LAYOUT EN, ON STAGE, UPCOMING EVENTS
*A mental, emotional, and (meta)physical geocaching journey through transgenerational, transgressive, (post)political, intercultural, neural, medial, hypoinstitutional, cellular, cognitive, creative, and spiritual states of body and mind, expressed in physical, verbal, and nonverbal, visible, tangible, and experiential forms.
DATES
Fri, 09.10.2026 | 8 pm (PREMIERE)
Sat, 10.10.2026 | 8 pm
TICKETS
Friday: Click here for online ticketing
Saturday: Click here for online ticketing
CREDITS
Idea & Concept: Post Meta Institute
Choreography: Karel Vanek, Silke Z., Guido Vanek-Preuß, Caroline Simon
Performance: Guido Vanek-Preuß, Caroline Simon
Set: Silke Z., Karel Vanek
Supervisor: Tchekpo Dan Agbetou
A production by Post Meta Institute (Tanzwerke Vanek Preuß e.V., Bonn
ehrenfeldstdudios e.V., Cologne; DansArt Tanznetworks, Bielefeld)
ACCESSIBILITY
Barrier-free access.
Largely accessible toilet in the neighbouring building, No grab rails or height-adjustable mirror available. The entrance to the toilet is 68 cm wide.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via organisation@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Supported by:
Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the Regional Culture Program NRW (RKP)
Foto: Lilly Krama
CLASSES, LAYOUT EN, UPCOMING EVENTS
After a guided warm-up led by rotating artists, the space is open for improvising, dancing, and moving together or on your own. Sometimes with live music, sometimes with playlists, sometimes in silence—contribute something, take something away… . Jam along!
DATES
Sun, 11.10.2026 | 3 – 6 pm
Sun, 01.11.2026 | 3 – 6 pm
Sun, 13.12.2026 | 3 – 6 pm
REGISTRATION
Registration via email: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de or by phone at +49 221 846 395 80
PARTICIPATION FEE
€5 – €15 (sliding scale)
ACCESSIBILITY
Barrier-free access.
Largely accessible toilet in the neighbouring building, No grab rails or height-adjustable mirror available. The entrance to the toilet is 68 cm wide.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
LAYOUT EN, ON STAGE, UPCOMING EVENTS
How do two generations connect through their art? Johanna immerses herself physically in the memories woven into the woolen fabrics of Regina’s rugs. Through contemporary dance and Masurian peasant and wedding rugs, a female perspective on history comes to life, inviting the audience to participate in shaping the experience. Amid the rhythmic sound of the spinning wheel, the traditional art of weaving, and its materials and symbols, a window opens onto the cultural memory of another generation. The Masurian tradition, which is slowly changing and seems almost lost, finds its place in the present.
DATES
Fri, 16.10.2026 | 8 pm
Sat,17.10.2026 | 8 pm
TICKETS
Friday: Click here for online ticketing
Saturday: Click here for online ticketing
ACCESSIBILITY
Barrier-free access.
Largely accessible toilet in the neighbouring building, No grab rails or height-adjustable mirror available. The entrance to the toilet is 68 cm wide.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via organisation@ehrenfeldstudios.de
CREDITS
Masurian Carpets: Regina Greiner
Project Direction, Choreography & Dance: Johanna Greiner
Dramaturgical Support: Tamora Raffaella Dinklage
Video Artist: Rubina Ünzelmann-Balotsch
Costume Designer: susebee
Composition: Ella Olivia Bender Semerci
Lighting Design: Lena Kroj
Sound Engineering: Olli Gundlach
PR & Public Relations: Madeleine Scheuerpflug
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Johanna Greiner, Regina’s granddaughter, began her dance training in Cologne, trained with Cobos Mika SEED’s Formation in Palamós, Spain, and earned her B.A. in Dance and Choreography in 2023 from AMEU, Dance Academy in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2024, she worked with the Alpha Group in Vienna under the artistic direction of Darrel Toulon on his project “Prélude:Lebensborn.” She was a SuSo Artist in Residence in 2025 in Sutivan, Croatia, and most recently an OPEN:FORM(AT) resident at Tanzfaktur in Cologne.
Funded by the NRW State Office for the Independent Performing Arts, the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne.
Supported by Tanzresidenz 2026 at Quartier am Hafen, Das Werk, The Alpha Group, BdV Landesverband NRW, and the Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen – Landesgruppe NR.
Photo: Sophia Ebner
LAYOUT EN, ON STAGE, UPCOMING EVENTS
In MIT UNS! ZWEI, the dancers David Winking and Karel Vanel explore partnership as a complex and dynamic relational structure that cannot be reduced to romantic constellations but instead encompasses diverse forms of togetherness. The bodies become carriers of relationship: they respond to one another, support each other, contradict one another, or enter into tension. Who is perceived as an equal partner? Which bodies are considered “able” or “deviant”? As different physical and biographical perspectives encounter one another, partnership emerges as a space in which social hierarchies are reproduced, but can also be unsettled and reconfigured.
MIT UNS! ZWEI positions itself as a contribution to increasing the visibility of people with Down syndrome within the performing arts. The production situates itself within the tensions of contemporary diversity discourses and articulates a commitment to an inclusive artistic practice that not only integrates different bodies, lived realities, and forms of expression, but recognizes them as equally valuable and aesthetically productive.
DATES
Fri 30.10.2026 | 8 pm (premiere)
Sat, 31.10.2026 | 8 pm
TICKETS
Friday: Click here for online ticketing
Saturday: Click here for online ticketing
ACCESSIBILITY
Barrier-free access.
Largely accessible toilet in the neighbouring building, No grab rails or height-adjustable mirror available. The entrance to the toilet is 68 cm wide.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via organisation@ehrenfeldstudios.de
CREDITS
Artistic Direction/Choreography: Silke Z.
Performance: David Winking, Karel Vaněk
Assistant (for David Winking): Hanna Held
Sound Design: Liam Giles
Lighting Design: Garlef Kessler
Organization: Daniela Riebesam
Press and Public relations: Franziska Nagel
Funded by: Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Cologne
With the kind support of: Canpepnebot Residency, Son Servera, Mallorca
Foto: D.Matvejev
LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, MEGA - Kids & Teens (EN), ON STAGE, UPCOMING EVENTS
This workshop creates an intergenerational space for connection, where the body becomes a place for play, exploration, and expression. The session begins with a guided session in which movement is explored as a form of drawing in space through contemporary dance, dance theater, and improvisation. The focus is on shared experiences, creativity, and connection. To conclude the afternoon, attendees are invited to the performance BEBÌBULA by BAAL (followed on September 26 by Chamöleon by Ido Grinberg).
No prior experience is required to participate in the workshop.
DATES
Sat, 26.09.2026
2 pm Sweet Dance Intergenerational Workshop
3 pm Performance: BEBÍBULA—An intergenerational piece by Baal for children ages 2 and up
4 pm Performance: Chameleon—A dance theater piece by Ido Grinberg for everyone ages 8 and up
Sat, 31.10.2026
2 pm Sweet Dance Intergenerational Workshop
3 pm Performance: BEBÍBULA—An intergenerational piece by Baal for children ages 2 and up
TICKETS & REGISTRATION
To register for the SWEET DANCE workshop, please email: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or call +49 221 846 395 80
Workshop participation fee:
Adults: 10–20 euros (sliding scale)
Children: 5 euros
BEBÍBULA ticket prices:
Adults: 10–20 euros (sliding scale)
Children: 5 euros
For 26.09.2026, you also have the option to book a complete package:
COMPLETE PACKAGE (Workshop, BEBÍBULA & Chamäleon)
Adults: 20–40 euros (sliding scale)
Children: 15 euros
Book by email or phone:
Via email to: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or by phone at +49 221 846 395 80
ACCESSIBILITY
The workshop is open to everyone and requires no prior experience. The exercises are flexibly adapted to different physical abilities and age groups. Participation is possible both actively and as an observer. Communication can be verbal or nonverbal.
Foto: Sara Napoletano
