"Crash Test V: Theater" questions the supremacy of spoken theater over dance, or rather turns it on its head. Western theater tradition usually pays more attention to the text than to movement. But does the "word" really have more to say? In Paula Rosolen's latest movement experiment from the "Crash Tests" series, the word becomes an accessory for the dance; it is torn out of context, increasingly emptied of its meaning and repeated so often that it threatens to become meaningless.

In "Crash Test V: Theater", two dancers face each other to throw the words at each other. Their movements are sometimes synchronized, coordinated and then fall apart again. They strive for symmetry, but not without losing their balance. Their movements are bilateral, rotating, ornamental and finally increase to an almost mathematical expression. Their relationship emerges before the audience's eyes as a fragile, dynamic affair - they show themselves to be vulnerable and resilient at the same time.

In 2022, Paula Rosolen/Haptic Hide created the "Crash Test" format to facilitate encounters and dialogs between choreography and visual art. These take place outside traditional theater spaces, usually in gallery spaces, and have short production times that vary from just one day to a maximum of two weeks, depending on the project.

For "Crash Test V Theatre" (AT), Paula Rosolen/Haptic Hide invites the artists Doris Dziersk (space), Daniel Conant and Chris-Pascal Englund Braun (dance) to engage in a dialog and to explore symmetry, its diverse connotations and poetry.