About The Biting School

The Biting School is a multidisciplinary performing arts company founded by co-artistic directors (and brothers) Aryo and Arash Khakpour.

Drawing from histories, myths, and philosophical inquiries, the biting school explores social dynamics, historical roots, and political issues on a physical and visceral level. The company aims to translate the anxiety, the grotesque, the trauma, and the beauty of our time into the language of the flesh. The biting school creates works that are ethically engaging, physically demanding, theatrically bold, and rhythmically humorous.

The Biting School has been presented at Dancing on the Edge Festival, Dance Days Victoria, rEvolver Festival, Dance in Vancouver, VIDF, Firehall Arts Centre, Montreal Arts Interculturels, and PuSh International Festival.

 

  • A world in which all hurt people and outcasts are embraced

  • Transformation - Integrity - Interrogation - Generosity - Intimacy

    • BEING PRESENT IN A PROVOCATIVE AND PLAYFUL ART MAKING PROCESS.

    • HOLDING A SPACE WHERE PAIN AND HEALING CAN HAPPEN.

    • DEDICATING OURSELVES TO EMBODIED INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERSECTIONAL PRACTICES.

    • ENGAGING WITH OUR CULTURES, HISTORIES, AND MYTHS AS A MEANS TO INVESTIGATE THE HUMAN CONDITION.

    • CENTRING TRANSFORMATION AS A TOOL FOR EVOLUTIONARY ART MAKING.

 

Friends say...

The biting school is in my throat.

The biting school is being disciplined harshly and publicly by your teacher in front of the class.

The biting school is also philosophical revolution.

The biting school is the name of the newest Hollywood comedy starring Liv Tyler.

The biting school is new and curious.

The biting school is musical more than theatrical.

The biting school is memorable.

The biting school sticks to the lining of my skull.

The biting school is goo candy sweet.