This artistic work on the myth leads to a reflection on the existential human themes of love, life and death, sexuality, freedom and violence.

When “speaking about Carmen” with words, gestures and sounds, the clichés liquefy. New perceptions, insights and forms of expression emerge beyond the stereotypes. Dance, text and music are equal and moving elements of the choreography, which are in a permanent dialogue on stage – in search of alternative, liberating stories about the myth of Carmen.

The Kesselhaus is an inspiring place for an artistic experiment on the role of women in industry. The performance of movement, rhythm and sound conveyed to the audience the arduous circumstances of working in dirt, soot, heat, confinement and noise. The performers transformed the boiler house into an instrument, from which the musician was even able to elicit entire melodies, and into a participatory space of experience in which the audience had to position itself independently in relation to the three dancers in order to find a perspective.

The performance was a new experience every time, both for those on stage and for the audience. You have to study and do research so that all these experiences can flow freely when improvising and so that this journey / improvisation becomes interesting.

The artist Elke Maier strung 20,000 meters of white yarn in the church hall of St. Mark’s Church to create a spatial work of art in which the effect of light is crucial – it traces the course of the sun, causing the artwork to change every second. When sunlight reached the threads immediately, they glowed brightly, transforming into luminous materiality before the eyes of onlookers. In other states, the threads were almost invisible, but still present, which also had a mysterious effect.

Mónica was fascinated by this living structure that transformed light into something material, and established a physical dialogue between dance and light with her choreography. The dancers have to constantly overcome the abstract work, which consists of a structure like a cone of light that connects the sky to the earth and becomes an architectural structure, to reach the space in front of them.

A mystical relationship between space, movement and sound was created.