Tickets
Run time: 60 minutes
Language: Without language, except for songs in English
Sensory notes: Loud noises and sounds, heavy breathing, screaming, whispering, flashing lights, strobe lights, moments of darkness, stage fog, high-energy performance
Content notes: This performance deals with religious and sex-positive themes. The performers are naked.
Access: Stef Van Looveren’s performance takes place in several rooms of Dampfzentrale – so as a visitor, you will be constantly moving. If you require a seat, please let us know in advance by emailing kasse@dampfzentrale.ch or at the box office on the day of the performance.
SAT 8.11.25
With your ticket for Stef Van Looveren’s performance, you also get admission to Tanz in Bern feat. POETiK P «POOM POOM & PARTY».
Stef Van Looveren’s performance «Radical Hope – Eye to Eye» goes all out: intriguing objects, exuberant make-up, tactile clothing, driving music and imploring movements. Van Looveren explores therein a variety of emotional and social stages: grief, rage, desire, happiness, resentment and terror. In their work, they do not so much criticise existing orders but rather challenge them with exuberant alternatives. What an intensive explosion of energy!
| Stef Van Looveren, a multidisciplinary artist from Belgium, uses mud, water, earth and plants to create an erotic-opulent playground. Audiences long to lose themselves in this surreal backdrop, this garden of pleasure. |
The texts for this year’s Tanz in Bern draw from two sources: firstly, what the artists themselves write about their productions, and secondly, how these productions relate to the festival theme pleasurable.
Credits
Artist: Stef Van Looveren
Performers: Rachel Alvarez, Oriana Mangala Ikomo, Julia Tröscher, Sofie Velghe, Inge Grognard, Stef Van Looveren
Sound: Nicolas Maxim Endlicher a.k.a. MCMLXXXC & Cem Dukkha
Light: Anne Meeussen
Make-up artist: Inge Grognard
Corsets: Marloes Dadswell
Video performers: Karina Zharmu, Shaïne Mahaux, Oriana Mangala Ikomo, Absa Sissoko, Tommy Vanstippen, Judith Willems, Marie Willems, Nathan De Laet, Emmuran Murengo, Nathalie Nijs, Florence Carlier, Rachel Alvarez, Marion Marguerite Denné, INTI, Deveny Faruque, Chaima El Haddaoui, Krenare Zeka, Julia Tröscher, Hannah Mateus, Nixie Velocity Blaze, Eddy Louisia, Bobby Louisia Velocity Blaze, Fleur Van De Merlen, Marc Van Looveren, Emilija Dūdaitė, Kaidan K, Rindy, Charlotte De Smedt
Make-up artist video: Maria Ovejero
Many thanks to: Julia Tröscher, Emilija Dūdaitė, Anthe Hermans,
Philipp Kern, Deborah Bloemen
Commission & co-production: DE SINGEL
With the support of: Stad Antwerpen & de Vlaamse overheid
