Danu

From the Black Forest to the Black Sea, the river flows. The river flows and meets a city along the way. When the waters of the Danube reach Budapest, they are just over halfway through the journey. It takes ten days to reach us, and in another ten days it will mix with the salty water of the sea. The river has been making this journey for over a million years and has seen Budapest many times. ‘Danu’ translates as ‘the flowing one’ or as ‘she who was before everything else.’ During the performance, the audience, divided into two groups of equal size, gathers on either side of the river. They form a line and descend simultaneously, step by step, towards the water. Danu is an audio performance that uses headphones, a voice from the other side, and tap water with a pinch of salt.