…gorging on a book…nipping at it, hardly digesting it… …to poke one’s nose into a book, sniffing at it… …being alone with a book, getting into conversation with it, to read out loud, to be told the story of a book… …having had enough of a book, throwing it away, fighting for it… …not being able to put a book down, yet having to shut it nonetheless… …putting a book in the pocket and letting in blossom therein… continuing one’s own path yet slightly altered…

A library, a place of the forgotten comes to life. Where books populate shelves, readers fill up the inbetween. A child falls out of the rack and thus the line between reality and the stories unfold and become a life on their own. An ancient story between a book and its reader evolves further in this production in all its plethora and sensuality.

Premiere: 10th of November 2001, Dampfzentrale Bern
Duration: 55 Minutes
Credits: Artistic Director & Concept: Lucía Baumgartner_Assistant to the choreographer: Eva Recacha_Dance & Interpretation: Lena Donat, Sarah Duc, Holger Herbst, Sipho Manashe, Eva Richterich, Tekeal Riley_Set & Décor: hellblau, Marc Bänziger_Costume: Beatrice Heuberger_Lightdesign: hellblau (Petra Waldinsperger)_Music Compilation: Lucía Baumgartner_Photos: Anne Steudler.
With the support of: Burgergemeinde Bern, Pro Helvetia, Amt für Kultur Kanton Bern, Stadt Bern, Stiftung zur Förderung der darbietenden Künste, Richterich Stiftung, Buchhandlung Stauffacher AG, HW Regale AG, Migros Aare, Migros Kulturprozent

What the press has to say:

St. Galler Tagblatt 26. Februar 2002 | Nonstopp, Berner Zeitung Nov 2001

Photos: Anne Steudler