A 25 minutes multimedia performance

What is love, actually? In this eclectic performance combining elements of drag and burlesque with auto-fiction, video and spoken-word-poetry as well as playing with references to old folk tales, contemporary pop culture and camp, the transdisciplinary artist and performer Valerie Reding takes the public on a dreamy, absurd, intimate, sometimes dystopian and other times freeing journey to investigate how society, culture, upbringing and personal relationship experiences shape our individual understanding(s) and enactment(s) of love.

artistic direction, choreography, performance, video, text & costumes: Valerie Reding
music: monsters and smile! by Tyler Holmes and extracts of Human by Sevdaliza, I Put A Spell On You by Catherine Ringer and Iggy Pop, Lovefool by The Cardigans, Hit Me Baby One More Time by Britney Spears, Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) by Beyoncé, Wannabe by Spice Girls, You’re The One That I Want by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, Oops! … I Did It Again by Britney Spears & I Want To Know What Love Is by Mariah Carey
costume and production assistance: Nico Dubosson
production: REDart
partners & financial: support Grand Studio Bruxelles, Werkstipendium Stadt Zürich, Tanzhaus Zürich