vanishing acts - Felix Schellekens

Maybe you’ll suddenly see me appear, so quickly that I become invisible. Maybe you’ll see me dancing among my invisible friends, and a song I sing will linger in your mind. Or I’ll play hide-and-seek with you, disappearing every time you find me. But was I ever really there? Or did I exist only briefly in your imagination? Have you already forgotten me?

With vanishing acts, Felix Schellekens explores humanity's obsession with leaving a legacy and the fear of impermanence. Why are we so eager to stand out and leave our mark? What remains of us if we don’t have children, if our bloodline ends?

Everything on this earth eventually performs its own vanishing act, especially now as the climate crisis confronts us with the finiteness of the world around us. What if we focused less on what we leave behind and instead learned to disappear?

This performance is a sensory and surreal tale of loss, decay, and disappearance. Felix plays, sings, and dances through a universe of shadow play in a desperate attempt to embrace impermanence.

Felix Schellekens

Felix Schellekens has been an essential part of our organization for nearly 10 years! As a dancer, performer, and singer, we have shared a journey filled with growth, adventure, and creative exploration together.

He performed in 8: METAMORPHOSIS, a production that received the VSCD Mime Prize, was nominated for the VSCD Swan, and won the international Music Theatre Now competition. Additionally, he has worked with various renowned companies and was nominated for a Louis d’Or for his role in Weg met Eddy Bellegueule by Eline Arbo under Toneelschuur Producties. Now, under the guidance of Nicole Beutler Projects, he is creating Vanishing Acts.

Felix Schellekens cannot easily be confined to one discipline. After studying at the Mime School in Amsterdam, he further developed as an actor, singer, dancer, performance artist, and theater maker. His great sensitivity and playfulness, intertwined with stark imagery, encourage the audience to feel rather than think.