‘Tableaux vivants’ emerged in the 19th century in Europe when women started bringing to life traditional paintings or sculptures by way of imitation, first within intimate family circles and later on the theatre stage. In these ‘living paintings’, women experimented with different roles of female identity, from being a Venus to a warrior woman.
In this performance, we look back at the different female characters and mythological stories these women could have embodied. By stripping the different postures of the female figures in the artworks of their context and history, the performer confronts the spectator with how the beauty ideals of Western Art History influences everyday performance in our societies today.

Dictated by patriarchal societies overtly relying on a male gaze, these artworks tend to portray (naked) female bodies in the foreground and nature in the background. With this performance we bring Art History to life by redefining the performativity of the female body and nature in relation to the roles we are embodying in our present society.

Concept&Choreography | Wan-Lun Yu、Joeri Verbesselt
Performer | Wan-Lun Yu 
Art collaboration | Mei-Ning Haung 
Mentor | Bérengère Bodin (support &associated by Danspunt)
Motion graphics design | Amy ChingChun Wen
Sound design | M A D
Light design | Fang-Ning Wang
Costume design | Hikky Chen
Installation consultant | Yu-Ting Tung
Digital imaging technician | Zhuang Ziying
Stage technique | Ridge Studio
Video recording | Adrianne Chiu
Photography |  Etang Chen
Administrative associate | Spring Chen