Ploebst sin tekst har undertittelen "5 x 5 conditions for contemporary dance in the next 25 years" og teksten er et slags manifest for dansekunstens framtid. Som seg hør og bør er det altså 25 punkter som vi vil videreformidle noen av, som ord for dagen.

1. Art is and will be relevant only if it contains the political potential to critique conservatism, capitalism, moralism, fundamentalism, exploitation, corruption, totalitarianism, suppresion, racism, bigotry, ignorance, colonialism, homophobia, cynicism, and elitism.

2. This relevance expresses itself in equal measure in the content, and the form, and the quality of artworks (a piece of art with progressive content, communicated in a conservative language and/or of low quality is nothing more than pure pretension). And yes, quality can be defines (a "bad" performance can also be of excellent quality).

11. Are we talking about choreography or are we talking about dance? If we're talking about choreography, then we're not necessarily talking about dance - because there already is and will be choreography without dance (and vice versa). William Forsythe says; "Choreography is the organization of things in time." Choreography has a highly transmedial potential, which means that strategies of choreography in the fields of visual art, film, music, literature, architecture and media arts, juxtaposed with performance and dance. 

22. Dance as an art form should be bright (explorative, rigid, and radical) but also dark (sexy, entartaining, virtuous, hilarious, stunning, marvellous, gorgeous, elegant, rhythmic, ecstatic, overwhelming, romantic, enigmatic and popular). It can be an ambivalent and dirty saint.

Og sist men ikke minst:

25. The future of dance depends on YOU!

Helmut Ploebst har en PhD i kommunikasjon og kunsthistorie fra Universitet i Wien, Østerrike, og arbeider som redaktør, kritiker, kurator og foreleser i mange ulike kontekster og prosjekter.