Delicate Balancing of a Twig
Delicate Balancing of a Twig is a participatory movement meditation exploring collective presence through a single shared gesture: Balancing an ordinary twig on the tiniest point of one’s knuckle.
This radically simple act invites care, sensitivity, and deep attention toward an utterly familiar, overlooked object. Practiced together in public space, it becomes a gentle performance—a “community without communication,” responding to our era’s longing for quiet, symbolic, and nonverbal ways of being together.
The interaction between participants and passersby creates a playful presence and a shared curiosity and reflection on our behavior in public space, and our connection to nature.
INFO
Duration: Ongoing performance – 90 min x 2 for each venue. Participate as long as you like.
Age: From 6 years
Language: Introduction in English
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals.
READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
About the company
Dávid Somló is a Budapest-based performance maker and sound artist working with spatial-relational practices. Using simple tools and participatory methods, he creates immersive sound choreographies and site-responsive works that explore collective presence, attention, and human connection.
For more info: davidsomlo.com
CREDITS
Concept, composition, performer: Dávid Somló
Collaborator, performer: Balázs Kontur
GREEN STREETS OF EUROPE PROJECT
The Hungarian artist Dávid Somló is one of the participating artists in the European project Green Streets of Europe (2023–2025). In April/ May, he was in artistic residency hosted by Helsingør Teater and PASSAGE Festival to further develop this performance.
In the Green Streets of Europe project, artists and festivals work together to rethink conventional structures for the production and international touring of performing arts works in public spaces. By opening up artistic residencies and workspaces to include local citizens and audiences, we believe it is possible to create longer-lasting and more sustainable formats and relationships together.
PARTNERS
Festival Imaginarius | Portugal
Festival KoresponDance | Tjekkiet
Festival Špancirfest | Kroatien
Green Streets of Europe is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
Delicate Balancing of a Twig is a participatory movement meditation exploring collective presence through a single shared gesture: Balancing an ordinary twig on the tiniest point of one’s knuckle.
This radically simple act invites care, sensitivity, and deep attention toward an utterly familiar, overlooked object. Practiced together in public space, it becomes a gentle performance—a “community without communication,” responding to our era’s longing for quiet, symbolic, and nonverbal ways of being together.
The interaction between participants and passersby creates a playful presence and a shared curiosity and reflection on our behavior in public space, and our connection to nature.
INFO
Duration: Ongoing performance – 90 min x 2 for each venue. Participate as long as you like.
Age: From 6 years
Language: Introduction in English
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals.
READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
About the company
Dávid Somló is a Budapest-based performance maker and sound artist working with spatial-relational practices. Using simple tools and participatory methods, he creates immersive sound choreographies and site-responsive works that explore collective presence, attention, and human connection.
For more info: davidsomlo.com
CREDITS
Concept, composition, performer: Dávid Somló
Collaborator, performer: Balázs Kontur
GREEN STREETS OF EUROPE PROJECT
The Hungarian artist Dávid Somló is one of the participating artists in the European project Green Streets of Europe (2023–2025). In April/ May, he was in artistic residency hosted by Helsingør Teater and PASSAGE Festival to further develop this performance.
In the Green Streets of Europe project, artists and festivals work together to rethink conventional structures for the production and international touring of performing arts works in public spaces. By opening up artistic residencies and workspaces to include local citizens and audiences, we believe it is possible to create longer-lasting and more sustainable formats and relationships together.
PARTNERS
Festival Imaginarius | Portugal
Festival KoresponDance | Tjekkiet
Festival Špancirfest | Kroatien
Green Streets of Europe is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union