Notwehr Annelies Van Parijs (BE), Gaea Schoeters (BE), Studio Minailo (NL), HERMESensemble, B'Rock Vocal Consort (BE), La Biennale di Venezia (IT) ^{BE), Gaea Schoeters (BE), Studio Minailo (NL), HERMESensemble, B'Rock Vocal Consort (BE), La Biennale di Venezia (IT}

Their forced togetherness begins on tense terms, but as the nights pass, they share their fears and hopes with each other. They start talking to each other about which things in life are worth fighting for, and how far you can and should go. What is freedom? And what are you willing to give them up for? Their shared confinement becomes an inner journey that will change them both forever.

Notwehr is at the same time playful and moving, light and dark. The performance brings together old and new music: Banchieri's madrigal cycle La barca di Venezia a Padua sounds like a kind of echo of the past and the outside world, and thus interweaves with the new music by composer Annelies Van Parys.