On Top of the Cake

On Top of the Cake

For centuries, the path to power was clear: strength, intelligence, discipline. Masculinity. But women have long since understood how to appropriate male attributes or utilise a male idea of femininity. What’s more, they reject them. What does this do to our power relations?

The two dancers Viviane Hamm and Laura Louise van Meurs examine the power of choreographically examine the power of femininity in a patriarchal society.

Concept, dance, choreography: Laura Louise van Meurs and Viviane Hamm

Music: Daniel Ismaili

Language: German, German Sign Language