EROS

In the organizer's words:

The well-known Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by impressionist composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was a starting point for the multi-part dance program Eros. Impressionist music generally aims to illustrate certain moods of a moment to listeners and so the mood of Debussy's symphonic poem inspired the subject of this dance production.

In Greek mythology, both Eros and fauns can be found in scenes of Dionysian activity. The philosopher Plato defines Eros as a being between God and man, which is why Socrates describes it in the Symposium as a link between the sensual and the spiritual, as an urge for the beautiful, the true and the good. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) also associates Eros, in contrast to the drive-oriented libido, with something spiritual and assigns it to the lust for life.

In this sense, for Dominique Dumais, "creativity is the expression of a lust for life that focuses on a life-affirming action; the striving to create something, if not of beauty, then of meaning." For the second part of the program, the Polish-Canadian choreographer Robert Glumbek in turn explores the seemingly unconscious, physical phenomenon of attraction. Although Eros does not follow a unified plot, the different dance scenes tell of love, passion and the many facets of human relationships.