Surprise!
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A birthday cake is more than a sugary treat adorned with candles: it is a marker of the passage of time, laden with cultural expectations. To celebrate this 30th edition, Kunstenfestivaldesarts invites Rébecca Chaillon for a surprise performance that takes over the Festival Centre for one evening only.
Through an approach that is raw and unsettling, Chaillon reimagines the act of baking a birthday cake and transforms this seemingly innocuous symbol. Eschewing metaphor, her body becomes the vessel in which the cake is created. She delivers a visceral performance that draws on the feminist tradition of performance art, using her body as subject and medium. Her actions transform into a living sculpture, balancing desecration with playful engagement. Ingredient by ingredient, the cake-making process becomes a conduit to explore not only joy but also the darker facets of society: harsh realities of consumption, social pressures inscribed on bodies, and eating disorders.
Chaillon skillfully weaves gestures and words in this one-night-only performance. The Cake arrives as a celebration of the festival’s milestone and a satirical reflection on the need and nature of celebration itself.
Accessible for wheelchair users | English | ⧖ 45min | Standing | Surprise performance, date and time will be announced a few days in advance | Contains nudity
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, BeursschouwburgConcept and performance: Rébecca Chaillon | Stage manager: Suzanne Péchenart | Production: Élise Bernard, Mélanie Charreton, Amandine Loriol Production: Compagnie Dans le VentreDans le Ventre Company is supported by Direction régionale des affaires culturelles Hauts-de-France – ministère de la Culture, as part of the support for contractingPerformances in Brussels with the support of the French Embassy in Belgium and the Institut français Paris as part of IF Incontournable
