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2006-03-25
The Smile Off your Face
Today theatre group "Ontroerend Goed" did the performance "The Smile Off your Face" in De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam. Julia and me here there...
Welcome to Ontroerend Goed's dark stage. The performance "The Smile off your Face" is a radically different approach to a theatre experience. You are blindfolded and cuffed in a wheel chair. This is not watching; it is an experience. There is no stage, no audience, no place in the spot lights where the actors do their thing. Can you feel the smile off your face? The Smile off Your Face is an individual performance. One spectator is allowed into the room every five minutes. Personal guides lead you along the track the each actor. The performance lasts for twenty five minutes for each guest.
I have had many exciting theatre experiences, e.g. "Baby Blue" and several other performances I haven't translated into English yet. But this was much more heavy! This performance was pure BDSM!
Handcuffed in your wheel chair you are rolled into the unknown... What can you expect? The only option is to submit yourself and trust the people who will give you a treat.
I don't want to give away too much about what happens in the room. There were sounds, smells, touches, conversations... In several ways the actors "pull your leg" (insiders call it "mind fucks"). You do get personal attention and you will be interacting with the actors.
Julia and I enjoyed it very much!
This performance will soon be in Malmö in Sweden...
"In The Smile off Your Face Ontroerend Goed ("touchingly good") honor their name: they roll you from loneliness to coziness and back. They invite you to delve into your own feelings of fear and lust, memories and desires. They guide you, caress you, even feed you. You are invited to resist or to refrain from resistance. Being open about yourself is best done when blindfolded." (Belgian newspaper De Morgen, December, 8th. 2004)
Group: Ontroerend Goed
Author: Aurèlie Lannoy
Directors: Sophie De Sommere, Joeri Smet
With: Noémi Schlosser, Elke Thijs, Roel Verhaver
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Welcome to Ontroerend Goed's dark stage. The performance "The Smile off your Face" is a radically different approach to a theatre experience. You are blindfolded and cuffed in a wheel chair. This is not watching; it is an experience. There is no stage, no audience, no place in the spot lights where the actors do their thing. Can you feel the smile off your face? The Smile off Your Face is an individual performance. One spectator is allowed into the room every five minutes. Personal guides lead you along the track the each actor. The performance lasts for twenty five minutes for each guest.
I have had many exciting theatre experiences, e.g. "Baby Blue" and several other performances I haven't translated into English yet. But this was much more heavy! This performance was pure BDSM!
Handcuffed in your wheel chair you are rolled into the unknown... What can you expect? The only option is to submit yourself and trust the people who will give you a treat.
I don't want to give away too much about what happens in the room. There were sounds, smells, touches, conversations... In several ways the actors "pull your leg" (insiders call it "mind fucks"). You do get personal attention and you will be interacting with the actors.
Julia and I enjoyed it very much!
This performance will soon be in Malmö in Sweden...
"In The Smile off Your Face Ontroerend Goed ("touchingly good") honor their name: they roll you from loneliness to coziness and back. They invite you to delve into your own feelings of fear and lust, memories and desires. They guide you, caress you, even feed you. You are invited to resist or to refrain from resistance. Being open about yourself is best done when blindfolded." (Belgian newspaper De Morgen, December, 8th. 2004)
Group: Ontroerend Goed
Author: Aurèlie Lannoy
Directors: Sophie De Sommere, Joeri Smet
With: Noémi Schlosser, Elke Thijs, Roel Verhaver
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