PI originated from an idea by Elles Grzybek to create a dance performance based on the number π (pi), the mathematical symbol of infinity. Each digit from 0 to 9 was assigned a specific movement, creating a physical translation of numerical sequences.

One of the performers memorized one thousand digits of π, reciting and dancing them simultaneously. In this way, the human body became a carrier of both memory and structure, allowing abstract data to manifest as movement, rhythm and repetition.

Sand was the only scenographic element used in the performance. The material functioned as a symbol of infinity: each grain of sand could be read as a digit, and every drawing made by the dancers in the sand referred to the countless combinations contained within the number π.

Performed by three dancers in dialogue with the material presence of sand, PI approached choreography as a system in which body, memory, abstract structure and material converged — a formative early work within the evolving practice of cieMESS.