As you like it
prologue (performative research outcome)
2025 - 2026
In As you like it - prologue, Mirte Bogaert turns her body -in relation to a fabric- into a living question: Who decides how we look at the (naked) female body? Sensuous, subversive, and layered with ambiguity, this solo slips between beauty and voyeurism, desire and discomfort. Inspired by encounters with Japanese strip theatre and shifting cultural codes, the performance unravels Western ideals of nudity and femininity. Costume and scenography stretch the body beyond skin, inviting a gaze that is never neutral. As you like it is not just seen, it is completed by the act of looking.
Many thanks to: Tomoko Seto, Daisuke Muto, Ive Stevenheydens, TOKAS team, Saori Izumi, Mai Endo, Natsu Usami, Hino Hiruko, Jennifer Merlyn Scherler, Joakim Aras, Kaoru Ueda, Fu Kuen Tang, Jimmy Ong, Tarlen Handayani, Rimi/Imir (Marit Sandsmark and Iver Findlay), Hussein Chalayan
Supported by: Arbeidsstipend (Arts and Culture Norway)
Residencies: TOKAS - Tokyo Arts and Space (JP), Mogus House (ID), Miao Dance (SG), Bergen Dansesenter (NO)
As you like it participated in Forecast Forum 2025 (DE)
