Myra Schouten (1999) is a per­for­mer and film­ma­ker. She gra­du­a­ted from the Institute for Performative Arts Maastricht as a per­for­mer. In her work, she brings film and the­a­ter together through metho­do­lo­gy and visu­al lan­gu­a­ge. On sta­ge her pre­sen­ce embo­dies a qui­et inten­si­ty, sim­me­ring bene­ath the surfa­ce, an elu­si­ve emo­ti­o­nal undercurrent.

Through the lens of eve­ry­day sto­ries she stri­ves to grasp the socie­tal struc­tu­res sur­roun­ding her. The research begins with per­so­nal nar­ra­ti­ves alongsi­de lar­ger poli­ti­cal devel­op­ments. As the pro­cess unfolds, the­se two sour­ces incre­a­sin­gly intertwi­ne. She is drawn to the­mes whe­re ethics are precarious.

Personal, litera­ry, and phi­lo­so­p­hi­cal sour­ces are trans­for­med into an estran­ging visu­al lan­gu­a­ge. Forming the foun­da­ti­on for expe­ri­men­tal theater.