clair obscur

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»once again, toula limnaios digs into the depths of the human soul, feelings and thoughts and translates this into an expressive, elegant dance that is whimsically beautiful and often eerie and unsettling. a piece that casts a spell over you, almost captivates you and triggers an infinite number of interpretative associations.« frank schmid, rbb

the starting point of the dance piece is the theme of shadows, loosely inspired by adelbert chamisso’s art fairy tale »the wonderful history of peter schlemihl«, which was written in 1813 and tells the story of a man who sells his shadow. »clair obscur« is an attempt to approach the complexity and multi-layeredness of shadows and their paradox, because shadows have many faces.

the HALLE is transformed into a stage divided into two parts. the two parts face each other like two sides of the same coin, like light and shadow, like day and night – one cannot exist without the other and this is how this work is composed: the two perspectives are inseparable and yet can be perceived separately…

»see how this body casts its shadow and how dreams are born from it.« henri bosco