Tipping Point - Panama Pictures

Defying and challenging gravity

The large, semi-circular object that the six performers confront looks like a broken-off piece of a shipwreck or a piece of space junk. As soon as the six climb it, it tilts and they have to react immediately to stay upright. This instability reinforces both their vulnerability and their dependence on each other; every movement affects the object and each other.

The performers search for balance – of the object and of their mutual relationships – but discover that they mercilessly collide with the limits of their individual freedoms. Only by surrendering to the laws of gravity and each other can they play the object and stay upright. Only by working together can they find perfect balance and control for a moment.

The movements are accompanied, propelled, magnified or even weakened by a specially composed musical composition that is at times larger than life , but at other times emphasises the emptiness and makes the intimacy of the performers palpable.