A piece of mounting climaxes: Drawing on Maurice Ravel’s world-famous Boléro, Rykena/Jüngst embark on a playful and humorous search for the climax. Dance, sign language and erotic storytelling intertwine in a multi-layered, sensual performance that seduces and enchants in an accessible way.

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Fri

09.10.

20:00–21:10

Sat

10.10.

18:00–19:10

Stripping Bolero Rykena/Jüngst

Alina Belyagina’s dance performance moves between a night at the club, vogueing, and folk ritual. It unfolds as a choreographic landscape without a center, where body, light, sound, and movement are held in constant flux. The performance opens a space between resistance and radical hope – culminating in the circle dance Khorovod/Kolo as a pulsating finale.

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Fri

09.10.

21:30–22:15

Giving back the Blessings Alina Belyagina

Two circus artists, two artistic signatures, one performance experience. Symbiosis combines contemporary circus and object theatre in a poetic and political dialogue between humans and matter, revealing how fragile our connection to the world around us truly is. The custom-built black dome tent invites audiences to immerse themselves in a surreal, dark atmosphere.

All Dates

Sat

10.10.

15:00–16:00

Sun

11.10.

18:00–19:00

Mon

12.10.

20:00–21:00

Symbiosis Kolja Huneck and Luuk Brantjes

You pig, you snake, you dog. We need animals, fear them, care for them, consume them, hunt and worship them. Humans borrow from animals, even to deny other people their humanity. Making of an Animal explores the disturbing depths of animalization. Through movement, video, and live sound dubbing the performers’ bodies become palpable as uncanny yet compelling hybrid forms between human and animal.

All Dates

Sat

10.10.

20:00–21:00

Premiere

Sun

11.10.

20:00–21:00

Making of an Animal (Premiere) Quindell Orton

A hundred years ago, the site of today’s creative quarter housed the state-of-the-art lace and lingerie factory of Jewish entrepreneur Rosa Klauber. Traummaschine Inc. invites audiences on a journey through her life – a sensory theatre experience for ages 8 and up that brings history to life.

All Dates

Sun

11.10.

15:00–16:00

Mon

12.10.

09:00–10:00

Mon

12.10.

11:30–12:30

Die Fabrik der verlorenen Fäden Traummaschine Inc.

At the center of this happening is a beetle. Much like Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis, it becomes the target of aggression and violence. Or does it? The audience alone decides how far it is willing to go. Let he who is without sin cast the first apple.

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Tue

13.10.

20:00–21:00

The Metamorphosis Manuel Gerst

The Białowieża Forest, located between Poland and Belarus, is a primeval forest, a biotope, and, to this day, a scene of extreme violence. In the German-Polish production “Wood Wood Wood”, four performers explore the turbulent history of this region on the EU’s external border. And right in the middle of it all: a DJ at his console, busy looping the past and the present.

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Wed

14.10.

18:00–19:10

Thu

15.10.

20:00–21:10

Wood Wood Wood – Nothing’s ever good Christiane Huber

A Black artist realises that he has become a soldier. But is cultural warfare really war? Drawing on Frantz Fanon, anti-colonial thinker and icon of Black resistance, Julian Warner dissects the racism of the present day. Language, accordion, and percussion become his weapons in this profound and moving solo performance.

All Dates

Wed

14.10.

19:00–19:50

Thu

15.10.

18:00–18:50

The Soldier. A Rite of Passage Julian Warner

Hands up — this is a robbery! Two characters set out to pull off a heist, but it soon becomes about far more than money. Raub und Besitz is a riotous blend of songs, stand-up, agitprop, and video that, across Turkish, Kurdish, English, and German, asks who really owns what: land, language, wealth, and the power to shape the narrative.

All Dates

Wed

14.10.

20:30–21:30

Fri

16.10.

18:00–19:00

Ya Te Yan Ya Min // Bizim Olan // Raub und Besitz // Is It Really Yours Dara Lalo, İrem Ekin & Sascha Malina Hoffmann

BMW: a global corporation built on the labor of workers like Emine Ulusen, Evgenia Karakolidis, and Anayurt Kırımli. Nihan Devecioğlu creates a space of remembrance: through music and video, and in both German and Turkish, Yoldaş sensitively tells stories of exclusion, hard work, and female solidarity.

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Thu

15.10.

20:00–21:15

Fri

16.10.

20:00–21:15

Yoldaş – Women Holding One Another Nihan Devecioğlu