©Valérie Reding
WILD CHILD
2018
solo piece
50 min
synopsis
Combining pompous burlesque acts with intimate confessions, WILD CHILD blurs the lines between natural and artificial, authenticity and masquerade, reality and fantasy. The performer morphs from one character to the next and reenacts past encounters to discover what sexual desire is. She plays with femininity and other gender roles to unveil the joy, fear, shame, violence, power relations and expectations that are embedded within our relationships and desires...
concept, choreography, costume, performance
Valerie Reding (CH/LU)
production advisor
Marc Streit (CH)
dramaturgy and choreography coaches
Monique Jenkinson (USA)
Simone Aughterlony (CH/NZ)
Ivan Blagajcevic (CH)
Martin Zimmermann (CH)
Vic Sin (USA)
light and technical support
David Baumgartner (CH)
assistance concept, stage and costume
Nicolas Dubosson (CH)
photographic documentation
Kegan Marling (US)
music for teaser video
Junior Sabela https://soundcloud.com/junior-sabela
visuals and flyers
Valérie Reding (CH/LU)
production
REDart
co-produced
with Tanzhaus Zürich within the short piece platform SHOW-OFF
partners
Tanzhaus Zürich (CH), Théâtre Sévelin 36 (CH), CounterPulse (USA)
with the financial support of
fonds stART-up de l’Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse
Charlotte (LU)
Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art (CH)
Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung (CH)
Fonds Respect (CH)
Stadt Zürich (CH)
Consulate General of Luxembourg in San Francisco (USA)
Swissnex San Francisco (USA)
Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council (CH)
FOCUNA Fonds Culturel National Luxembourg (LU)
TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois
Ministère de la Culture (LU)
