WILSON | Spring Rolls

Concept and direction Sophie Guisset
dramaturgy Lisa Vereertbrugghen
performance and artistic collaboration Lisa Vereertbrugghen, Tiago Conza & Isabelle Bats
light design Loic Iten
sound design Sophie Ruston
choreographic advisor Fanny Brouyaux
stage design KRAFT Studio
creative production Pauline Payen
production Valérie Terwei
co-production Charleroi Danse (BE), Latitudes Contemporaines (FR), Tanzfabrik Berlin (DE)
with the support for individual projects of Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa
with the support of NPN Stepping Out, The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture, The Media (Neustart Kultur), WpZimmer, Wallonie-Bruxelles International

A performance for three players/dancers taking place on a tennis court. An invitation to enter a space where visible and hidden codes are at play. By exploring the social and physical interactions that might unfold on a tennis court, we open up imaginative spaces where pleasure, tension, affection, sex, and flirtation are never far away.
How do we express sexuality and intimacy outdoors? How can partners play together in a codified environment and still create a sense of freedom?
Aware of its own boundaries and limits, Wilson attempts to negotiate further and place the audience in the secret position of the voyeur wandering in a utopian queer and inclusive cruising zone.

Duration: 50 minutes

Paid admission; tickets can be purchased on-site (Lavanderia a Vapore ticket office) from 7:00 PM

A free shuttle service is available to the performance venue, with advance reservation required. The shuttle departs from the courtyard in front of the Lavanderia a Vapore at 6:45 PM and returns at 9:00 PM.
Reservation form: https://forms.gle/W3ze8Yj1TjuRJafk6

Aperitif available at the Tennis Rivoli 2000 a.s.d.

Sophie Guisset (1987, Tournai, BE) is a performer and performance maker. After completing her education in acting at the Royal Conservatory of Mons (BE) in 2011, she took part in the Dance Intensive Program at Tanzfabrik Berlin in 2013. She has been collaborating with a.o. Olga Tsvetkova, Fanny Brouyaux, Consolate Sipérius, Enis Turan, Natasza Gerlach and Phillip Urrutia.
Her creations have been shown in Sophiensaele (DE), Bâtard festival (BE), Latitudes Contemporaines (FR), Théâtre de la Balsamine (BE), Beursschouwburg (BE), Santarcangelo festival (IT), Théâtre du Grutli (CH), Tanzfabrik Berlin (DE),ao.
Her artistic practice focuses on the notions of intimacy, pleasure and playfulness. In her performances, she engages with spaces that allow protagonists, or players, to find a certain freedom and safety in order to explore private spheres. She is interested in how queer spaces are imagined, politically conceived and socially organised, from a feminist point of view. In the projects she develops, she aims at exploring the social and sexual dynamics at play in these spaces.
She is also working as a collaborator and dramaturgical advisor for Lisa Vereertbrugghen, Alice Guiliani, Camilla Strandhagen and Rita Mazza, ao.