for the time being

The piece celebrated its world premiere at Radialsystem in March 2026. After many years, Sasha Waltz herself is once again on stage as part of the dance cast.

The ensemble draws from a shared source of living imagination that unfolds through movement, voice and language. In a ritual of presence, inspired among other techniques by Mary Starks Whitehouse’s »Authentic Movement«, the performers immerse themselves in altered states of consciousness, by opening the senses, awakening memories, and following emotional and physical impulses in all their fragile intimacy and complexity.

The practice is rooted in the principles of »Deep Listening« (Pauline Oliveros) and in a radical embrace of every action and reaction within the collective, free from judgement.

Through continuous mutual inner and outer witnessing, and through the ever shifting energy of the space itself, a kaleidoscope of the present comes into being: a vivid encounter with the here and now.

The audience witnesses and becomes part of this active practice and a moment-born process of becoming and transforming.