TRIPTYCH THE MISSING DOOR THE LOST ROOM THE HIDDEN FLOOR New creation (2020) adapted from Adrift, originally created for Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT1) ‘Zwaan’ most impressive dance production 2016 for The lost room TRIPTYCH Triptych is a new creation by Peeping Tom, scheduled to premiere in 2020. The performance consists of three short pieces: The missing door (directed by Gabriela Carrizo), The lost room and The hidden floor (both directed by Franck Chartier). In this new creation, Peeping Tom is reimagining the three short pieces and adapting them from the originals created by Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier with Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1). For the first time since 2009, Peeping Tom searched for a completely new ensemble to feature in this new production. After receiving more than 2400 applications, the company auditioned 600 candidates from around the world. Rehearsals will take place in Brussels in spring 2020, with a premiere in summer 2020. In Triptych, several characters are evolving in spaces from which they cannot escape. They set out to seek an ideal, they left with a dream and with hope. Now, they keep wandering throughout a mysterious and macabre labyrinth in which they are lost. The characters live between reality and what’s imagined, guided by natural forces that lead them to an uncertain destiny. Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier create a disturbing, dark and enclosed world – typical in the work of Peeping Tom, while at the same time putting a uniQue and extreme language of movement and performance at the centre of the pieces. Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier wanted to break the linearity of time by mixing the past, the present and the future. In that sense, memories and premonitions are very important. Memories are often not a literal reproduction of the past, but rely on constructive processes prone to error and distortion. We think we remember correctly, but then it turns out we’ve given shape to a story as we see it in present or even future times. Here, present and future events are capable of influencing the past, our memories and our ability to remember. Each part of the trilogy has its own uniQue setting and evokes a film set. The missing door is set in a room or hallway filled with doors that won’t open. The action in The lost room happens in a cabin on a ship, focusing on the interior world of the characters. The hidden floor takes place in a public setting, an abandoned restaurant, where natural forces have taken over. The scenic changes between the piece are carried out in plain sight and become a part of the performance, as if it were a live film editing. Photo credit title page: The lost room Ó Rahi Rezvani, Nederlands Dans Theater The missing door Ó Rahi Rezvani, Nederlands Dans Theater Credits* Concept and direction Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier Performed by Konan Dayot, Fons Dhossche, Lauren Langlois, Panos Malactos, Alejandro Moya, Fanny Sage, Eliana Stragapede, Wan-Lun Yu Production manager An Van Der Donckt Communication manager Sébastien Parizel Company manager Veerle Mans Production Peeping Tom Coproduction KVS – Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg Brussel, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Festival GREC Barcelona, Opéra de Lille, Tanz Köln Peeping Tom is currently looking for coproducers With the support of the Flemish authorities Distribution Frans Brood Productions *Preliminary credits, subject to changes. Please contact [email protected] in case of doubt. The missing door (2013) The missing door was created by Gabriela Originally created with NDT Carrizo and the dancers of NDT1. The Concept & direction: Gabriela Carrizo original creation premiered on December Creation: Lydia Bustinduy, César Faria 6th, 2013 in Koninklijk Theater Carré in Fernandes, Spencer Dickhaus, Marne van Amsterdam (NL). Opstal, Roger van der Poel, Meng-ke Wu, Rena Narumi Artistic assistance: Seoljin By intertwining fantasy and reality, Kim, Anders Hellström Sound design & Gabriela Carrizo shows two parallel arrangements: Raphaëlle Latini Light dimensions. We are witnessing the last design: Tom Visser Set design: Gabriela minutes of life, which take place in the Carrizo Costume design: Gabriela Carrizo twilight zone between life and death. The dying man anxiously tries to find a way Duration: 28’ through the intricate maze of his thoughts. Production for 7 dancers While soundscapes of everyday sounds turn into lost rhythms, the man performs a Watch the trailer for The missing door: lonely battle with time, space and those http://www.peepingtom.be/en/productio who are absent. ns/11#video The lost room Ó Rahi Rezvani, Nederlands Dans Theater The lost room (2015) In 2015, Franck Chartier created The lost Originally created with NDT room with the ensemble of NDT1. It Concept & direction: Franck Chartier followed The missing door (Gabriela Assistant to the director: Yi-Chun Liu, Carrizo, 2013) and premiered on October Louis-Clément da Costa, Ander Zabala 1st, 2015 in the Zuiderstrandtheater, The (NDT) In co-creation with the dancers: Hague (NL). Lydia Bustinduy, Spencer Dickhaus, Bob Verbrugge, Roger Van der Poel, Rena The lost room continues with some of the Narumi, Cesar Faria Fernandes, Chloe themes already addressed in The missing Albaret, Meng-Ke Wu, Marne van Opstal door. We find ourselves on a ship at sea, Music: New composition by Raphaëlle where freedom and entrapment go hand in Latini, Ismaël Colombani Piano recording: hand. In a labyrinth of rooms and corridors, John Elliot Gardner Light Design: Tom several stories are told simultaneously. Visser Set design: Justine Bougerol Characters seemingly exist in every time Costumes: Yi-Chun Liu and every place. At the same time, they are timeless, infinite and boundless. In that Duration: 38’ respect, The lost room could be seen as a Production for 8 dancers and 1 eXtra melancholic nostalgia for the future. Watch the trailer for The lost room: The lost room was awarded a ‘Swan most http://www.peepingtom.be/en/productio impressive dance production in 2016’ in ns/16#video The Netherlands. The jury stated: “With The lost room, Franck Chartier creates a magical realism, surreal and absurd oppressive work that opens a new world for the NDT and its audience. Chartier uses plenty of special effects, pours suspense and (macabre) humour into one barrel and turns you over with a sublime and overthrowing fragile duet.” The hidden floor Ó Rahi Rezvani, Nederlands Dans Theater The hidden floor (2017) In 2017, Franck Chartier completed the Originally created with NDT triptych that had started with The missing Concept & direction: Franck Chartier door (Gabriela Carrizo, 2013) followed by Assistant to the director: Louis-Clément The lost room (Franck Chartier, 2015). da Costa, Ander Zabala In co-creation with the dancers: Lydia Bustinduy, This short creation continues with the Spencer Dickhaus, Bob Verbrugge, Roger story and themes started in The missing Van der Poel, Rena Narumi, Cesar Faria door and The lost room: the memory, the Fernandes, Chloe Albaret, Meng-Ke Wu, disruption of time. The characters exist in a Marne van Opstal Light design: Tom public space, maybe a restaurant, taken Visser Set design: Justine Bougerol over by nature. They are experiencing their Costumes: Franck Chartier, final moments as the water slowly starts to Louis-Clément da Costa rise. Holding on to their last hope, they try to survive and find a way out, not only Duration: 28’ physically but also mentally. Production for 8 dancers en 1 eXtra Franck Chartier received his second Watch the trailer for The hidden floor: nomination for a Zwaan for his work on The http://www.peepingtom.be/en/productio hidden floor. He previously took home The ns/17#video Netherlands’ most prestigious award for The lost room. The lost room Ó Rahi Rezvani, Nederlands Dans Theater The press about The missing door, The lost room and The hidden floor "The power of each piece of the trilogy lies in the permanent unpredictability of events. […] The moments of surprise arise primarily from dance - from a seductive as well as compelling movement language that describes an overwhelmingly heightened atmosphere of psychic primal fears.” TanZ about The missing door, The lost room and The hidden floor 28.11.2017 "The famous ingredients of the two founders of the successful Belgian collective Peeping Tom are again present: dance, acrobatics, illusionism, cinematic suspense. And mad humour. […] The theatrical qualities of the nine excellent dancers are fully used." NRC Handelsblad about The missing door, The lost room and The hidden floor 18.10.2017 "The typical mix of magic, effects, slapstick and contortion is bombastic; the suspense is perfect. The entire piece is still worthy of the comparison with the surrealistic TV series Twin Peaks." **** (4 stars) De Volkskrant about The missing door, The lost room and The hidden floor 11.10.2017 "These dancers delivered an incredible performance. With their bodies, they challenge the rules of dance and the laws of nature. In [The hidden floor], humour, darkness and beauty coincide in superlative degree." Cultureel Persbureau about The missing door, The lost room and The hidden floor 06.10.2017 “With The lost room (2015), Franck Chartier and his magic, realistic but surreal and absurd oppressive world, finds a wonderful connection with the Kylián tradition of NDT and therefore receives the ‘Swan Most Impressive Dance Production.” De Volkskrant on the Swan for The lost room 08.10.2016 (in Dutch) “Best plays and shows of 2015 according to NRC Handelsblad.” NRC Handelsblad