterfestival 2025) and premieres in November 2026.