Slug

What if the slug you feared was actually your spirit animal? A slug crawls out from the bathroom drain, strangely familiar – a memory of the forest floor with countless glistening bodies underfoot. The disgust is close enough to become a fascination.

Slug is a soft-concert combining movement and spoken word in theatre. On a slime-covered stage shifting between a humid forest and an intimate bathroom, performers trace the story and guide you through dreams of something viscous the female body produces. Sit close to the floor, and witness an intimate ritual that slowly transforms abjection into celebration.

About the makers

Xiao Chuyue is an Amsterdam-based performer and dance maker from Hubei, China, graduating from SNDO (choreography) in Amsterdam this year. Her artistic path began in Shanghai, where she joined the performance ensemble ao_ao_ing (老妖精), developing an interdisciplinary practice that connects performance with her background in communication and media.

Her work moves across image, fiction, and the body, exploring the blurred boundaries between the virtual and the physical, the domestic and the public.

For this performance, Xiao collaborates with artist and musician Ping-En Hung to reclaim the female body from shame and transform disgust into a ritualistic celebration.

credits

Concept/ Choreograph: Xiao Chuyue

IG: @little_beautymoon

Sound Design & Vocal: Ping-En Hung

IG: @ping.en.hung

Slime Maker & Set Design & Costume: Aurelie Van de Walle Koczuk

IG: @aurelie_vandewalle

Artistic Advisor: Carly Rose Bedford

Thanks: Corina Mitrovici

Photography: Gergely Ofner & Nellie de Boer