How it started / Backstage

mEAT is a confrontation — a stage for flesh, the body, desire, and rejection. A figure who both inhabits and rebels against their own body comes into presence before the audience. Through this presence, the performance transforms into a protest shaped by the politics of flesh.

Rooted in personal narratives, mEAT frames the body as a site of resistance, where material and space become active agents. Developed through a process-based methodology, the piece has evolved via video and material research across different scales, continuously reshaping itself in each new context.

mEAT explores the intersections of vegetarian protest, the politics of flesh and consumption, the objectification of the body, and the repression of desire. These themes not only inform the narrative but also permeate every design decision — from costume design to set design, from movement to camera work. Elements such as materiality, spatial scale, costume, and dimensional layering lie at the core of the creation process.

With a direct, unapologetic, “in-your-face” aesthetic, mEAT moves beyond dance — becoming a site of political, aesthetic, and corporeal expression.