Labs & Workshops, LAYOUT EN, Upcoming events
In this workshop, improvisation technique meets personal physical and dance possibilities as well as individual fantasy, imagination and creativity.
Various principles and basics of dance improvisation are introduced and explored in solo, duo or group situations.
The focus is on the fun of dancing and the (democratic!) values of dance improvisation.
For everyone aged 16 and over, with or without previous experience.
DATE
Fr, 05.12.2025 | 6 – 9 pm
REGISTRATION
Participation fee: 45 – 145 Euro
No one will be excluded from participation for financial reasons.
Registration & Info: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Barrier-free access. Participation with a rollator or wheelchair is possible.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
Photo: © S. Große-Wortmann
LAYOUT EN, On stage, Upcoming events
A multi-medium performance for young audience with two dancers and touchscreens.
The dancers are entering through the screens into a virtual wonderland which takes them into a journey around the world. Through the screen, they virtually travel in different countries and cultures, and learn new music. During this journey they discover new things about themselves and they learn that what surrounds them is as interesting as the phantasy world they meet through the screen. In Flugmodus, the screens are also digital dancers, and together with the human dancers they create a choir of touchscreens. With movement, sound and videos the performers will ask the audience to turn their smartphones into flight mode and invite them to join them on an interactive journey in the technological wonderland through the screens.
CREDITS
Choreography: Ido Grinberg
Dancers: Ido Grinberg, Maayan Reiter
Outside Eye: Daniela Riebesam
DATES
Fr, 05.12.2025 | 1 pm (performance for schools)
Sat, 06.12.2025 | 4 pm
TICKETS
Children: 5 euros
Adults: 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
Funded by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologn, the NRW State Office for Independent Performing Arts and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Photo: Oliver Strömer
Labs & Workshops, LAYOUT EN, Upcoming events
Do you feel like dancing? Do you want to act? Or combine both? Then my workshop is just right for you! Anyone who is curious about movement theater is welcome to join – with or without previous experience. Maybe you already dance, play an instrument, or enjoy expressing yourself with your body and voice? Or maybe you’ve never done anything like this before, but something inside you is saying: I want to try dance theater! – Then you are also very welcome here.
This time, the workshop will focus on the theme of family. Feel free to participate as a family: children with their parents, grandparents with grandchildren, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings—all constellations are welcome! We want to get moving together, be creative, and spend a wonderful, inspiring time together.
DATES
Fri,16.01.26 | 6–7:30 pm (taster session)
Sat, 01.17.26 & Sun,18.01.26 | 10 am – 2 pm each day (weekend workshop)
REGISTRATION
We kindly request binding registration at tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de.
Taster session: free of charge
Weekend workshop:
Adults: sliding scale 15-30 euros.
Children: 5 euros.
No one will be excluded from participation for financial reasons.
Barrier-free access.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
About the artist
Arthur Schopa is a freelance dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. He has performed internationally in numerous productions and collaborated with various choreographers, directors, companies, and artists. In 2013, he founded the FREIRAUM ENSEMBLE in Cologne and has choreographed for the Schauspielhaus Bochum and DNT Weimar, among others. He also works as a lecturer and educator, accompanying artistic projects in educational contexts.
Funded by
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
Fr, 23.01.26 | 7 pm
Sat, 24.01.26 | 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
“I can deepen my contact with myself and my fellow dancers, I can be positively curious again. I feel included, not excluded – that’s priceless. And because the world is the way it is, we as those affected need to reinforce these positive feelings again and again, recharge our batteries and enjoy them. This is possible in dance training at the ehrenfeldstudios!”
(Ulrike Borchers, Dance & Parkinson’s participant)
Under the guidance of Silke Z., we intensify our own body awareness in search of new possibilities for movement. We work playfully with individual dance expression and our own creativity.
A project by Elisabeth Habel in cooperation with ehrenfeldstudios.
For ALL with and without previous experience.
For ALL with Parkinson’s.
For relatives and interested parties.
DATES
02. – 04. February 2026 | 11 am – 2 pm
REGISTRATION
Participation fee: Sliding Scale 90 – 280 Euros
No one will be excluded from participation for financial reasons.
Registration and info: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or via phone: +49 221 – 846 395 80
To enable as many people as possible to participate, we offer a solidarity-based contribution model. People who can afford to pay a little more make it possible for those with fewer financial resources to participate through their contribution.
Barrier-free access. Participation with a rollator or wheelchair is possible.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
Foto: ehrenfeldstudios
