Dance of the cilia

"Dance of the Cilia" explores the fascinating movement patterns of cilia in a dance-based performance. For people aged 10 and over.

Cilia explores the fascinating movement patterns of cilia - hair-like structures on cell surfaces that have been conserved through evolution. They serve as mouth and stomach for many a microorganism, transport egg cells through the fallopian tubes and cleanse the lungs of inhaled foreign bodies.

The dance-based performance conveys this complexity of movement in the lungs through the (a-)synchronicity of dancers with cilia beat frequencies.

We unite art and science by performing physiological processes, inviting the audience on an aesthetic journey into the depths of the body's interior and projecting scientific questions onto the body.