How does a new “we” emerge when the old one is lost? How much freedom does a collective need — and when does order become coercion? In RE:PUBLIC, the dancers of the Hamburg Chamber Ballet, all of whom fled the war in Ukraine, create a composition of change, transition, and growth within a societal utopia. Drawing on Plato’s reflections on justice and order, the dancers explore what solidarity can mean today. Under the choreographic direction of Edvin Revazov, a RE:PUBLIC of bodies, movements, and relationships takes shape. In the interplay of synchrony and dissolution, structure and rupture, power and empathy, a sensual commentary on our present emerges: Can a community be just, or does it remain a concept, a space of possibility, a wish?
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