Möbius

For its fifth creation, XY is keen to explore the outer confines of acrobatics, through analogy, by seeking out concepts of natural phenomena such as murmurations. That form of communication that can be felt in the flight of starlings : a choreography of hundreds of birds, so well-timed and so dense that it sometimes eclipses the sun, even just for an instant… 

The XY Collective thus pursues its research into acrobatic language, this time by anchoring the circus act at the heart of continuous movement, a theatre of flux that constantly moves in waves, eruptions, or even time loops, each one echoing the other.

The bare and immaculately white set presents like an infinite space that electrifyingly empties and fills, where the action is deployed like a chain reaction. A responsive and sensorial territory where neither nature, nor culture, nor body or spirit would be opposed. 

It is through this approach and this resonance with his own work that a collaboration with choreographer Rachid Ouramdane was born. He was able to offer his words, gestures and vision to the Collective.

Veritable ode to the living, Möbius thus returns us to the absolute necessity of « creating together » as the basis for all forms of subsistence, perpetuation and invention.

The Collective’s flagship show, Möbius, continues to be part of their repertoire and has already been seen over 300 times across fifteen different countries. Conceived with both frontal and circular presentation possibilities, the show has evolved over the seasons and has adapted to outdoor performance as well as smaller stage areas.