René Geerlings about The Mistress Ballet
“When you are six years old, the world revolves mainly around you. You don’t really wonder about other peoples’ lives, especially not when they’re adults. The Mistress Ballet offers an imaginative insight into the world behind the schoolboard. We put the mistress on a pedestal and make her of mythical proportions. Because growing and wising up is a delicate matter. And mistresses around the world bear a great responsibility. With this performance, we want to celebrate fantasy, but also support the significance of good education. And I promise you, after this performance, you will never look at your mistress the same way ever again.”
Moniek Merkx about The Mistress Ballet
“I was so inspired by the first interviews with some mistresses that I came up with a ton of adventurous scenes right away: rascals in the classroom, a mistress that is captured or has to marry someone even though she doesn’t want to. In my eyes, the mistress is a real hero. She has to fight against bizarre rules, an infinite amount of obligations and dragon like parents. It feels great to convert real educational concerns into absurd and exaggerated situations.”