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Scapegoat is a dark dance of despair in the inferno of Dante’s Divine Comedy. In a world where intentions and actions are flourescent, the performers indulge in movements that take them far beyond the limits of the human.
In a desolate, dark inferno based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, faceless individuals wander around. In this world, it is not always clear with what intention an action departs from one to another. In a game of perception and interpretation, the audience is swallowed up in the barren land of creatures performing a dance of despair beyond that which makes them human.
Scapegoat is a theatre performance by Kortrijk-based playwright Ferenc Balcaen, in which he explores the changing boundary between pain, love and eroticism. He uses the performers’ vocal identity in an idiosyncratic way, inspired by a wide aural range: from Gregorian chants to contemporary vocal techniques. In a soundscape based on Liszt’s Dante Sonata/Fantasia Quasi Sonata, Scapegoat encourages the audience to think more deeply about the relationship between image, sound and intention.
Play dates
Concept & creation: Ferenc Balcaen | From & with: Pepijn Vandelanotte, Marie-Christine Verheyen, Ellen Sterckx & Ferre Vuye | Dramaturgy: Mesut Arslan | Scenography: Lars Uten | Sound design: Rint Mennes | Lighting design: Max Adams | Costumes: Louis Verlinde | Movement coach: Georgina Teunissen | Musical dramaturgy | Voice coach: Pieter De Praetere | Production: Ferenc Balcaen & Muziektheater Transparant | Coproduction: Platform 0090, DE SINGEL, C-Takt, Playground (STUK & M, Leuven) & PerPodium | With the support of BUDA, Needcompany, De Maan & Tax Shelter from the Belgian Federal Government through the Flemish Government.