THE CAGE
Chimeras, illusions of being and appearance, half human, half animal are sent into the cage in THE CAGE to be let loose on each other in the old arena tradition. For the mere entertainment of the audience? Chimeras fascinate and terrify us, they are alien to us and yet so similar.
"My body is a cage / That keeps me from dancing with the one I love / My mind holds the key
My body is a cage / that keeps me from dancing with the one I love / My mind holds the key." | Lyrics MY BODY IS A CAGE by Peter Gabriel
Are we all in a cage? A society that not so long ago had a 1.5 metre distance guarantee to other bodies must first move again, move towards each other. How do we turn the I back into a we? And what happens when strangeness is actually overcome? When the monstrous becomes something beautiful? When struggle becomes dance?
Visitors to THE CAGE are invited to see for themselves what an encounter with the monstrous triggers in us and what it means to go from voyeur to actor, perhaps to feel oneself in the dance, perhaps even to touch oneself.
Theatre ANU has been exploring a sensory-sensual theatre of encounters for many years. The Berlin-based company builds large immersive worlds in public spaces, poetic kaleidoscopes with theatrical means in nature.
For the TANZFESTIVAL SAAR 26 of the Saarländisches Staatstheater, she is creating a small site-specific world that will find a theatrical-dance experience in the "dance cage" of the Kulturgut Ost.
As part of the TANZFESTIVAL SAAR 26 at the Saarländisches Staatstheater.
Premiere 11 March 2026