The Ascent Within
Start of reservations: 24.07
01.08 — 02.08.2026
20.30
Description
The Ascent Within is a stage poem that illuminates the evolution of human nature through the prism of love—an indestructible love understood not as an emotion, but as an ontological state of being. It traces a cyclical journey in which human beings do not evolve in a linear progression but continually return to their origins, fall back, recover, and attempt once more the ascent. The fossilized human skull discovered in the Petralona Cave serves not as a historical artifact but as a poetic catalyst: a trace of existence that initiates a reflection on humanity’s passage through time.
Music, body, voice, and image coexist as carriers of memory and meaning, creating a polyphonic scenic landscape. Rather than narrating the history of human evolution, The Ascent Within contemplates it through music and performance. It offers a poetic experience that places humanity simultaneously at the center, in the background, and at the forefront of its own existence, seeking that point where knowledge encounters love and consciousness becomes an act of humanization.
Contributors
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Information
The event is offered for free by the Ministry of Culture.
Advanced booking is necessary.
65'
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