Wonderground

MOMENTUM

A mythological tale about humans, nature and gravity

In this new creation, Wonderground presents a dreamlike journey in which four performers—two women, one man, and a live musician—explore the tensions between the human instinct for connection and the forces that pull us, both literally and metaphorically.

Through landscapes that oscillate between the real and the imaginary—an internal storm, a body defying gravity, and a mountain that breaks and rebuilds itself—they create a choreography that reflects the fragility and resilience of our time.

Somewhere between a poetic recital and a rock concert, MOMENTUM fuses movement, acrobatic dance, minimalism, and humor to imagine what our future could be.

Dance performance capturing momentum

What moves us in a world that seems to have lost its balance?

Dance performance capturing momentum
There is a universal truth when one feels gravity and the weight of the body. It is one of the most primal human experiences of what it is to be in the world. If we add displacement, a multiplicity of questions begins to arise. Why do we move in one direction? What drives us? Where do we want to go? What do we expect to find? Are we going or returning?

In MOMENTUM, this displacement materializes through the use of various extreme actions as generators of dramatic choreography. Spinning, falling, dragging, climbing, suspending, or flying all have a very specific relationship with gravity when we consider their distance from the ground.

We place these actions within archetypal natural landscapes, which follow one another and intuitively reveal symbolic relationships—both of the soul's inner landscapes and of the forces that sometimes govern our relationships.
Dance performance capturing momentum
Minimalist acrobatic dance meets live music. Altered natural imagery and elemental movement states — falling, flying, crawling — shape a visual futuristic world of shifting forces.
Dance performance capturing momentum
Concept, choreography and direction Roser Tutusaus and Tom Weksler / Dancers Tom Weksler, Nora Baylach and Yuval Finkelshtein / Original music and artistic collaboration Miguel Marin Pavón / Lighting Design Filip Horn / Costumes Design Benjamin Nivison, Paola Idrontino / Collaboració artística Oded Avinathan, Ariadna Montfort and Joan Català / Participants of the first phase of creation Carla Piris Lasaga and Girordan Cruz / Promotion & Distribution Fani Benages / Production Wonderground / Videography Ignasi Castañé / Photography Aida Vargas / Coproduction Mercat de les Flors and Ajuntament de Tarragona / Residencies El Canal Centre d'arts Escèniques de Salt and The Island / Supported By Beca recerca OSIC, Departament de Cultura-Generalitat de Catalunya i l'Institut Ramón Llull and Movement Archery