There is no organ more valuable to human life than the heart. In classic literature, it’s considered the place where our sense of love originates. In medicine, it’s recognized as the one thing that keeps us alive. Heartbeat is designed around the various ways we think of the human heart. The heartbeat is heard throughout the show through the percussion and sometimes the winds, pounding incessantly, keeping the vital “thumpa-thumpa” chugging along.