The figures arrive in this space, into the space of \'being elsewhere\', where they leave indelible traces of themselves: departing on different paths whose trails reveal areas of freedom, even if in an illusory and volatile form.

The law of inertia was formulated by Isaac Newton in his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, and is generally known as Newton's First Law. It states that any body will remain at rest or in motion at the same speed and in the same direction until acted upon by another body or field.

Based on Stephen King's principle that 'everything is connected to everything else', this law can be taken from physics and applied to the relationship between life and fate. This inertia also has an effect on human existence: whatever happens to us, whether it is good or bad, is guided by our fate.

What Shadows and Desires has to say, in the language of dance, is that no matter how much we feel that we are the true masters of our lives, this is a fanciful conceit. In reality, we are only shadows following the will of machinery operating according to the plan of an unfathomably great intelligence. All we are given is the chance to grasp, understand and interpret the events that occur around us. We are not the ones who cast shadows on the world, but are ourselves the shadow, which in the delirium of its desires helplessly follows events as they unfold.

Carl Orff constructed his work around the verses of Catullus, one of the ancient world's most important writers of lyric poetry.

Catullus wrote passionate, often naughty, verses about the relationship between men and women, love, physical desires and psychological infatuation. Catulli Carmina uses an energetic and playful musical language to portray what is sometimes a somewhat racy theme, while the dancing explores the mysteries of the attraction between the two sexes in a funny, not to mention spicy and light-hearted style - as a farce about the rite of fertility.

Date and time: 2 December 2015, Wednesday 7 pm — 9 pm
Venue: Festival Theatre

Address: 1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell utca 1.

Ticket prices:  2300 HUF / 3900 HUF / 4900 HUF

Source: mupa.hu