Livingston – Beyond the Limits tells the story of man's ancient desire to be able to fly, and makes us aware that this wish is much more than an ordinary ambition. It is rather "an age-old memory of our lost wings" born out of the common human desire for spiritual growth and search for identity. Livingston – Beyond the Limits transposes this desire into music and movement.

The show opens with a passage from Aristophanes' The Birds. The quotation points out the apparent dichotomy between the human condition and the birds. The first is described as obscure, weak, ephemeral, vain, unhappy, because they are unable to fly. In classical mythology, the birds' family is described as immortal, eternal, as the primordial race that exists longer than God himself. A race closer to Heaven, at least for it lives and flies in it.

It is no accident that Livingston is a winged being. The show tells the story of his journey while at the same time illustrating his spiritual growth. He filies away from his original flock and gains his independence. Soon he encounters a new and more evolved flock and becomes part of their group. While helping a fellow creature in trouble, he discovers for the first time his humanity. Finally he meets Lightbird, the Great Wise One, and reaches the great Enlightenment with his fellow friends.

On a more metaphorical level, the stages of Livingston's flight symbolise the stages in man's evolution: the discovery of the Supreme, greater awareness, the overcoming of physical limitations, the attainment of the human intellect. It is in this concept that the initialdichotomy is overcome.

"I am sure there is no horizon without a conquest" is the first verse of the track "Beyond the limits" which closes the show. It is a universal message.

When, in 1998, Patrick de Gayardon died during one of his "human flight attempts", the whole word called him a "modern Icarus". The show is dedicated to him and his life.