Paradisum ^expired

Paradisum explores the myth of rebirth following the silence of a destroyed world, where the means of communication is the body, and the only common language is movement. The creatures of this idyllic existence unfold from the ever-changing, swirling natural forces of the ‘fabric of life’ pulsating around them to reach the anima mundi, the world soul, through scenes of purification, birth, awakening and ritual.

Directed and choreographed by Bence Vági, the performance explores the new possibilities of cirque danse, a genre that combines modern dance and circus arts, in search of an ethereal language of movement expressing the concerns of humanity. Paradisum is a pure yet sinister hope for rebirth, looking anxiously into the future. Can it preserve the purity of soul and mind of a human being free from sin? Can it find happiness in the security of the rites of communal existence?