Imagine something shining behind appearances. Something shifts, unfolds around you. Suddenly you see the possible paths of your life. Are you dreaming? It is as if your perception is becoming more intense. You don't know it yet, but there is a sense of where you are being drawn in the time you have been given. You pause. You are not alone. There it is, the moment when You are not alone. There it is, the moment when silence turns into song.

Inspired by Novalis' novel fragment Heinrich von Ofterdingen, the motifs of longing in Romanticism and an exploration of the fear of death inspired by it, the ensemble embarks on an unconventional search for the possibilities of encounter and connection. How can we rediscover ourselves and the world around us? What inspires us? What drives us? What fears and divisions can we overcome, what communities can we form?

Between meditation and choreography, slapstick and tenderness, the evening gives rise to a largely wordless poetic series of images that brings people together, sometimes in shared solitude, sometimes as a mutually supportive group, and ultimately in unreserved harmony, accompanying them into the dawning certainty that everything that is could also be different.

Doubleshow ‘Anarchy and Longing’ Ein anderes Blau (UA) will also be performed as a double bill together with the play Das eingebildete Tier (DEA) on the following dates: 7 November, 15 November, 22 November, 29 November. read less