Inspired by conversations with athletes from the world of high-performance sports, we look back at our own realities in life. In a choreographic interplay of dance, percussion and live generated soundscapes, with found footage from sporting events and poetic video images, we try to deal with the ambivalences of the performance system: We never get enough and want out. We are exhausted and can’t stop. We admire the powerful, athletic bodies and lament the price we pay for them.

In dialogue with each other, the performers address this ambivalence: to keep going or to stop? They accompany each other, cheer each other on, and pass the baton to each other. They try to bring together contradictory perspectives. They celebrate energetic flights of fancy and give in to their exit fantasies. On stage, an emotional roller coaster of bodies dreaming of flying, of endless cycles of training and competition, energy and wear and tear – always on the edge. “You shouldn’t ask the system if you want to get out of it in one piece.”