Full of humour and sensuality, OCTOPUS lures audiences to an underwater world that has entirely different rules. Breezing seaweed, stirred sand and a spherical mix of live music, lights and video create a sense of this other world – a world where an eight-armed animal with three hearts, nine brains and blue blood opens up new forms of thinking and articulating, touching us in possibly unknown ways. You look at the water and ask yourself: Who are you?

The work of Graz-based translators/performers Marta Navaridas und Alex Deutinger is characterised by a combination of choreographic, textual and musical elements. The two of them have been working together as a duo since 2007. Their pieces were shown in such contexts as the Abrons Arts Center New York, Gessnerallee Zurich, the Maison de la Danse Lyon and Dansens Hus Stockholm. OCTOPUS is their first collaboration with Graz-based poet and author Christoph Szalay.