The dancers on stage range from young to old, with and without disabilities. Some of them are on stage for the first time. They open the luggage of their pasts. There are vastly different parcels: heavy, light, barely manageable, comfortable to carry, stuffed, new, previously unpacked. Their hands and bodies become surfaces that pick up the weight of these found objects, pass them on, put them down and whirl them around. They carry and are carried, they fall and they catch. This blurs the boundaries of their pasts and the individual’s parcels become the parcels of others.

A play about wanting to run away and returning. About paying attention, even if someone keeps their door closed. About hope and hands that form a net to carry someone.

The dance theatre production takes place in collaboration with FUNDUS Theater, Hamburg and is a co-production with höhne/hoffmann.

Supported by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media and by the Fonds Darstellende Künste in the Production Support Programme (Programm Produktionsförderung) with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.

Sensory impressions such as bright light, loud noises or sudden events can be overstimulating or overwhelming for some people. That’s why you’ll find a list of sensory stimuli in “We carry” here. They may be good to be aware of for you or someone who is attending the performance with you.

– There are vocals and loud music that one of the musicians plays live on stage. The musician uses a microphone and a loop station. This means that sounds and noises are played repeatedly. There are high-pitched sounds and noises such as rustling, humming and hissing.

– A few minutes into the piece, the musician suddenly loudly claps a rhythm into a microphone. Several people then emerge from behind a wall.

– There are rapid changes between light, dim light and darkness. There is a scene in which colourful points of light circle across the stage.

– There are various boxes on the stage. The boxes are moved, thrown, carried and stacked into high towers.

– There are brightly coloured LED boxes. Sometimes it is dark on stage and only these boxes light up.