LAYOUT EN, On stage, Upcoming events
How does it feel to stand alone in front of a dream? How does it feel to take a step into the unexpected? How does it feel to look different or to be seen differently by others?
In this mixed-abled, participatory laboratory workshop over two weekends, dancers from cie.nomoreless and choreographer Anna Grakhanova explore the theme of overcoming boundaries to realize their dreams.
Through artistic methods such as improvisation, choreographic and text work, and collaborative storytelling, participants explore their personal experiences and perspectives on these topics and are guided on an immersive journey through their inner landscapes.
At the end of the laboratory workshop, there will be a performative, informal showing at the ehrenfeldstudios.
DATE
Sun, 26.10.2025 | 5 pm
Duration approx. 30 minutes
Free entry
Barrier-free access.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
CREDITS
Workshop leader | Choreography: Anna Grakhanova
Performers: Aaron Fischer, Rabea Jürging, Paula Kinzinger, Florian Menzel, Lara Mettendorf, Hartmut Misgeld, Iris Schweitzer, Tuula Simon, Stephanie Terbrüggen, Clara Vilarinho
Mentoring | Dramaturgy: Gitta Roser, Paulina Jürges, Denise Albert
Lighting design: Wolfgang Pütz
Photo and video documentation: Ben Drücker
The project is a collaboration between cie.nomoreless and Anna Grakhanova, who is creating her first choreography with a mixed-abled dance ensemble.
Website: www.nomoreless.eu
Funded by Aktion Mensch
Website: www.nomoreless.eu
Photo: ©MEYER ORIGINALS
LAYOUT EN, On stage, Upcoming events
The escalation of various acute global crises seems to be increasingly condensing into a collective state of fear and shaping human behaviour in the process. fear:less explores the social conditions of fear and questions the role of the body within this context.
How much uncertainty can a body endure?
Does touch become a risk?
Are we losing our sense of connection to one another?
In a relentless and challenging pas de deux, dancers Dmitrijus Andrušanecas and Hanna Held seek an intense physical connection with each other. They surrender themselves to the other, challenge their counterpart, and resolutely explore what it means to be fear:less.
CREDITS
Artistic direction and choreography: Silke Z.
in collaboration with Performers: Hanna Held, Dmitrijus Andrušanecas
Light design: Garlef Keßler
Sound design: Liam Giles
DATES
Fri, 31.10.2025 | 8 pm
Followed by a Halloween party
Sat, 01.11.2025 | 8 pm
A physical introduction for everyone interested will take place at 7.30 p.m.
TICKETS
Sliding scale: 10 – 20 euros
Reservations at: karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Barrier-free access.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
fear:less is funded by Kulturamt der Stadt Köln.
Photo: © Dmitrij Matvejev
Labs & Workshops, LAYOUT EN, Upcoming events
The public: one place among many. We appear where we are not expected. We swarm out, a collective body, streaming through train stations, streets and squares. We irritate, stand out, become visible and … disappear again. An unlimited movement collective that changes public space with performative interventions. Once a month, we meet at different locations throughout the city, create forms of movement and try them out in public. Participation is possible at any time, open to theater enthusiasts of all ages, free of charge, no previous experience required.
Please register by the Friday before the next session at the latest.
All information and registration at: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Artistic direction: Silke Z.
DATE
Schwärmerei takes place on the first Monday of every month.
Overview 2025:
Mon, 01.09.2025 | 5 – 7 pm
Mon, 06.10.2025 | 5 – 7 pm
Mon, 03.11.2025 | 5 – 7 pm
Mon, 01.12.2025 | 5 – 7 pm
free of charge
Meeting point: ehrenfeldstudios
LAYOUT EN, On stage, Upcoming events
In INTO IT, four dancers explore different forms of closeness—physical, emotional, and social. They move between the audience and the stage, making contact, sharing thoughts, picking up on impulses. Closeness is not only addressed, but created in the moment. The choreography emerges through exchange—inspired by movements from the space, continued by the dancers. The result is a simple shared structure: a line dance that is open to everyone. The piece is aimed at children aged 10 and above, teenagers, and families. It makes dance tangible as an open process and creates encounters beyond clear roles. At a time when social closeness often causes uncertainty, INTO IT invites us to approach it in a new way.
CREDITS
Dance & choreography: Marie-Lena Kaiser
Adaptation director: Julia Mota Carvalho
Dance: Jordan Gigout, Kati Masami Menze, Eslam Elnebishy, Marie-Lena Kaiser
Music: Johannes Schropp
Costumes: Frederike Marsha Coors
Production management: Bianca Mendonça
Production: Martin Rascher
Dance education: Sarah Modeß
Lighting design and technical management: Simon Krämer
DATES
Fr, 07.11.2025 | 10 am
Sa, 08.11.2025 | 4 pm
TICKETS
Sliding Scale: 10 – 20 Euro
Reservations at: karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
A panel discussion will take place after the performances.
Workshops for school classes are available on request.
physical introduction
On Saturday, November 8, 2025, a physical introduction will take place before the performance for anyone interested. Together, we will get in the mood for the play and get moving ourselves from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. No previous experience is necessary, just a desire to try something new!
To register, please contact Sarah Modeß: sarah@performing.group (last-minute participants are also welcome!)
Meeting point: Foyer ehrenfeld studios
Barrier-free access.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Co-production with PACT Zollverein, Theater Ravensburg, Maschinenhaus Essen & ehrenfeldstudios Cologne. Funded by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, Kulturbüro Essen, Kulturstiftung Essen, Yeah Yeah e.V.
Photo: Lennart Speer
Labs & Workshops, LAYOUT EN, Upcoming events
Under the title KINGS & QUEENS, we invite all people over 55 to explore traditional gender roles and their own positioning within them through dance art under the direction of Silke Z. and Caroline Simon. How do labels and stereotypes of gender roles become entrenched on a physical level? How can we express these in movements, challenge them and transform them into something new? What biographical imprints and self- and external attributions are there? We want to explore all these questions together with you through dance. The lab will culminate in a final performance.
DATES
Performance lab #1: 27.01. – 01.02.2025
Performance lab #2: 31.03. – 05.04.2025
Performance lab #3: 08.09. – 13.09.2025
Performance lab #4: 10.11. – 15.11.2025
Monday to Friday, 10 am to 3 pm
Saturday: Performance at 8 pm
REGISTRATION
Participation fee: 50€
No one will be excluded from participation for financial reasons.
Registration and info: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Barrier-free access. Participation with a rollator or wheelchair is possible.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Photo: © Adobe Stock Photos
