WHEN THE BOMB DROPS

CONCEPT· text· choreography· performance

RADIALSYSTEM GERMANY, 2017

“If a bomb drops,” says a voice from far away.
“I’ve never seen a bomb before.
What would I do?”

Inspired by a real encounter with a bomb explosion, When the Bomb Drops emerges from the moment after an explosion, when time stops, silence remains, and language becomes insufficient.

The work traces the immigration journey of a woman who was “the other” in her homeland and becomes “the other” again in the new one. Between shock and displacement, the performance asks what hope can mean when the world collapses, when survival demands leaving and when memory refuses to stay behind.