A poem catalyzes dance, developing along the poetic rhythm and unfolding in parallel with the text, which Chantal Maillard reads in person. The "dance poem" that emerges from this union takes the audience on its own independent journey, whose path meets, crosses, and leaves that of the poem. The dancers trace the emotions underlying the poem and translate them into movement. Thus they intertwine the dance expression with the linguistic expression. Chantal Maillard wrote a new text especially for this evening.

commissioned by the​Literaturwerkstatt Berlin​for the​Poesiefestival Berlin 2005
in collaboration with​phase7

special thanks to the​Dance Academy Balance 1​and to​Taner Akyol