Totentanz

Marcos Morau

dance
24 october to 25 october 2025
fri: 7 pm; sat: 9:30 pm
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
Totentanz

A leading name in European contemporary dance, Marcos Morau and his company La Veronal present Totentanz, a show conceived for unconventional spaces where death – that age-old figure, feared yet fascinating – takes centre stage. Drawing inspiration from the medieval tradition of danse macabre (“dance of death”), the performance invokes a collective ritual for our times: a nameless mourning, a meditation on the fragility of life and its indiscernable end.

With Totentanz, Marcos Morau and La Veronal return to the power of gestures as a means of thinking, and to the stage as a place of remembrance. A show that does not seek answers, but rather invokes questions that have haunted us for centuries: where are we going, who are we, and what remains after the final dance?

Note: This performance contains strobe lighting.


Credits:

Marcos Morau and La Veronal.


15 €

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