Concept and direction: Gabriela Carrizo & Franck Chartier / Dance and creation: Jos Baker, Eurudike De Beul, Marie Gyselbrecht, Hun-Mok Jung, Seoljin Kim, Maria Carolina Vieira (earlier cast: Sabine Molenaar)
Peeping Tom
32 rue Vandenbranden
- Tanz im August
Having been tested out at numerous festivals around the world, with various awards to its name, the Belgian theater collective Peeping Tom is finally coming to Berlin. Known for its dense atmospheres and hyperrealistic works, “32 rue Vandenbranden”, revolves around the members of a small community living in a trailer park. What drives the people who live there, almost buried in the snow? As voyeurs, the audience observes the events through the windows of the simple dwellings: domestic violence, sex, grief, death. Five dancers and a mezzosoprano inhabit this unstable, surreal universe, governed by their own laws of time and space. Their isolation leads both them and us into an unconscious world of nightmares, fears and desires – to the dark side of what it means to be human. This theatrical trip is accompanied by an eclectic selection of music, ranging from Bach to K-Pop, Bellini to Pink Floyd. “32 rue Vandebranden” is inspired by the film “The Ballad of Narayama” by Shohei Imamura. The film depicts the legendary traditions of a remote Japanese village community which sends its elderly people to die on Mount Narayama at the age of 70. Peeping Tom was founded in the year 2000 by Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier, who previously danced with Alain Platel and Needcompany.
Production Peeping Tom
Coproduction KVS Brussel, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt Am Main, Le Rive Gauche Saint-Etienne-du- Rouvray, La Rose des Vents Villeneuve D’Ascq, Theaterfestival Boulevard ‘s Hertogenbosch in cooperation with Theater aan de Parade en de Verkadefabriek, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zürich, Cankarjev Dom Ljubljana, Charleroi/danses, Centre chorégraphique de la Communauté française de Belgique – dans le cadre de la Biennale 2009.
Special thanks to Maria Otal, Caroline Wagner, Samuel Lefeuvre, Nicolas Olivier, Alain Szlendak, André De Tremerie, Pol Heyvaert, Gregory Grosjean, Théâtre de la Ville-Paris, Les Brigittines.
With the support of the Flemish government
Duration 80 minutes
Cast
Dates
Past
Location
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Schaperstr. 24, 10719 BerlinThe Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Schaperstraße 24 has wheelchair access without steps to the foyer and to the auditorium on the ground floor. A wheelchair accessible lift is available for the upper foyers. This lift is equipped with tactile lettering. There is a WC on the ground floor for persons with restricted mobility.
