“Dances Like a Bomb” is a duet that tackles the subject of age(ing) and care with humor and tenderness. Behind this successful production are Irish twin sisters Jessica and Megan Kennedy from Junk Ensemble. Together with the performers, they have created a dance theater piece that provides insight into the relationship between two older people: former Pina Bausch dancer Finola Cronan and actor Luc Dunberry meet in a dark room. What unfolds over the course of the following hour is an entertaining sequence of short scenes that culminate in a devoted and touching dance evening: sometimes theatrical, sometimes vulnerable, and often hilarious. For as intense as their feelings for each other are, they are just as determined to defend their independence. As they lift each other up only to push each other back down to the ground a moment later, age becomes a “performance” and reveals something deeply human: our worst and our best sides.

‘Dances like a bomb’ is presented as part of the Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps.

Information on accessibility and language

• in spoken English with descriptive subtitles in German and English for significant sounds (e.g. zipper rattling, skin squeaking, shoes tapping)

• stepless access

• for ages 12 and up