Panama Pictures

Panama Pictures maakt zintuiglijk theater met een heel krachtige, soms ronduit spectaculaire maar toch verfijnde bewegingstaal, waarin dans en acrobatiek als vanzelfsprekend in elkaar overvloeien. Choreograaf Pia Meuthen vertaalt literaire en filosofische inspiratiebronnen naar poëtische beelden en weet haar toeschouwers te raken met de menselijke uitstraling van het geheel. Ze toont werelden die herkenbaar zijn voor de toeschouwer maar ook altijd ruimte bieden voor eigen interpretatie.

Tipping Point is a breathtaking balance act in which six performers confront a large, barely contained hemispherical object.

The object looks like a broken-off part of a shipwreck or a piece of space debris. As soon as the six climb it, it tilts and they must react immediately to keep themselves standing. This instability reinforces both their vulnerability and dependence on each other; every movement has an impact, on the object and on each other.

The performers search for balance - of the object and of their mutual relationships - but discover that in doing so they mercilessly bump up against the limits of their individual freedoms. Only by surrendering to the laws of gravity ánd each other can they play the object and stay upright. Only by working together can they find the perfect balance and control for a moment.

Tipping Point is a challenging performance about dependence, shifting power relations and large uncontrollable elements. With a unique, powerful language at the interface of dance and acrobatics, full of risks, Panama Pictures manages to keep the audience on the edge of their seats with it.

The movements are accompanied, propelled, magnified or negated by a specially composed music composition that at times is larger than life, but at other times emphasises the emptiness and makes the intimacy of the performers tangible.

Panama Pictures
Panama Pictures makes sensory theatre with a very powerful, sometimes downright spectacular yet refined movement language, in which dance and acrobatics merge as a matter of course. Choreographer Pia Meuthen translates literary and philosophical inspirations into poetic images and manages to touch her spectators with the human feel of it all. She shows worlds that are recognisable to the spectator but also always leave room for own interpretation.