The air is thick and heavy with smoke and steam. A faint flicker of light dances across the wet concrete. Distorted metallic sounds echo through the ruins, pulsating relentlessly. There, in the shadows, strange creatures linger. If you look closely, you might catch them moving together through this fractured, haunting world.
wet dreams
2025
performance for 4 performers
60 min
In wet dreams, four performers dive into the murky streams of being together - as leaky and entangled bodies of water, living on an aqueous planet. Drawing on hydro-feminism (Astreida Neimanis) and pleasure activism (adrienne maree brown), they explore the liminal spaces between fluidity and friction, care and control, rethinking embodiment and interdependence. How can we (re)connect to our bodies and each other within systems that are built to divide? What if pleasure and joy are necessary for change? In a dystopian world shaped by racial capitalism, wet dreams offers a space to embrace our deep longings - to grieve, to laugh, to love and to imagine otherwise.
concept, artistic direction & scenography
Valerie Reding
sound and performance
Genosidra
choreography, performance & text
Bast Hippocrate, Valerie Reding, William Cardoso
light & scenography
Joseph Wegmann
choreographic advisor
Simone Aughterlony
dramaturgical advisors
Jennifer Lopes Santos, Yuvviki Dioh
logo design, visuals & teasers
Aron Smith
object design
Victoria Papagni
prosthetics
Meduusat Studio
water tank
Thomas Giger
vocal coach
Constanza Pellicci
french horn
Tarek Beswick
production management
Moin Moin Production Caroline Froelich, REDart Valerie Reding
production assistance
Nico Dubosson
documentation pictures
Julie Folly
documentation video and trailer
Sophie Berset
co-production
Tanzhaus Zürich, Kulturfabrik, TROIS C-L Maison Pour La Danse
dramaturgical support Tanzhaus Zürich
Jessica Huber
critical friend Tanzhaus Zürich
Meloe Gennai
support
Albert Huber-Stiftung, BIL Fondation Indépendance, Dr. Adolf Streuli-Stiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Fondation Été, FONDS RESPECT der LOS, TGNS und Pink Cross, Kanton Zürich Kultur, Migros Kulturprozent, Ministère de la Culture, Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, SIS Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung, Stadt Zürich Kultur, t. Theaterschaffen Schweiz
