The streets are empty, cracked and slick with rain. The air is thick and heavy with smoke and steam. A faint flickering light bounces off the wet floor. A distorted metallic sound is haunting the space, pulsating relentlessly. Mysterious shapes lurk in the shadows. If you look carefully, you might catch glimpses of bodies moving through this strange, fractured world. Come closer. Do you want to be part of this intoxicating dream?

In wet dreams, four performers dive into the murky streams of being together - not just as humans, but as leaky and entangled bodies of water among other 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, pleasure and care, anger and contagious joy, rethinking embodiment, interdependence and resistance. What if pleasure is a tool for survival? What if rage can be generative? How can we (re)connect to our bodies and each other within systems that are built to divide? How can we be in this dystopian mess together? In a world shaped by racial capitalism, colonialism and patriarchy, wet dreams offers a space to embrace our deep longings - to encounter, to grieve, to laugh, to love and to imagine otherwise.

artistic direction and concept Valerie Reding
sound creation and performance Genosidra
choreography and performance Bast Hippocrate, Valerie Reding, William Cardoso
light and stage design Joseph Wegmann
choreographic advisor Simone Aughterlony
dramaturgical advisors Jennifer Lopes Santos, Yuvviki Dioh
object design Victoria Papagni
production management Moin Moin Production Caroline Froelich, REDart production
assistance Nico Dubosson
logo design, photography, teaser and documentation Aron Smith
co-production Tanzhaus Zürich, Kulturfabrik, TROIS C-L Maison Pour La Danse
support BIL Fondation Indépendance, Kanton Zürich Kultur, Migros Kulturprozent, Ministère de la Culture, Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Stadt Zürich Kultur

DATES
Premiere 22.01.2026 Tanzhaus Zürich
23. /25. / 27. /28.01.2026 Tanzhaus Zürich

Teaser
https://vimeo.com/1088158771