with »jeux«, cie. toula limnaios embarks on a poetic reflection on innocence and forgetting, on the concept of time, and on childhood. inspired by philosophical ideas and impulses ranging from plato and nietzsche to bergson, the new production unfolds in a series of »tableaux vivants«, a »narrated time« in which images intertwine, merge, and dissolve.
the performers immerse themselves in a bewildering puzzle, a game that carries them into fluid, formless states.
is life an endless cycle? does not every moment also hold the possibility of a new beginning? or is life a moving image of motionless eternity—a perception of time that is merely a reflection of an eternal order? how do we perceive time? what is timeless? and what does »duration« mean in the face of a constantly changing world and the finiteness of human existence? could there be an invisible continuity in the overlapping of past, present, and future, even if change seems to be the only constant?
time passes, but it also endures: a paradox …
amid this thicket of thoughts and questions, »jeux« becomes a playful experiment—an attempt to glimpse behind the constructions and deconstructions of human existence, to question the asynchronous within the synchronous.
and it is a plea for meaningful creativity, for the imaginative, the playful, and the positive potential of humankind—to not only bear the urgency of life and the pressures of everyday existence but also to transform the world … and it all begins in play.
an unusual piece with surreal imagery: highly imaginative, playful, mysterious, and fascinating. (frank schmid, rbb)
concept/ choreography/ space toula limnaios music ralf r. ollertz dance/ creation rafael abreu, francesca bedin, félix deepen, enno kleinehanding, karolina kardasz, amandine lamouroux, alessia vinotto assistance alice gaspari costumes kristina weiß-busch, toula limnaios technical director/lightdesign felix grimm light/stagetechnics domenik engemann public relations sarah böhmer touring/ cooperations marie schmieder
premiere 7 may 2025
edit walter bickmann
cameras walter bickmann, doris kolde, dominik schötschel
the cie. toula limnaios is supported the senate department for culture and social cohesion.
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