With ›Pavlova 3’23’’‹ Mathilde Monnier sets out to expand her work to include the themes of time and its mere representation. She thus approximates the phenomenon of temporal perception through a major figure in the history of ballet. The title is a reference to the world-famous solo ›The Dying Swan‹ by Anna Pavlova, which represents a breach within the history of dance – for the first time a dancer started improvising within choreography. It was precisely at this moment that the three-minute ballet piece was endlessly striving to conquer finitude through the dance itself. In view of these conceptual musings, the renowned French choreographer has developed a contemporary dance piece, based on repetitions and overlappings, for nine performers – a piece that likewise strives to go beyond all endings.