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Diptych was created by the acclaimed Belgian dance company Peeping Tom. Founded by Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier, the company has garnered numerous international awards for its productions. In 2023, Diptych was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production in the UK. That same year, it received the Best International Dance Performance Award from Premis de la Crítica in Spain, as well as the Les Éloges at the Opéra Garnier in Paris, France.

The work is adapted from two short pieces originally created by the choreographers for Nederlands Dans Theater. Reimagined into a Diptych, the show features unique scenography: The Missing Door unfolds in a room and corridor filled with doors that cannot be opened, while The Lost Room takes place inside an ocean liner’s cabin, delving into the inner lives of its characters.

The production carries on the company’s signature style. As framed in a cinematic lens, realistic settings are used to construct the characters’ inner worlds, and create a double huis-clos in which the characters are isolated and adrift. Scene transitions unfold in full view of the audience, like live film editing, and a rich soundscape is dotted throughout the performance, intensifying the work’s filmic quality.

Blending elements of theater and dance, Diptych features performers that master both disciplines, who reveals the complex human nature through subtle movements. Centered on the character’s relationships, the production explores themes including time and memory, allowing the audience a glimpse into the hidden dimensions of humanity.

FEATURED REVIEWS
“Triptych is a truly dazzling, magical, hypnotic show, a sensory cataract that envelops the spectator and traps him in a spider web of fascination.” ***** (5 stars)
——ABC 13.11.2021

"Eclectic and unpredictable, Peeping Tom shows defy ratings, as do Marthaler's subversive stagings and the perturbing films by the great director David Lynch."
——La Repubblica 10.09.2021

“Triptych produces uneasiness, reflects on the future of humanity, on relationships, on power, on the unknown, on others and the spiritual, on changes."
——Revista El Duende 14.11.2021

“The staging of this show is very strong, especially because the dancers build a gore image through a brutal mastery of the body, perfectly combined with sound and light effects."
——Recomana 26.07.2020

"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 11.10.2017

PEEPING TOM
Peeping Tom is a Belgian dance theatre company, founded by Gabriela Carrizo (I/AR) and Franck Chartier (F).

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Everything at Peeping Tom starts from a hyperrealist setting. The space feels familiar, such as a retirement home in Vader, two trailer homes in 32 rue Vandenbranden or a living room in Le Salon. The creators then break open this realism and begin to defy the logic of time, space and mood. You become the witness - or rather, the voyeur? - of what usually remains hidden and unsaid, you are taken into subconscious worlds and discover nightmares, fears and desires. Presented using a rich imagery, a fascinating battle arises, against one’s environment and against oneself.

Since its foundation in 2000 in Brussels, Peeping Tom has presented its creations around the world. The company has received several important awards, including a FEDORA Van Cleef & Arpels Prize for Ballet for La Visita, an Olivier Award in the United Kingdom for 32 rue Vandenbranden, a Patrons Circle Award at the International Arts Festival in Melbourne as well as several selections for the Belgian and Dutch Theatre Festivals.

CREATIVE TEAM
Concept and direction: Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier
Performance: Konan Dayot, Fons Dhossche, Lauren Langlois, Panos Malactos/Akira Yoshida, Alejandro Moya, Fanny Sage,Eliana Stragapede,Wan-Lun Yu
Artistic assistance: Thomas Michaux
Sound dramaturgy: Raphaěle Latini
Sound composition and arrangements: Raphaělle Latini, lsmaěl Colombani, Annalena
Fröhlich, Louis-Clément Da Costa, Eurudike De Beul
Light design: Tom Visser
Set design: Gabriela Carrizo, Justine Bougerol
Costume design: Seoljin Kim, Yichun Liu, Louis-Clément Da Costa
Confection costumes: Sara van Meer, Lulu Tikovsky, Wu Bingyan (intern)
Technical coordination: Giuliana Rienzi, Pjotr Eiickenboom(creation)
Technical engineers: Bram Geldhof, llias Johri (lights), Tim Thielemans/Jonas Castelijns/Jo Heijens (sound)
Stage management: Thomas Dobruszkes(stage manager), Clement Michaux, Kato Stevens (stage assistants)
Production interns: Lisa Gunstone, Robin Appels
Tour manager: Alina Benach Barceló
Production manager: Helena Casas
Communication manager: Sébastien Parizel
Production and Administration: Rhuwe Verrept
Company manager: Veerle Mans

Based upon Adrift, created with the dancers of NDT I: Chloe Albaret, Lydia Bustinduy, César Faria Fernandes, Fernando Hernando Magadan/Spencer Dickhaus, Anna Hermann, Anne Jung, Marne Van Opstal, Roger van der Poel, Meng-ke Wu, Ema Yuasa/Rena Narumi, with artistic assistance by Louis-Clément Da Costa, Seoljin Kim and Yi-Chun Liu.

Production: Peeping Tom
Co-production: Opéra National de Paris, Opéra de Lille, Tanz Köln, Göteborg Dance and Theatre Festival, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, deSingel Antwerp, GREC Festival de Barcelona, Festival Aperto / Fondazione I Teatri (Reggio Emilia), Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale (Turin), Dampfzentrale Bern, Oriente Occidente Dance Festival (Rovereto)
With the support of: the Flemish authorities
Distribution: Frans Brood Productions
Organized by: Shanghai International Dance Center Theater