We Should All Be Dreaming invites people to spend time listening and dreaming together in an attempt to collectively imagine new futures. Situating itself somewhere between a collective think tank, a choreographed gathering and a performance – the project invites participants to radically dream of new utopian futures together. We Should All Be Dreaming is a collaboration between choreographer Sonya Lindfors (she/her) and writer and activist Maryan Abdulkarim (she/her), who both are interested in radical utopian and decolonial practices.
Over the course of a curated dinner party, invited guests will be led in group discussions to dream up common futures. This restorative and subversive work attempts to reveal, shake or break existing power structures and hierarchies to create a more inclusive society. The world around us is plagued by fear, anger and hatred, but We Should All Be Dreaming offers a different path – we propose gathering and dreaming as an act of soft resistance, making space for communal coexistence.
“The possible has been tried and failed. Now it’s time to try the impossible!” – Sun Ra
Radical dreaming is how we get there.
Artists
Sonya Lindfors
— Choreographer and artistic director
Maryan Abdulkarim
— Social speaker, writer, and activist
CREDITS
WSABD is supported by Perform Europe, Rosendal International Theatre (Norway), CODA Oslo International Dance Festival (Norway), Oyoun Kultur NeuDenken gUG (Germany), LIFT (UK), Independent Dance (UK), Urban Apa (Finland) and H2DANCE/Fest en Fest (UK).
Co-produced by Spring Utrecht – festival, Baltic Circle – festival and Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux. Supported by the Black Cultural Archives and 81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance.
Black Cultural Archives
The only national heritage centre dedicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain.