LAYOUT EN, ON STAGE, UPCOMING EVENTS
A bearded nun performing miracles? The surviving videos from prehistoric times seem irrefutable. Sister Mary Wendy and the Order of Brah Brah are confident that a lasting solution to global crises and conflicts is not far off, and are already recruiting new members. Who wouldn’t want to join them?
The Miracle uses contemporary, physical and wildly exuberant clown storytelling that complicates genre and gender boundaries while charmingly inviting the audience to expand their own freedom. Absurd, surprising, playful and fun, the show embarks on a search for myth-enshrouded, queer-feminist ancestors from a not-so-distant past, whose knowledge of the miraculous power of ambiguity and humor wants to be rediscovered! As Sister Mary Wendy, Olivia Platzer draws on a rich canon full of wild women and genderqueer pioneers— from Baubo, who reveals her vulva to the depressed goddess Demeter to cheer her up and thus end a global famine, to the popular saint Wilgefortis, who as a crucified virgin with a beard became the patron saint of women in distress. The Miracle tells of a community in which non-conformity, not conformity, is sacred.
Combining physical theater, humor and English text, The Miracle is equally suitable for audiences with different language skills.
DATE
Fri, 08.05.2026 | 8 pm
TICKETS
Click here for online ticketing.
Barrier-free access.
Largely accessible toilet in the neighbouring building, No grab rails or height-adjustable mirror available.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
CREDITS
Performance & Artistic Direction: Olivia Platzer
Outside Eye & Technical Assistance: Bryce Kasson
Video & Artistic Assistance: Ale Bachlechner
Stage & Costume: Olga Steiner
Mentoring: Lila Monti
Writing Coach: Lory Leshin
Flyer: Mario Frank
Funded by the Federal Ministry for Housing, Art, Culture, Media and Sport and the City of Innsbruck.
Photo: Dino Bossnini
LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, UPCOMING EVENTS
In this movement workshop, we explore the theme of traces in various ways. Traces can be found everywhere – in nature, in movement, and in memory. During these two days we will explore together what traces are, how they emerge, and what they can reveal or carry with them. Our starting point will be dance: How does movement leave a trace in space, in the body, or in perception? What remains from a movement once it has passed? We will work with elements from Instant Composition, Body-Mind Centering, and Authentic Movement.
The workshop is conceived as a shared space for exploration – curious, open, and experimental. We will dance, observe, follow movements, and sense the traces they leave, while also taking time to exchange and reflect together.
DATES
Sat, 23.05. & Sun, 24.05.2026 | 10 am – 4 pm (one-hour lunch break)
PRICES
Sliding scale:
Both days: 160 Euro / 180 Euro / 200 Euro
Saturday only: 80 Euro / 90 Euro / 100 Euro
LANGUAGE
English (German translation possible)
REGISTRATION
Please register at: susirosenfeld@web.de
www.susirosenfeld.com
CONNECT – Community Arts Project, LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, UPCOMING EVENTS
The workshop “Queering the Stage” examines acting and dance approaches to rehearsal and stage work from an intersectional queer-feminist perspective. Theoretical impulses from Judith Butler, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and Donna Haraway serve as the basis for a physical, practice-oriented implementation. (No prior knowledge necessary) Through small content-related impulses, participants are encouraged to question the dance, physical, and acting portrayal of characters in relation to gender/sexuality. At the same time, rehearsal structures should also be questioned in this regard. The aim is to draw attention to patriarchal patterns that are anchored in rehearsal processes and performance and, if necessary, to break them down.
DATES
Fri, 29.05.2026 | 6 – 7.30 pm (trial session)
Sat, 30 & 31.05.2026 | 10 am – 2 pm
REGISTRATION
We kindly request that you register at tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or by phone: +49 221 – 846 395 80
PRICES
Trial session:
Free of charge
Weekend workshops:
Sliding Scale: 15 – 30 euros for both days
No one will be excluded from participating for financial reasons.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Malin Assmus studied performing arts at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. After a permanent engagement at the Theater Heilbronn, Malin began working as a freelancer in Cologne in 2020. Her career has been shaped by her own work, film and theater productions, and her collaboration with dancer Lisa Hellmich. Her work focuses on intersectional queer-feminist and human rights issues. Malin is currently pursuing a master’s degree in gender and queer studies.
Funded by
Photo: Stefan Henaku
CONNECT – Community Arts Project, LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, THE AGEING BODY – Generation + (EN), UPCOMING EVENTS
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.
DATES
Fri, 12.06.2026 | 6 – 7.30 pm (trial session)
Sat, 13 & 14.06.2026 | 10 am – pm
REGISTRATION
We kindly request that you register at tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or by phone: +49 221 – 846 395 80
PRICES
Trial session:
Free of charge
Weekend workshops:
Sliding Scale: 15 – 30 euros for both days
No one will be excluded from participating for financial reasons.
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.
Funded by
Photo: Hanna Held
CLASSES, LAYOUT EN
Dance Alive is a holistic dance class that views the human being as a whole. Body, emotion, and spirit belong together, and that is exactly how the class is structured.
We work physically on strength, flexibility, and coordination (kinetic). We experience community, expression, and emotional connection in the group (emotional). And we promote creativity, creativity, and conscious understanding of movement (cognitive). Dance Alive is suitable for everyone, regardless of age or dance experience.
It’s not about perfection, but about liveliness. You’ll become fitter, freer, and feel more in touch with yourself again.And you’ll experience how good it feels to move together.
DATES
Thursdays, each session runs from 6 pm to 7:30 pm (except April 30, which runs from 7 pm to 8:30 pm)
26.02.2026
26.03.2026
30.04.2026 (7 pm – 8:30 pm)
28.05.2026
25.06.2026
PRICES & REGISTRATION
Trial lesson: 15 Euro
Regular price: 20 Euros
Register via Mail at: info@max-dance.de
or by phone: 01728838624
Barrier-free access. Participation with a rollator or wheelchair is possible.
Photo © Jürgen Wolf
