FLÆKT (UNRAVELED)

Growing up is not easy for everyone. Being human is not easy. Existence itself is complex, unyielding, and in some ways fragile. In search of understanding and a more manageable life, we all create systems for ourselves. Ideologies, routines and religion; ways to survive and to find meaning. But what happens when these systems, meant to support us, take over and begin to control us?

FLÆKT is a dance piece based on the personal experience of its creator and performer, Juliette Louste, with mental health struggle while being child, among others with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Due to hypersensitivity mixed with childhood traumas, she developed strict and rigid systems to cope with a world that neither understood her nor recognized her peculiarities. These systems were her shield. Gradually, however, they took over, and the protection became an overwhelming burden on her shoulders.

In the work, Juliette explores how one can dance with shadows, chaos, and entanglement — with support, awareness, and unyielding perseverance. FLÆKT invites the audience into the unveiling of the inner landscape of obsession.