Clepsydra is a guided hypnosis for both the audience and dancers, based on the concept of Time Dilation: every observer perceives time differently depending on their mass and velocity. We have all felt it in one way or another. How time seems so fast, yet so slow; our lives so memorable, yet so forgettable. Sometimes we're together; sometimes we're alone. Our minds aligning and betraying our world. We lose cherished dreams to find new ones, and lose those to find old ones. Exploring this misalignment of time, the dancers dive into a meditative trance of minuscule changes. Accompanied by an original soundscape describing shifting sands, infinite cosmos, and far-off memories, it invites the audience to follow a journey of holy forms and temporary relationships, sought through repetition and rearrangement, as each soul experiences wonder, solidarity, anger, and loss to grasp a celestial inevitability.

Clepsydra was produced through the ChoreoLab Residency hosted by Moving Rhizomes and ROXY Theater in Ulm, Germany. Ulm being Albert Einstein's birthplace, the residency utilized the famous equation "E=mc²" as its core.

Choreography: Max Levy
Original Composition: Max Levy
Technical Assistance: Thomas Colditz, Joscha Hutterer

Produced in the frame of ChoreoLab - Made in Ulm’s E=mc² Residency, hosted by Moving Rhizomes and ROXY Ulm. Funded by Stadt Ulm.

Premier: August 23, 2019; ROXY Labor, Ulm, Germany
Performed by: Francesca Ciaffoni, Yuri Fortini, Aika Tsuchida

Photo: Guido Stuch
Video: Jubal Battisti