All Day I Dream About Soccer (ADIDAS), Ahilan Ratnamohan / CAMPO

A performance for soccer fans, theatre lovers, and soccer haters, straddling the line between dance performance, soccer match, lecture performance, and catwalk PART 1 In All Day I Dream About Soccer (ADIDAS), Ahilan Ratnamohan draws on his unique practice of football-inspired dance to examine his distinctive relationship with football and fashion. Drawing on personal memories and stories, Ratnamohan traces the emergence of fashion trends in modern football and their impact on society, culture and identity. He focuses on fabric, cut and styles, but also reflects on the contradiction between queerness and homophobia. Duration: 60 minutes Language: In Dutch PART 2 Ahilan Ratnamohan’s budding love for football did not stem from a fascination with the sport itself, but from the aesthetics of football kits. His first memory of a World Cup did not revolve around a legendary goal or an iconic victory, but around Roberto Baggio’s braided ponytail and Jorge Campo’s gleaming goalkeeper’s jersey. To this day, he remembers every shirt worn by every team he played against as a child in Australia with crystal-clear clarity. Even then, a football shirt meant much more to Ahilan than an ordinary item of clothing. Later, he took it a step further. His mother’s old curtains were turned into braces to fasten his shin guards. The cut-off sleeve of an old Nike shirt served as a wristband. Ahilan’s shirt obsession waned as he himself attempted to become a professional footballer. But the impact of football fashion on movement, identity and culture continued to fascinate him immensely. CREDITS by & with Ahilan Ratnamohan dramaturgy Petar Sarjanović costumes & scenography Soffía Ralfsdóttir Heese light Michiel Van Cauwelaert sound James Brown production & audience Enrica Camporesi production ROBIN co-production Kaaitheater & DOEK distribution GOOD COMPANY in collaboration with Monty