Ensemble de Sade

Taking it's name from the notorious 18th century author/philosopher, from which the term Sadism was derived, Ensemble de Sade seeks to revolutionize the relationship between performer and audience. While this is by no means a original goal, the standard deviation from the traditional concert modes has been to relax the boundaries between performer and audience, to create a more casual experience. Ensemble de Sade rejects this type of pandering. Rather, an intensification of the boundaries should be sought, an increase of the tension between the two opposing sides. Taken as a source of creativity, the underlying hostility present in all performance settings would become the basis for a new decorum, one that presents the traditional concert etiquette practices as they actually are: thinly concealed expressions of masochism and sadism.