Wet Hard Long — Jenni Large

— Bending innuendo and oozing feminine resilience a-top 8 inch heels.

Wet Hard Long exhibits the enduring femme body under scrutiny of a patriarchal society.

Edging the audience towards the promise of relief, two dancers undertake exacting physical feats. Their bodies contend with obstacles, objects and elements – each, more impossible than the last.

Extended from Jenni Large’s 2022 KCA audience prize-winning work (Wet Hard), Wet Hard Long is an epic display of grit, glamour, and glistening jaw-clenching stamina. A slippery endurance piece demanding perseverance from performers and viewers in a tribute to the strenuous expectations which femme bodies continue to overcome.

Subverting narratives around sex and power, performing perfection, and avoiding failure, Wet Hard Long provokes questions about identity, desire, ownership, consent and the holy and arduous qualities of the feminine.

Choreographer, Director & Performer: Jenni Large
Collaborating Performer: Amber McCartney
Composer: Anna Whitaker
Lighting Designer: Adelaide Harney
Costume Designer: Michelle Boyde
Sculptural Fabricator: Jemima Lucas
Dramaturg: Ashleigh Musk
Curator: P. Eldridge
Understudy: Nikki Tarling