Dance House KURTUVĒ: The Act of Collecting Emptiness

Where does what could have happened but did not happen go?

Every moment holds countless possibilities within it. But the moment one choice is made, all the others

remain behind it, unrealized, unlived, empty. Events create their own history, but alongside them gathers

everything that could have been different. You could have bought chocolate at the store, but instead you took bananas? You could have

waited for the green light, but crossed on red? Do we notice the history of choices we ourselves make, which leads us

to the moment we are in now?

“The Act of Collecting Emptiness” is an attempt to turn toward these emptinesses, to notice them, collect them, fill

them, or perhaps let them remain empty. At the beginning of the performance, everything is still possible. Every new action narrows what is possible until a single specific history of events is formed, one that can no longer be experienced any other way. But what remains of all the other versions?

“The Act of Collecting Emptiness” is the premiere of the dance company SIXTH, created within the initiative “Dance House

KURTUVĒ” and the Warming Residency.

The performance is created and performed by Darja Turčenko, Ramona Levane and Edvards Kurmiņš

The live musical accompaniment is created by composer Sofija Zaiceva