Sasha Waltz & Guests / Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll): Spiegelneuronen

SPIEGELNEURONEN is the first collaboration between Sasha Waltz & Guests and director Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll) – and at the same time a large-scale experiment about the human brain and its relationship to the body. There is a giant mirror on stage in which the audience watch themselves as if in a gigantic selfie. Slowly, the audience starts to move together with the dancers. This creates a collective moving image – as a metaphor for the human brain and the relationship between the individual and the community. The documentary research incorporates perspectives from brain research, biology, sociology and artificial intelligence, which the audience hears and experiences in a sound collage.