"Lachrimae mundi" (Tears of the world) premiered in November 2000 and was enthusiastically greeted by press and audiences alike. Daniel Goldin rehearsed his expressive variations on the topic "Tears of the world" anew. He was inspired by John Dowland's 1605 composition "Lachrimae, or Seven Teares". Goldin combines Dowland's music with songs by Johann Sebastian Bach, Spanish music of the Baroque era and recordings by the Berliner Saxophon Quartett. The dancer's movements also incorporate contrast to show the various moods and emotions that made people shed their tears throughout the centuries: from melancholy zeitgeist to individual despair, from deep mourning to exuberant joy.

"Goldins imaginative language of movement reaches a new quality, especially in the group scenes: Dancer's formations as well as single poses seem to be influenced by sculptings from the first half of the 20th century, they are sharply contoured and cut and wholly unsentimental... The choreographer succeeds in establishing an iconic quality, drawing from the image reservoir of sorrow and perturbance transmuting those images from the moved body into a timeless and general sense. You will hold your breath."
Katja Schneider, Süddeutsche Zeitung

Following his education as an actor and dancer in Buenos Aires, Argentinian Daniel Goldin relocated to Germany in 1987 and became a member of the Folkwang Tanzstudio under the artistic direction of Pina Bausch. Between 1993 and 1996, he worked as a freelance dancer and choreographer and has been the artistic director of the dance theatre at the Städtische Bühnen Münster since the 96/97 season.