FUTURE <VOID>

„If a future doesn’t produce a usable value, then the future’s type is Future<void>.” (Dart, programming language)

In a composition of dance, movement, sound, light and video, choreographers Lisanne Goodhue and Ildikó Tóth, together with media artist Matthias Gruner and sound artist Felix Deufel, explore the reciprocal relationships between past and present, present and future. In the factory TECHNE SPHERE Leipzig, they attempt to disentangle, fragment and reunite temporalities in new ways. The body tunes into processes that are comparable to video editing. Fragments of the past are transferred to the present, bodies of the future and bodies of the now - the audience, the performers, the film and the sound - are questioned.

Based on the previous work Passed Present Perfect, which was developed during the 2021 pandemic at Schaubühne Lindenfels and partly performed on screen, Future<void> uses the body as a tool to travel through time. Diverse realities of the past, present and future are created that put the audience's perception to the test. Movement, time-lapse, manipulated sounds, crowd images and streams of movement allow the TECHNE SPHERE Leipzig to be experienced - concrete, hoists and columns are both material and participants. Everything communicates, but not every effect has a cause. The unexpected happens.

Images: Walther Le Kon

Concept: Felix Deufel, Lisanne Goodhue, Matthias Gruner, Ildikó Tóth

Choreography & Performance: Lisanne Goodhue, Ildikó Tóth

Video: Matthias Gruner

Sound: Felix Deufel

Dramaturgy: Alisa Hecke, Tessa Theisen

Premiere: September 1, 2022 at TECHNE SPHERE Leipzig

Future <void> is a production by Ildikó Tóth in cooperation with Schaubühne Lindenfels Leipzig and 4fürTANZ e.V. Leipzig. Supported by TECHNE SPHERE LEIPZIG and the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ - STEPPING OUT, funded by the Minister of State for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance. With the kind support of Hörspielsommer e.V.

Image header: Walther Le Kon