THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Iris Boer / Lazy Susan & Co
The Elephant in the Room is a cinematic, intimate, yet confronting performance.
On stage, two dancers attempt to balance their relationship with a large, unpredictable inflatable. This living sculpture serves as a powerful metaphor for everything we tend to avoid, ignore, or suppress, until it inevitably grows out of proportion…
How can we find new ways to stay with the trouble?
Created out of a personal struggle with anxiety, the performance places this often individualized feeling in a broader context and reflects on the latent universal sensations of our time. All that is threatening, looming, eerie and suffocating is materialized in images, sound and movement. Constructed as a visual poetry album, the work invites the audience to slow down and drift through thoughts and feelings.
2026
7th of March | Dansateliers (Rotterdam)
21st of May | Verkadefabriek (Den Bosch)
2nd of December | Theater Ins Blau (Leiden)
2025
27th of November | Dansbrabant (Tilburg)
10th of October | Conny Janssen Danst (Rotterdam)
29th of August | Dansateliers (Rotterdam)
7th & 8th of March | Final Festival at Time Window
Credits
Production Lazy Susan & Co.
Choreography Iris Boer
Performers Alice Gioria & Hellen Boyko
Sculpture Sheray Of Light
Music Jethro Cooke
Artistic coaching Nienke Rooijakkers
Costumes Alexandra Pershay
Assistance Mariona Vinyes
Technical support Frederik Kaijser
Photo poster Pien Düthmann
Video Justin Bekker
Graphic & AI Design Luis Quelhas Marques & Sofia Umanskaia
Supported by
Makershuis Tilburg, Gemeente Rotterdam, Elise Mathilde Fonds, Volkskracht & Cultuurfonds
Partners
Dansateliers, DansBrabant & Huis Conny Janssen Danst
