"Revolted by the butchery of the 1914 World War, we in Zurich devoted ourselves to the arts. While the guns rumbled in the distance, we sang, painted, made collages and wrote poems with all our might," wrote Hans Arp, a key Dada figure, who like many of his contemporary artists, musicians and poets responded to the horrors of war through his satirical, nonsensical work that rejected the logic, reason and aestheticism of modern capitalist society.

The world may not be at war any more, but the anti-bourgeois ethos of Dadaism has much to question and challenge in the times we live in. Bringing alive the spirit of this form of artistic anarchy is Zoom Dada, a hip-hop dance and theatre performance by France's Theatre Bascule. On its maiden nine-city tour of India, the performance, known for its playful exploration of freedom, will be staged in Mumbai tonight as part of a collaboration between Alliance Française de Bombay and G5A.