Womb m/f/x
A ritual dance in an audiovisual setting
Isis, Osiris and Seth are divine Egyptian triples. Together they are the subjects of many stories of scorching love, deadly jealousy and magical (re)birth.
Ancient myths explain to us things that we cannot remember: the origins of the world and the start of our own lives. Director Ulrike Quade reshapes one such myth. She bridges Egyptian gods with contemporary notions of identity, gender and fertility in an intimate collaboration with audiovisual collective The Transketeers, who have deployed their personal stories and their skills as filmmakers. If we can rewrite the stories of our origins, could we then also reshape our identities?
Womb m/f/x is a new production about ancient family ties and passing on life; a myth of origins that helps unpick a time of identity politics and disruptive change.
Theatre, dance, puppetry, film, storytelling and puppetry coalesce in a spatial theatre experience with hypnotising music and piercing moving images. Following her series of experimentations with new technologies and theatre forms, Ulrike Quade now looks for inspiration in the gaming culture.
Credits
Womb m/f/x is a co-creation, made by director Ulrike Quade and performers Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, Gil (The Grid) Gomes Leal and Gabriel Casanova Miralda in an intimate collaboration with The Transketeers (film and stories), Carly Everaert (costumes) and Frank Rosaly (music.)
Supporting roles film: Alidtcha Binazon, Lucia Fernandez Santoro, Tim Hammer, Kenzo Kusuda, Wesley Rommy, Alejandra Zabala Paez
Voice-over: Guusje Frosters
Lighting design: Floriaan Ganzevoort
Dramaturgy: Thomas Lamers
Technical Producer: Sunke Puell
Assistant Director: Anne van Dorp
Assistant Costume Designer: Lisanne Bovee
Puppets and objects: Ulrike Quade, Gabriel Casanova Miralda, Carly Everaert, Lisanne Bovee
Audio technician: Jorn Kortooms
Light technician: Albert Jan ten Napel
Film technician: Reynoud Wieringa
Thanks to:
Research/Expertise Uterus & Isis: Neske Beks
Womb m/f/x is made possible by the Performing Arts Fund, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and Fonds 21.
Voice-over trailer: Markoesa Hamer
Scene photography: Auke Hamers
Photography campaign image: Anouk van Kalmthout
Make-up campaign image: Yokaw Pat
Model campaign image: Gil Gomes Leal
I will be born.
Ik zal geboren worden.
Naceré.
Eu vou nascer.