m.a.d. – mutually affirmed deviance
m.a.d. explores the collective body of four performers and their deviance from the norm. Together they venture a shared vulnerability and, strengthened by this newfound unity, they set out to disrupt the vicious cycle of discrimination, hatred and violence. Through choreography and sound the four protagonists attempt to transform the martial meaning of m.a.d. ("mutually assured destruction") into “mutually affirmed deviance” – into a daring "yes!" in celebration of the body and of their common breakout from its alienating socializations.
Concept, artistic direction: Valerie Reding
Performance, choreography: Bastien Hippocrate, Rafal Pierzyński, Valerie Reding
Sound design: Ivy Monteiro
Dramaturgy: Marc Streit
Stage, object design: Christopher Füllemann
Light design: Thomas Giger
Oeil extérieur: Simone Mousset
Dramaturgical production advisor Tanzhaus Zürich: Simon Froehling
Video teaser: OIL Productions
Teaser Soundtrack: Ivy Monteiro
Text: inspired by SPIT! Manifesto
Photography, flyer: Valerie Reding
Production: REDart, Valerie Reding
Production assistance: Nico Dubosson
Co-production: Tanzhaus Zürich
Partners: Dampfzentrale, Grand Studio, Queer Little Lies Festival, Réseau Grand Luxe, TROIS C-L Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois
Financial support: Corymbo Stiftung, Dance from Luxembourg, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Fondation Indépendance, Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art, Fondation SUISA, FONDS RESPECT by Pink Cross, LOS (Lesbian Organisation Switzerland) and TGNS (Transgender Network Switzerland), Migros Kulturprozent, Ministère de la Culture Luxembourgeois, Pro Helvetia, Société Suisse des Auteurs SSA, Stadt Zürich Kultur, t. Theaterschaffende Schweiz, TROIS C-L Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois
