Meaning “swarm” in Catalan, EIXAM is a piece for two performers and a musician. It tells the story of two scientists in the desert investigating a rare species of desert locust. As they dance a dance of suspicion, mistrust and competition around each other, they are unexpectedly overtaken and overwhelmed by a swarm of phenomenal power.

EIXAM is structured as a miniature conference; the encounter of two scientists engaged in the study of swarm theory and its practice. The performers don’t simply lead the spectators into a theater performance; rather they skillfully and consciously seduce them to participate in an experiment. Without noticing, the spectators are playfully transformed into a swarm and thus become part of the investigation. It is a dance comedy with a twist of Beckett and a hint of Roy Ayers.