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==Themes and analysis==
[[File:Wien - Westbahnhof, Migranten am 5 Sep 2015.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|alt=A photograph of a group of refugees standing on a train station platform|Refugees waiting at a train station in Vienna
The piece's theme was the plight of displaced persons as they travelled between locations.{{sfn|Piquero Álvarez|2021|pp=461-462}}{{sfn|Golomb|2023|p=309}} While getting inspiration from conflicts from the past century, particularly the influx of refugees to Europe during the 2010s, it did not place its dancers in a specific time or ___location. Instead, the dancers are an allegory for the experience of displaced persons.{{sfn|Golomb|2023|pp=301, 304}}{{sfn|Abdo|Attia|Amin|2023|p=83}} The subject matter is conventional for dance pieces in the [[Western world]], showcasing people outside of the hierarchies of power as performers dancing in a stylized manner. The uniformity of the grey costumes evoked a setting of a prison or battlefield, with the dancers under the control of a more powerful entity,{{sfn|Golomb|2023|p=307}} even though a specific antagonist is not named or explored in the narrative.{{sfn|Abdo|Attia|Amin|2023|p=82}} By not placing the piece narratively in a specific historical setting, the piece avoided themes on the racialization of refugees or the relationship between colonialization and displaced persons.{{sfn|Golomb|2023|p=310}}
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