Carmen & Carmen

Who is Carmen, really? A symbol of love, liberation — and a threat that must be subdued again and again. 

Blending live performance and film, the piece unravels Carmen. As the screen begins to dissolve, a new story emerges, shifting from cinematic spectacle to visceral liveness.

Moved by the Motion is a multidisciplinary group of artists who play with language, movement, image and sound. They create at the melting point of film, poetry, music, dance, performance and theatre. The group started in LA in 2013 and is internationally renowned. Members are invited to collaborate in projects around the world. 

After a six-year residency at Schauspielhaus Zürich (where they analysed the figure of Carmen for a first time), the ensemble now returns to the basis of their working methods: collective creation, iterative composition and collision of genres.

Carmen & Carmen is directed by Wu Tsang, founding member of Moved by The Motion. Tsang is an American performer, director and filmmaker whose work has been shown in the most prestigious museums (MoMA New York, Tate Modern London, etc.). In 2018, she won the MacArthur Genius Grant and since the beginning of 2025 she has been a lecturer at Harvard University. Tsang is known for dismantling and breaking down racial and gender stereotypes and narratives.