In Wind or Dust

Springing from the creative minds of choreographer duo Danae & Dionysios, based in Athens, Greece, and Artistic Directors of Small Axe dance company, comes a contemporary dance performance interlacing creatures and concepts of our inner and outer worlds.

Unraveling itself within a dreamlike space inspired by Tibetan poet and environmental activist Kawa Niangji, ‘In Wind or Dust’ is a poetic journey in and out of the vibrant images of his poetry. The urgency and need for human connection within a reality which keeps collapsing, the nostalgia of a past world and the instinctive strive for hopefulness are just some of the main axes of this young poet's craft.

Danae & Dionysios together with the artistic team, dive into a universe filled with allegories and contradictions, creating a collage of ideas, a world between the lines of a dusty notebook. With 'In Wind or Dust' they send a love letter to the spirit of Kawa, carrying his name on their lips. 

About Kawa Niangji

Kawa Niangji was a Tibetan poet and environmental activist from Qinghai province. From his poems we see traces of Tibetan folk songs and ballads of love, separation, and helplessness.

But as a contemporary poet with historical consciousness about his tribe and a strong responsibility of eco-protection, his writing also displays a rare sense of humour. Kawa drowned in Qinghai Lake on June 26, 2015, at age 26, while he was trying to dismantle an illegal fishing net. There is a Tibetan saying: the Qinghai Lake is our left eye, the Huang our right eye.

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