This workshop is part of our CONNECT Community Arts Festival. Click here for an overview of the entire festival program.

When it hasn′t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, but

I′ll be there for you

When the rain starts to pour

I’ll be there for you

Like I′ve been there before

I’ll be there for you

Cause you’re there for me too

We have all had a best friend at some point. A person we tell everything to, who we text or call when something good or bad happens.

In this workshop, we will explore through dance what connects us to our friends. Can friendship be found in our bodies? How much closeness and distance do we need? And how much strength do we find in our friendships?

The workshop is aimed at all young people between the ages of 13 and 20, with or without dance experience. Together, we will discover how to approach the topic through dance. Bring your best friend!

DATE
Thu, 17.09.2026 | 6 – 7:30 pm

PARTICIPATION FEE
Our workshops follow a solidarity-based pricing model with a sliding scale. Within this framework, you decide for yourselves how much you’d like to and are able to pay. Those who can afford to pay more help support other participants.

Workshops (90 min): 15–30 euros
For two or more CONNECT workshops: starting at 10 euros per workshop

No one will be excluded from participating for financial reasons.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Judith Niggehoff initiates and accompanies artistic processes as a form of expression and education for young people in her roles as dance and theater educator, choreographer, and director. She has developed numerous productions with young people at Schauspiel Köln and Theater Marabu. Together with Sophie Halcour and Saliha Shagasi, she is part of KONNECTIVE. A performance collective whose artistic focus is on social issues that are explored from an intersectional feminist perspective.

CONNECT Community Arts Festival is funded by RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur and Office for Cultural Affairs Cologne.

Photo: Anna Sorgalla