Distort the Body
Duration: 20 min
In Distort the Body, gender norms are questioned through costumes designed by the Swedish Linnea Mattei. These costumes are an absurd magnification of typically feminine and masculine characteristics. Expanding these outward features reveals societal expectations and their limitations. Jansens and Geens explore the physical limitations of this borrowed body.
How does a tight pencil skirt or a disproportionate bosom influence a handstand or walkover? How does it influence the daily activities of a woman?
How wide should one run so that prosthetic male calves don't rub against each other? What happens if you start messing with the standards? If you put things in a different perspective? If you exhibit yourself as a person? We see her searching, wondering if she feels comfortable in this borrowed body. Is she an animal? Does she come from Mars? Maybe she’s a superhero or just a plain human?
Team
Dramaturgy: Margot Jansens
Creating performer: Jakobe Geens
Music: Aram Abgaryan
Costume: Linea Matei and Joke van de Casteele
Video & Photo: Jostijn
Coaching: Mat Voorter, Jan Dillen
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03.09 — Fortbom, Mortsel
26.08 & 27.08 — Cirk!, Aalst
05.08 — theater aan zee, Oostende
11.03 — Boze wolf festival, Aarschot
22.02 — MOMU, Modemuseum, Antwerpen
20.02 — KROKUSfestival, Hasselt
08.01 — Podvis festival, Mechelen -
20.11 — Modemuseum Hasselt
03.03 — Smells Like Circus, Gent
05.02 — Chambre d’O, Oostende (Canceled)
09.01 — Podvis festival, Antwerpen (Canceled) -
25.10 — Festival Circolo, Tilburg
25.09 — Love at first sight, Antwerpen
19.09 — Bruist!, Antwerpen
18.09 — Dansstorm, Kortrijk
12.09 & 11.09 — Plein de Cirque, Turnhout
14.08 — Festival CIRL, Leuven
07.08 — Boulevard festival
02.08 — De Koningsvoorde, Tilburg (Circolo)
31.07 — Den Herdgang, Tilburg (Circolo)
30.07 — Thebe Elizabeth, Goirle (Circolo)
29.07 — Zwijsen, Tilburg (Circolo)
24.07 — Thebe de Hoogt, Alphen (Circolo)
23.07 — Het Laar, Tilburg (Circolo)
14.07 — ETZ Ziekenhuis, Tilburg (Circolo)
01.07 — Carrousel, Antwerpen
