In Travelogue I – Twenty to eight a kitchen becomes the stage for a wild, painful and absurd portrait of everyday life. The fridge, table and doors turn into playing partners as five characters are caught up in neurotic routines, silent yearnings and grotesque conflicts. 

With humour, aggression and sensuality Sasha Waltz depicts a piece of contemporary life that has lost none of its explosive power since its world premiere in 1993. Dance, theatre and the music played live by the Tristan Honsinger Quintet coalesce into an expressive, rhythmic snapshot of human coexistence in which loneliness and desire are overlaid with comic absurdity.  Sasha Waltz, who has played a major role in shaping contemporary dance for over 30 years, regards her pieces as a “living archive”, that resonates afresh and grows with every new cast. Travelogue I remains a living classic that is constantly changing and opens new perspectives with every generation.  A dance piece that looks at our relationships and shared lives with revealing humour and painful precision – it is timeless, radical, comic and full of raw beauty.

Photos: Sebastian Bolesch