Baal (I am a problem)

Baal is a figure who provokes people to the extreme. With his early play "Baal", playwright Bertolt Brecht gave birth to a being that provokes strong reactions and a lot of questions. How do we as a society deal with it when someone behaves antisocially? What mechanisms have we developed to limit the unpredictable forces that lie within us all? To a commissioned composition by Nastasia Khrustcheva, Aszure Barton shows a contemporary view of someone who seemingly defies all the rules of society, intensely and without fear of the protagonist's otherness.

Photos courtesy of Ballett am Rhein