la nef des fols

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the new creation by cie. toula limnaios is inspired by the motif of the »ship of fools«. this dates back to plato, but became a burning theme in literature and art, especially in the middle ages. »la nef des fols« is an almost surrealistic allegory of the vices of our time: we frenetically navigate a pilotless ship, subject to the paradox of total freedom and complete imprisonment at the same time.

»… »la nef des fols« is another piece full of human knowledge, with freely associated dance images about the state of our world – a world that here is an extremely restless world tossed back and forth. a wild and feverish world, and this ship of fools – our contemporary life – has been caught in a raging storm – it will certainly not sink in this storm, but it will be totally shaken.« (frank schmid, radio3)