DESMOND - The end of the world open-air

The end of the world open-air

In DESMOND, Loutop tells an old and at the same time always new story of the world we live in together and of the world everyone builds for themself. Contemporary dance, arial dance, acrobatics and live music are combined to a visionary open-air spectacle producing illusions and awakening fantastic dreams. Whimsical, full of humour and poetry, Loutop’s piece is an adventure between instinctive wildlife and virtually manipulated existences, between a dreaming pre-existence and a mechanically structured daily routine.

A towering ball of 5 meters in height is the stage and the centre point, around and in which everything moves. At the beginning, everything goes smoothly. Four people move mechanically on the surface of the huge ball and thus through everyday life. Everything works, until tiny irritations force the structures out of control. The equilibrium is unhinged and the world and its inhabitants perish.

The free fall into emptiness ends on new grounds, the downfall provokes a new start in a still empty world. In fast motion, evolution takes place, from plankton to a shoal, on to a quadruped and finally back to a human being, including all its feelings, compulsions and desires. Is a second chance to build a world doomed to failure?