This workshop is part of our CONNECT Community Arts Festival. Click here for an overview of the entire festival program.
Ageing affects us all – throughout our entire lives. This is precisely why questions about how age(ing) affects us, how we want to move in old age, and how we shape age(ing) are both personal and social issues for artistic practice and cultural education in dance. Age(ing) is a social issue that is often charged with stereotypical ideas that reflect society’s ideal of youthfulness and performance. This is where the AGEING BODY project comes in, because the performing arts and formats of cultural education in old age offer scope for addressing the tension between social images and attributions of age, the realities of life, and self-positioning.
THE AGEING BODY is a multilayered, designoriented dance art project for and with older people. The physical and dance-based approach to the topics in a non-hierarchical and non-judgmental environment offers participants the freedom to explore, question, and experience.
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.
ACCESSIBILITY
We want to make the workshop as accessible as possible so that everyone can participate. Please feel free to let us know in advance via email at organisation@ehrenfeldstudios.de about any specific access requirements you may have, for example by sending us an Access Rider. We will then do our best to accommodate your access requirements as much as possible and in communication with you.
Barrier-free access. Participation with a rollator or wheelchair is possible.
Largely accessible toilet in the neighbouring building. No grab rails or height-adjustable mirror available.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Silke Z. is committed to exploring methods for the artistic development of contemporary dance. She and her ensemble view dance as a direct form of expression for human sensibilities and needs, and artistic production as an opportunity to reflect society and highlight perspectives on a given topic. Silke Z. has developed over 40 dance productions at home and abroad with her mixed-age team. Her work has received numerous national and international awards. Z. founded and directs the ehrenfeldstudios and the international network studiotrade.
CONNECT Community Arts Festival is funded by RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur and Office for Cultural Affairs Cologne.
Photo: Hanna Held