WET DREAMS
Valerie Reding will be at Kulturfabrik for a writing residency from March 24th to April 6th, where they will develop her new project Wet Dreams, a poetic exploration of vulnerability, interdependence, and transformation. For this phase of research, Valerie Reding has invited Jennifer Lopes Santos as dramaturgical advisor.
Drawing from Hydro-feminism, Pleasure Activism, and Decolonial Studies, Wet Dreams envisions new ways of being together that honor all bodies of water— including non-human ones. The project confronts the destructive systems of capitalism, colonialism, racism, and patriarchy, exploring strategies for healing and transformation through fluidity and friction, pleasure and care, anger and contagious joy. Valerie Reding invites us to imagine the power of ritual to transcend our dystopian reality and forge meaningful connections in a world urgently in need of change : How can we be in this dystopian mess together?
Imagine a gloomy post-apocalyptic urban setting. The air is thick and heavy with smoke and steam. A faint light is bouncing off the wet floor, glimmering light specks on the concrete walls. A distorted industrial sound is haunting the space, pulsating. Mysterious shapes are lurking in the shades. If you look carefully, you might catch bodies moving through this strange universe. Come closer. Do you want to be part of this intoxicating dream?
a choreographic work for four performers by Valerie Reding
With Bast Hippocrate, William Cardoso and Genosidra
In co-production with Tanzhaus Zürich (Switzerland), Kulturfabrik (Luxembourg) and TROIS C-L Maison Pour La Danse (Luxembourg
- Artistic direction: Valerie Reding
- Choreography and performance: Bast Hippocrate, Valerie Reding, William Cardoso
- Sound creation and performance: Genosidra aka Carlos Quebrada
- Choreographic advisor: Simone Aughterlony
- Dramaturgical advisors: Jennifer Lopes Santos, Yuvviki Dioh
- Lights and stage design: Joseph Wegmann (t.b.c.)
- Object design: Victoria Papagni
- Production management: Caroline Froelich, REDart
- Production assistance: Nico Dubosson
- Co-producers: Tanzhaus Zürich, Kulturfabrik, TROIS C-L Maison Pour La Danse