staubkinder

In the organizer's words:

Inspired by the music of Gustav Mahler, the dance piece by cie. toula limnaios is dedicated to the children of dust that we are. They are deeply anchored in our individual and universal memories. In "staubkinder" we are whisked away into an absurd and confusing world. A world that resembles our own, with the critical aspects of the present, today's complexity and this uncertain space called the future. The dust children are looking for a foothold - the ground on which their feet stand is alien to them. Disturbing and poetic at the same time...

"There is a painting by Klee called Angelus Novus. It depicts an angel who looks as if he is about to move away from something he is staring at. [...] He would like to linger, wake the dead and put together what has been shattered. But a storm blows from paradise, which has caught in his wings and is so strong that the angel can no longer close them. This storm drives him inexorably into the future, to which he turns his back, while the pile of ruins before him grows towards the sky. What we call progress is this storm." (Walter Benjamin, "On the Concept of History")

"'staubkinder' touches the dimension where pain and beauty are inextricably linked and man encounters something greater than himself. Touching, precise, breathtaking - a spectacle that leaves its mark on the audience. Like dust settling after a storm."
Lubelski Teatr Tańca