A wordless performance, suitable for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences, as well as non-Polish-speaking viewers.
It is a social/circus experiment in borders and identity. It’s two performances which happen simultaneously, mutually exclusive yet interwoven, to create one universal experience. Five multi-faceted artists share two stages separated by 1 wall. The result is a performance without borders, offering each spectator their own exclusive experience.
The performance is characterized by a high level of interaction with the audience. Viewers in the front row have the opportunity to actively participate in the show.
Be Flat vzw was founded in 2017 by Thomas Decaesstecker and Ward Mortier. Be Flat stands for equality. We want to play for everyone. Our goal is to bring together people from different backgrounds. To connect and inspire by sharing our creativity, through movement and sound. To establish a human connection between performer and spectator, while allowing all spectators their own freedom of interpretation, their own personal experience of the performance. Recurring themes in the work of Be Flat are territoriality, mobility and the strength of the group. Ward (Ghent 1993) and Thomas (Tervuren 1989) first met in 2008 at a parkour gathering in Ghent. Years of shared passion for movement and music naturally led to their first creation Follow Me (2018).
An acrobatic in-situ performance that combines freerunning with circus and street theater. Ward has studied Chinese pole and acro-dance at ESAC (Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque, Brussels). Thomas has been trained as an acrobat/handbalancer at Escuela De Artes Circenses Del Circo Del Mundo (Santiago, Chili). Be Flat brought together a collective for their next creation, Double You, a multi-faceted/quirky performance that is the fruit of a shared vibe and vision. Mehdi Delanoeije (1986), Dario Tabakov (1990) and Tars Van Der Vaerent (1992) participate in the project as authors as well as performers. A compatible group with a wide variety of backgrounds. Their shared interests in combination with their respective specialisations result in a wide spectrum of possibilities, and a particular, truly original form of circus.
Creators: Thomas Decaesstecker, Mehdi Delanoeije, Ward Mortier, Dario Tabakov, Tars Van Der Vaerent
Dramaturgy: Craig Weston
Light creation: David Carney
Outside ear: Marie-Anne Standaert, Stijn Dickel, Celestin Massot
Outside eye: Zora Snake, Jesse Huygh, Sander Decuyper, Gianna Sutterlet
Costumes and scenography: Ella Courvoisier
Coproduction: PERPLX, Espace Catastrophe
Creation residencies and support: Circuscentrum, Centre des Arts scéniques, Dommelhof, Latitude 50, Mira Miro, MCAth, 30CC, Palestinian Circus School, PERPLX, CC De Grote Post, GC De Kroon