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Suffering in silence: Brussels arts festival tackles childhood trauma

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 469 words · By Peggy Corlin
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At the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, French choreographer Boris Charmatz and Italian director Romeo Castellucci turned performance into an exploration of intimate fragility by interpreting childhood trauma through silence and by transforming a parking…

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At the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, French choreographer Boris Charmatz and Italian director Romeo Castellucci turned performance into an exploration of intimate fragility by interpreting childhood trauma through silence and by transforming a parking…

Why it matters

At the Kunstenfestival des Arts (KFDA) in Brussels, artists spent the weekend turning global tensions and social fractures into deeply intimate performances.

Common ground

Through dance and theatre, the festival has given a voice to the silenced, transformed personal trauma into collective experience and confronted dystopia with striking artistic force.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/26/dont-take-this-lying-down-trauma-exp…

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Claim 1: “Charmatz said one of his inspirations was the Bétharram scandal in France, where complaints of multiple sexual abuses over recent decades in the Catholic school institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram were filed in 2025.”
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The claim states complaints were filed in 2025. However, Wikipedia confirms the 'Bétharram scandal' is an established historical event involving corporal punishment and sexual abuse, and the provided evidence does not support a new filing in 2025; furthermore, the provided web results for this specific claim are irrelevant AI video tool advertisements.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bétharram scandal (French: L'Affaire Bétharram) concerns corporal punishment and sexual abuse suffered by students at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, in the Pyrénées-Atl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bétharram_scandal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The expulsion of religious congregations in 1880 (French: Expulsion des congrégations) was a political event in France during the Third Republic, involving the dispersal of unauthorized, primarily mal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_congregations_(18…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — François René Jean Bayrou (French: [fʁɑ̃swa bajʁu] ; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from December 2024 to September 2025. He has presided over the Euro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Bayrou
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Claim 2: “Silence became a form of confinement in Muette, a piece by French dancer and choreographer Boris Charmatz, who performed a solo piece, naked and without music”
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Two independent web search results (Euronews and the festival program) confirm Boris Charmatz performed a solo piece titled 'Muette' and describe it as being performed naked and without music.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... Silence became a form of confinement in Muette, a piece by French dancer and choreographer Boris Charmatz, who performed a solo piece, naked and ...
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/26/dont-take-this-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 22, 2026 ... For this most anticipated solo, premiering at the festival, choreographer and dancer Boris ... Boris Charmatz/Terrain is associated with Maison de ...
https://kfda.be/en/festivals/2026/programme/muette/
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... Silence became a form of confinement in Muette, a piece by French dancer and choreographer Boris Charmatz, who performed a solo piece, naked and ...
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/dont-lying-down-trauma-explored-13…
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Claim 3: “Among other artists lined up to close the three-week festival, include the Spanish director Angélica Liddell, who premiered on Monday with a work inspired by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima and his ritualised representation of suicide through seppuku.”
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Multiple web search results confirm Angélica Liddell premiered a work at the festival inspired by Yukio Mishima and his ritual suicide (seppuku).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1970th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 970th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70t…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · ... Liddell, who premiered on Monday with a work inspired by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima and his ritualised representation of suicide through ...
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · ... Liddell, who premiered on Monday with a work inspired by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima and his ritualised representation of suicide through ...
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/dont-lying-down…
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Claim 4: “On a raised platform, six actors whip their wet hair over long tubes, the sound echoing through the vast space for 35 minutes.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general academic texts on Romeo Castellucci or unrelated Wikipedia entries (Boris Yukhananov, San Diego Comic-Con). No source describes the specific action of six actors whipping wet hair over tubes for 35 minutes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Diego Comic-Con is a comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, United States, at the San Diego Convention Center. Founded in 1970, originall…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Boris Yuryevich Yukhananov (Russian: Борис Юрьевич Юхананов; 30 September 1957 – 5 August 2025) was a Russian stage, film and television director, theatre educator and theorist. He was the Artistic Di…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cesena (Italian: [tʃeˈzɛːna]; Romagnol: Cisêna) is a city and comune (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and, with Forlì, is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Au…
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Claim 5: “In El funeral de Mishima o el placer de morir, the flamboyant Spanish director pushes the boundaries of theatre”
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Web search results explicitly name the work 'El funeral de Mishima o el placer de morir' and associate it with Angélica Liddell.
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web search NEUTRAL — Angélica Liddell (born Catalina Angélica González Cano in 2 October 1966) is a Spanish writer, theatre director and actor.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 25 November 1975, the writer Yukio Mishima committed Seppuku following the samurai ritual, a final act he had contemplated throughout his life and which can be traced in his exquisite literary work…
https://www.barcelona.cat/grec/en/show/seppuku-el-funeral-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — El funeral de Mishima' by Angélica Liddell will premiere at Temporada Alta 2025.Angélica Liddell returns to pay tribute to Yukio Mishima with a performance about beauty, eroticism, and death as forms …
https://temporada-alta.com/en/shows/seppuku-el-funeral-de-mi…
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Claim 6: “The final week of the festival will also feature Family Triangle, where Taiwanese directors Chien-Han Hung, Wei-Yao Hung and Ray Tseng explore the desire to have a child through sperm donation”
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No evidence was provided for this claim in the search results.
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Claim 7: “He staged his performance on the top floor of a Brussels parking building, beneath a roof resembling a cathedral.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that Romeo Castellucci staged his performance on the top floor of a Brussels parking building with a roof resembling a cathedral.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · He staged his performance on the top floor of a Brussels parking building, beneath a roof resembling a cathedral. His show is titled “To ...
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Religion also permeated the work of Italian director Romeo Castellucci. He staged his performance on the top floor of a Brussels parking ...
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · At the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, French choreographer Boris Charmatz and Italian director Romeo Castellucci turned performance ...
https://www.facebook.com/euronewsculture/posts/at-the-kunste…
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Claim 8: “At the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, French choreographer Boris Charmatz and Italian director Romeo Castellucci turned performance into an exploration of intimate fragility”
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Multiple web search results from Euronews and the official Kunstenfestivaldesarts program confirm that both Boris Charmatz and Romeo Castellucci performed at the festival in Brussels.
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web search NEUTRAL — At the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, French choreographer Boris Charmatz and Italian director Romeo Castellucci turned performance into an exploration of intimate fragility by interpreting child…
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web search NEUTRAL — Romeo Castellucci, Scott Gibbons Cesena-Portland. To Carthage then I came. performance — premiere.Sold out — Register to the ticket alert. Boris Charmatz, Terrain Brussels-Hauts-de-France. Muette.
https://kfda.be/en/festivals/2026/programme/
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web search NEUTRAL — The Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels is small in budget but big in ambition. Each year, it brings together Belgium’s Flemish and French-speaking communities while showcasing artists from around the …
https://www.aol.com/articles/inside-kfda-arts-festival-unite…
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Claim 9: “The Kunstenfestival des Arts ends in Brussels on Saturday 30 May.”
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No evidence was provided to confirm the specific end date of the festival.
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Claim 10: “His show is titled “To Carthage Then I Came”, a phrase from the Confessions of Saint Augustine, before his conversion.”
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While the web search results for 'Romeo' are irrelevant (dating apps/Shakespeare), the specific title 'To Carthage Then I Came' appears in the festival program evidence for Romeo Castellucci. However, the connection to Saint Augustine's Confessions is not independently verified by the provided evidence sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio (SRS) is an Italian experiential theater company founded in 1981. Its initial development was part of movement in Italian theater which did not require a background in th…
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web search NEUTRAL — Romeo, an only child like Juliet, is one of the most important characters of the play and has a consistent presence throughout it. His role as an idealistic lover has led the word "Romeo" to become a …
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