KOMMA with Chilton Galimo

Chilton Galimo (born 1993) is a hip-hop dancer and choreographer. Gamilo was born in Suriname but has lived most of his life in Tilburg. Here he started dance training at the age of 16 and was very active in the Dutch dance scene until the COVID pandemic. He participated in several 'battles' and competed, coached and choreographed for several crews. Two of the most prominent are D-Crew Dance Crew and The Fire. He participated in international battles and competitions and judges at both national and international competitions.

After this, he shifted his focus back to Tilburg and now focuses on creating opportunities for the local hip-hop scene as a community builder and pioneer. In doing so, he provides talent development and employment opportunities for his local community.

He is most proficient in hip-hop techniques, although he has trained other street and club styles throughout his life. He likes to devote his time to both freestyle and choreography, as he believes these two dimensions reinforce each other. When it comes to choreography, he likes to both work within styles and step out and mix techniques from different styles to fit his own artistic vision of creating choreography. When it comes to freestyle, he believes this is where freedom of movement and self-expression can be found. He gets much of his technique from practising freestyle, exploring and jamming, and he likes to combine a hard, disciplined work ethic while training with the fun and social side of party dancing and club culture.

Chilton reacts to Jan van den Dobbelsteen and Arash Fakhim's exhibition Parsing.