Wildwood Flowers,

2017

White-scribbled masks– conceal, elongate, and make grotesque the faces of multiple female performers–They enact and present constructed, almost tribal identities; facing and circling one another, preparing as if to fight, taunting and teasing the viewer. In the process, the performers and their audience consider whether self re-invention is possible through the mask, through the appropriation of the other. A form of bizarre, Kabuki theater Wildwood Flowers deal with typical markers of identity—gender, age, race, and sexuality—by replacing them with a rougher and more brutal depiction of the early human.

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“Wildwood Flowers, created and choreographed by Reut Shemesh, is a gripping, edgy, and evocative movement piece”. Inna Tsyrlin, Stage Buddy NYC

• concept and choreography Reut Shemesh
• Dance and creation Fa-Hsuan Chen, Marje Hirvonen, Lena Visser
• Venue Jewish Museum, Berlin
• Event opening of exhibition "res·o·nant" by artist Mischa Kuball
• masks Mona Kakanj
• music Nico Stallmann
• production assistance Sabina Stücker