LAYOUT EN, MEGA - Kids & Teens (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.
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 – 22 Euro
Click here for online ticketing
A panel discussion will take place after the performances.
Workshops for school classes are available on request.
physical introduction
On both days a physical introduction will take place before the performance for anyone interested.
Friday, 23.01.2026: 6:15-6:45 pm
Saturday, 24.01.2026: 3:15-3:45 pm
Together, we will get in the mood for the play and get ourselvesmoving. 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 ehrenfeldstudios
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
Barrier-free access.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via organisation@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
Entering the stage without a plan, without a score, without an idea… In this workshop, we will explore tools, strategies, and methods for instant solo composition. The focus will be on consciously shaping and sharing your own energy and concentration for the duration of a short solo. What paths are there if I don’t know the way? What source do I use and how do I make spontaneous decisions? The workshop moves between methodology and intuition.
DATE
Sat, Jan. 31, 2026 | 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
REGISTRATION
We kindly request binding registration at tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Sliding scale: 40–75€.
No one will be excluded from participation for financial reasons.
Photo: Karel Vanek
LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, THE AGEING BODY – Generation + (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
CONNECT – Community Arts Project, LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, MEGA - Kids & Teens (EN), UPCOMING EVENTS
This creative dance workshop for families invites us to explore movement and play as ways to connect and imagine together. Inspired by the idea of forming hybrid communities, we let our bodies transform into fantastic beings that emerge from our own creativity. Using simple organic materials such as sticks, fabrics and natural textures, we experiment with shapes, weights and rhythms to invent new creatures and shared worlds. Through guided proposals, children and adults discover their individual movement and then open it to communication with others—moving alone, in pairs and in groups. The workshop offers a joyful, safe and playful environment where every body can express itself freely, expand its imagination, and enjoy the pleasure of dancing together. It is an invitation to curiosity, cooperation and the shared creation of a small, temporary universe made of bodies, nature and imagination.
DATE
Fri, 20.02.26 | 4:30 – 6 pm
There will be a follow-up weekend workshop on February 21 and 22, 2026 called We are human, animal and vegetal.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Catalina Carrasco is a dancer and choreographer whose work explores movement as transformation. Her creations are sincere, physical and poetic, engaging audiences of all ages. She has performed worldwide and received several awards. With BAAL, she develops a unique body-based language that enriches young audiences and sparks curiosity.
Foto: Alvaro Maldonado
CONNECT – Community Arts Project, LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, MEGA - Kids & Teens (EN), UPCOMING EVENTS
This workshop invites children to imagine beings from other worlds and realities—each one different, unique, and magical. Through playful movement games, they explore what it feels like to be human, animal, plant, or something entirely new. Using simple natural materials like sticks, fabrics, and soft textures, children invent hybrid creatures and experiment with extraordinary shapes, discovering new ways of moving and being. Together, they create stories, habitats, and tiny ecosystems, communicating through rhythm, gesture, and imagination. The workshop encourages curiosity, celebrates difference, and gently introduces themes like queer identity and being unique, all in a safe, joyful space where every child can transform, express themselves, and explore the limitless possibilities of body and imagination.
DATES
Sat, 21.02. & Sun, 22.02.26
Group 1 children ages 4-7: 2-3 pm
Group 2 older children ages 8-12: 3-4 pm
REGISTRATION
Please register at tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Children: €5
No one will be excluded from participating for financial reasons.
Photo: Alvaro-Maldonado
