Survival Kit is a duet that explores the role of personal identity within relationships. Through dance, text, and theatrical actions, the performers examine how two people can meet at different moments in their lives, adapt to one another, clash, and mutually transform. The work focuses on the intrinsic motivations that drive our actions and on the delicate space between the image we present to the world and the values that truly guide us.

The performance brings to light what often remains hidden within interpersonal dynamics: intentions, desires, fears, and the deep human need to be seen and recognized. In a world shaped by technology, predefined models, and fragmented identities, Survival Kit questions what we genuinely seek in another person, what drives us to form or break connections, and how far true synergy between two individuals can go.

Through a sequence of physical and poetic encounters and confrontations, the duet reveals the continuous human effort to stay in relationship despite fragilities, contradictions, and emotional tensions. It is an intimate and universal exploration of the complexity of living together and of how every encounter opens a new space of possibility.


Choreography: Evangelos Poulinas
Dance: Lara Pilloni | Florian Entenfellner
Music: Marco Girardin
Light: Lukas Eismayr

Flying Elephant Production
premiere Teatro Impavidi, Sarzana
March 2023
followed performances: Stadttheater Grief, Wels | Maschinenshaus Essen | Dock 11, B12 Berlin | Rü Buhne Essen

with the support of:
Kulturamt Stadt Essen | Stadt Wels

in cooperation with:
Maschinenhaus Essen | Tanz Station Barmer Bahnhof | Freiraum Düsseldorf | Folkwang U.d.K.

photo credit: Marc Jacob