NOSTALGIA

"I had to leave my home to become a person who can decide freely."

The longing for faraway places seems like a promise of freedom. In a foreign country, we believe we can realize ourselves and rediscover ourselves. There we try to transcend the horizons of our own existence. But in our restless search for our place in life, homesickness flares up in us again and again - a deep longing for a familiar community, a sense of belonging and grandma's apple pie.

In NOSTALGIA, choreographer Eva Borrmann explores the meaning of wanderlust and homesickness and uses language, movement and sound to create a space for inner dialog between the two emotions. Together with author Robert Krupar and scenographer Daina Kasperowitsch, she uses interviews with representatives of different age groups and cultures to weave a moving tapestry of history that invites the audience to explore their own feelings. Homesickness or wanderlust?

NOSTALGIA shows the theater as an indispensable place that can encourage us to rethink our notions of belonging and identity and celebrate the diversity of human experience.