Lemniskate. Unendliche Hoffnung - Lecture Performance

It is not easy not to lose hope in the ongoing struggle. In the performance "Lemniskate", the performers Shahrzad and Morteza remind us that we must not give up hope in the tiring struggle for justice. They embody resistance to biographically experienced coercive regimes and explore how the division of people in totalitarian states works. In doing so, they plead for liberation and the right to be alive. With all their senses and longings, they imagine a dance world that values their liveliness and artistic expression, and one thing they cannot do is imagine revolution and change without dance.

True to the passionate motto of political activist Emma Goldman: "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution", the performers embark on a quest for international solidarity. Through movement, dance and spoken word, they process their experiences with migration and flight and break with binary and restrictive attributions.

In the framework of SHIFT. Supported by BMKÖS and the 19th and 23rd districts of Vienna.