»anderland« is the brighter side of a diptych about airiness in gravity and the unbearable lightness of being. this piece explores our longing for a tangible reality. »anderland« is a choreographic essay on the pursuit of happiness and the veil of melancholy. it challenges the sensation and perception of time, the desire for rootedness and yet again the volatility of life in front of them.
toula limnaios never stages crude facts, but rather the nervous intensity of existence’s inner strife. the images she uses are always kept open enough to allow one to discover both personal tragedies in them, as well as general social criticism. pausing in the moment and yet hovering in time. seven performers glide through delicately sculpted scenes as if chasing shadows – near and far – familiar and yet foreign. »anderland« drifts through a beautiful and wistful echo of a moment and shimmers as a fictive place, an intimate frontier, melancholy beauty, eerie occurrence and tender elegy.
»… which is why toula limnaios is consolidating herself as one of the great creators of contemporary dance and why her company is one of the most expressive today.« (vivadança, silvana moura, 2014)
concept/choreography toula limnaios music ralf r. ollertz dance daniel afonso, leonardo d’aquino, francesca bedin, laura beschi, priscilla fiuza, alessio scandale, hironori sugata, karolina wyrwal lighting design jan langebartels stage/costumes antonia limnaios, toula limnaios public relations sarah böhmer
premiere 25 nov 2011 dance/creation giacomo corvaia, maría de dueñas lópez, yannis karalis, lisa oettinghaus, amit preisman, kamil warchulski, karolina wyrwal
the cie. toula limnaios is supported by the senate department for culture and social cohesion, berlin.
past touring: brasil (londrina, salvador de bahia, belo horizonte, florianópolis, foz do iguaçu, natal), russia (saint petersburg)
© 2023 cie. toula limnaios video walter bickmann, tanzforumberlin
