How do we re-imagine ourselves as civilization? What rituals, what games do we play; no longer as children, carrying the weight of distance and disconnection that ill our kind? How do we dream of the past and the future, within a dark, present moment? What do we crave for, what do we hunger for, how can we make sense of the painful mess we make?

'Eyes held wild horizons' is a tangible and atmospheric journey through which human perception is frequently shifted, as rapidly as the changing interactions between the playing dancers. A cycle of images, encounters, chants; traveling through the body in search of an uncompromised, illuminated tribal manifestation.

choreography, direction and light design: Maya M. Carroll
music: Roy Carroll
costumes and props: Anne Bentgens
with and by: Mateusz Bogdanowicz, Jennie Boultbee, Tullia Francischiello, Gabriel Gaudray Donnio, Harrison Rodrigues Gomes dos Santos, Tzu-Chun Liou, Lucas Lopes Pereira, Julius Olbertz, Djamila Polo
production: FTS / Folkwang Universität der Künste

photos: Julian Petrich, Ralf Silberkuhl

premiered at SANAA-Gebäude, Essen, January 17, 2024