A/WAY HOME & NOTHING HAPPENS, Carlos Aller & Cecilia Bartolino (Germany)

In “A/way Home”, we explore how overcoming challenges empowers individuals and promotes gender equality. Two characters display equal determination, balancing vulnerability and resistance against societal injustices. The performance challenges gender norms and hierarchical structures, emphasizing women’s capacity to provide emotional and physical support, while advocating for men to embrace sensitivity and vulnerability.
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Beyond gender, the piece tackles broader social concerns like marginalization and economic inequality, encouraging viewers to reflect on wealth disparities and homelessness. It calls for a society that treats everyone with dignity, regardless of background, race, or class. Questioning superficial values, it highlights the emptiness they can bring, focusing instead on empathy and connection.

“Nothing Happens” blends absurdity and irony to expose the conflicts of modern life, confronting global issues often concealed by a mask of normalcy. Inspired by Schrödinger’s Cat and Yuval Noah Harari’s Homo Deus, the piece reveals society’s unresolved paradoxes. The performers shift between fractured identities, suspended in endless, surreal loops that echo a world avoiding truth. Themes of hidden realities, shifting identities, silent wounds, and global warming reveal a culture that obscures itself. Their intensified movements capture the discord of our age, while AI voices drift through like echoes from a dream. In this hazy space between self and reflection, the work asks if we’re ready to break the silence and confront the pressing truths of our time.

Director: Carlos Aller
Choreography: Carlos Aller in collaboration with Cecilia Bartolino
Music mix: Carlos Aller
Writers: Carlos Aller & Cecilia Bartolino
Light designer: Marco di Nardo
Dancers: Carlos Aller & Cecilia Bartolino