LAYOUT EN, ON STAGE, UPCOMING EVENTS
What happens when dance is experienced together? Dancers and the audience meet on equal footing—through movement, words, and glances. The space transforms, and so do the roles: spectators become active participants. An evening about closeness, connection, and playing together with the imagination—full of interaction and a line dance that anyone who wants to can join in on.
DATES
Thu, 26.11.2026 | 11 am (for schools)
Sat, 28.11.2026 | 4 pm
TICKETS
Thursday: 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
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
performing:group is a Cologne-based ensemble for dance and physical theatre. Since 2013, the company has been creating productions for young and adult audiences, with approximately 700 performances in over 20 countries. Marie-Lena Kaiser is taking on the role of artistic director for the first time with INTO IT. Our approach combines choreographic precision with participatory strategies. We challenge traditional play structures and develop open, intergenerational formats that involve the audience as active participants.
CREDITS
Choreography: Marie-Lena Kaiser
Adaption manager : Julia Mota Carvalho
Dancers: Jordan Gigout, Kati Masami Menze, Eslam Elnebishy, Marie-Lena Kaiser
Music : Johannes Schropp
Costum: Frederike Marsha Coors
Production manager: Bianca Mendonca
Production: Martin Rascher
Dance educator: Sarah Modeß
Light designer & technical manager: Simon Krämer
FUNDERS
Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, Kulturbüro Essen, Kulturstiftung Essen, Yeah Yeah e.V.
Koproduziert von PACT Zollverein, Theater Ravensburg, Maschinenhaus Essen
Foto: Lennart Speer
LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, THE AGEING BODY – Generation + (EN), UPCOMING EVENTS
During one week, ehrenfeldstudios will focus on GENERATION Plus.
Aging affects us all—and it does so throughout our entire lives. Precisely for this reason, questions about how aging affects us and how we shape our experience of aging are relevant in the social and in the context of dance art. The physical and dance-based approach to these themes in a non-hierarchical and non-judgmental environment offers participants the freedom to explore, question, and experience.
DATES
Mon, 30.11.2026 – Fri, 04.12.2026 | 10 am – 3 pm
REGISTRATION
250 – 450 Euro (Sliding Scale)
Registration via email: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or by phone at +49 221 846 395 80
ACCESSIBILITY
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. The entrance to the toilet is 68 cm wide.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Silke Z. is dedicated to exploring methods for the artistic development of contemporary dance. In this process, she and her ensemble view dance as a direct form of expression for human emotions and needs, and artistic production as a means of reflecting society and bringing perspectives on a given theme to light. Silke Z. has developed over 43 dance productions in Germany and abroad with her intergenerational team. Her works have received numerous national and international awards. Z. founded and directs the ehrenfeldstudios and the international network studiotrade.
Caroline Simon is a dancer and dance educator who has been working in Cologne for 25 years, where she has danced in over 30 productions by Silke Z., among others. Since 2022, her artistic focus has been on methods of dance improvisation—both in performance and in education. She performs her solos Momentology and Einen Moment, bitte (for young audiences) in North Rhine-Westphalia and abroad. She is a founding member of the European network *studiotrade* and a co-founder and co-director of the ehrenfeldstudios.
FUNDERS
Stadt Köln, Europäische Union,
Residenz COLONY, winter dance summit 26/Low Air Vilnius City
Foto: Peter Pöschl
ARCHIVE, LAYOUT EN
Important Information: “sur-facing II” by cie.nomoreless – postponed to 2027
Unfortunately, the premiere of sur-facing II by cie.nomoreless, originally scheduled for September 25, 2026, at Ebertplatz, as well as the performances on October 3, 2026, must be postponed. Due to health reasons, rehearsals cannot currently take place as planned.
The world premiere is now scheduled for spring 2027. As soon as new dates are confirmed and announced by cie.nomoreless, we will keep you informed here and through other channels.
Further information https://nomoreless.eu/
The site-specific dance performance sur-facing II by cie.nomoreless explores—drawing on the multifaceted dynamics of Ebertplatz—the interplay and tension between visibility and invisibility, rapprochement and polarization, and art and everyday life. The ensemble of more than twenty performers—with and without disabilities, of varying ages and levels of dance experience—engages directly with the flow of movement, the social environment, and the architecture of Ebertplatz, developing a choreographic structure that moves between dance intervention and urban life.
sur-facing II deliberately opens itself up to the urban space: Passersby become part of the situations, and the boundaries between audience and art blur—the spectators become co-creators of the moment. New forms of coexistence are explored, routines are disrupted, and artistic processes are made visible.
ACCESSIBILITY
The performance will be audio-described for blind and visually impaired people.
The sensory tour at Ebertplatz begins half an hour before each performance—at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 pm. Meeting point: in front of the LABOR Gallery (Ebertplatz Passage 5) Please register at: britta.renes@nomoreless.eu or by phone for the performance on September 25, 2026: +49 176 70523109, and for the performance on October 3, 2026: +49 157 32544314
Walk-ins are also welcome.
Upon prior registration, mobility assistance is available to pick up participants from the Ebertplatz bus or subway stop and escort them back.
If you have any further questions about accessibility, please feel free to contact us.
CREDITS
Choreography Gitta Roser, Paulina Jürges
In collaboration with the performers
Lara Engisch, Aaron Fischer, Maria Fremmer, Rabea Jürging, Paula Kinzinger, Brigit Kofmel, Natalia Kozakiewicz, Corinne May, Florian Menzel, Hartmut Misgeld, Nele Müller, Natascha, Clara Neff, Christina Pantousi, Elli Pieper, Tuula Simon, Iris Schweitzer, Katja Struif, Clara Osório Vilarinho, Annika Vogt, Lea Weigel, and NN
Outside Eye Denise Albert
Sound Design Tuula Simon
Rehearsal Support/Production Assistant Elli Pieper
Project Director Britta Renes
Production Manager Raphael Spiegel
PR/Public Relations neurohr&andrä
Artistic Director Gitta Roser
Sound Engineer Benedikt Fuchs
Press Photos Ralf Jesse
Graphic Design Alex Ketzer
An event as part of “20 Years of Barnes Crossing – CELEBRATION!”
Supported by / in collaboration with
Heidehof Foundation
Sparkasse KölnBonn
RheinEnergie Foundation
Funding from the Downtown District Council
In cooperation with
ehrenfeldstudios
Barnes Crossing
Unser Ebertplatz
A production by
cie.nomoreless
Aus dem Raster e.V.
Photo: © Ralf Jesse
ARCHIVE, LAYOUT EN
Chamäleon is a dance-theatre solo piece for everyone aged 8 and over, that explores the relation between the body and its natural and technological environment. The piece tells the story of a chameleon who can’t camouflage himself like all other chameleons around him, and as a result he decides to find a place, where he could fit in. Along the way he meets other creatures who guide him and give him advices, who help him find out whether he wants to fit in or rather stand out, and be special.
With Choreography, video and sound the performer is going to tell a story of courage and resilience, of what it means to be different.
DATES
25.09.2026 | 7 pm
26.09.2026 | 4 pm Double feature with Baal
Chamäleon will be performed following SWEET DANCE & BEBÍBULA by Baal
TICKETS
Click here for online reservations.
Reservations can also be made by phone:
Tel.: +49 221 846 395 80
For September 26, 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
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
Funded by the Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Cologne.
Photo: © Jens Pussel
ARCHIVE, Community Arts Festival 2026 (EN), CONNECT – Community Arts Project, FESTIVALS, LAYOUT EN
From September 17 to 20, 2026, we’ll be celebrating the first edition of the CONNECT Community Arts Festival at the ehrenfeldstudios. For four days, we’ll be hosting workshops, jam sessions, and an open performance workshop. Everyone is welcome to participate—regardless of prior dance experience!
The CONNECT Festival builds on our Community Arts Project from last year: Over the past 12 months, eight workshops for different target groups have taken place at ehrenfeldstudios, led by professional dance artists from North Rhine-Westphalia. Each workshop was tailored to a specific group: families, children and teens, mixed-ability groups, the LGBTQIA* community, people over 55, and people with a migration background.
The festival builds on this: All workshops will be offered again and warmly welcome both former participants and newcomers. The focus is on curiosity, openness, and the joy of dancing together.
A special highlight is the open jam session on Saturday evening: Here, participants from all workshops come together—across the different groups. After a group warm-up, we’ll open the space for improvisation, exchange, and free dancing.
On Sunday, our performance workshop is open to all workshop participants who’d like to continue working together and develop a performance. This will be presented in the evening as the collective finale of the festival.
CONNECT celebrates dancing together and collective creativity. For solidarity and cultural participation for all.
Following the festival, the CONNECT Community Arts Project will continue with additional workshops at the ehrenfeldstudios.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
Thursday, 17.09.2026
6 – 7:30 pm
Movement Playground | Workshop with Daniela Riebesam
For teens ages 13–22
6:00 – 7:30 pm
The Aging Body – Body, Dance, and Visibility | Workshop with Silke Z.
For everyone aged 55 and older
Friday, 18.09.2026
6 – 7:30 pm
FANTASY FAMILY DANCE | Workshop with BAAL
For children & families
Saturday, 19.09. 2026
10 am – 11:30 am
Corpo em Movimento / Body in Motion | Workshop with Sônia Mota
For women*
12 pm – 1:30 pm
Queering the Stage | Workshop with Malin Assmus
For the LGBTQ* community & anyone interested
1:30 – 2:30 pm
eat&meet
2:30 pm – 4 pm
The Ageing Body – Dance and Parkinson’s | Workshop with Silke Z.
For people with Parkinson’s symptoms and anyone interested
4:30 – 6 pm
Cultural Moves | Workshop with Caroline Simon
For people of all cultures
6 – 7:30 pm
Dance Jam Session
Open to everyone
Sunday, 20.09.2026
11 am – 2 pm
DANCE TO THE MUSIC | Workshop with Khadidiatou Bangoura & Sabine Kuxdorf
For blind, visually impaired, and sighted people
2 pm – 3 pm
eat&meet
3 – 6 pm
Performance LAB | Workshop with the festival team
For all workshop participants of the CONNECT Community Arts Project
6 pm
Showing of the Performance LAB workshop
REGISTRATION
We ask that you register in advance for all workshops at tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or by phone at +49 221 846 395 80
PARTICIPATION FEES
Our workshops operate on a solidarity-based pricing model with a sliding scale. Within this framework, you decide for yourselves how much you’d like to and are able to pay. Those who can afford to pay more help support other participants.
Workshops (90 min): 15–30 euros
For two or more workshops: starting at 10 euros per workshop
Performance Workshop (180 min): 30–60 euros
No one will be excluded from participation for financial reasons.
Participation in the Dance Jam Session and the Performance LAB Workshop showing is on a donation basis.
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.
CONNECT Community Arts Festival is funded by RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur and Office for Cultural Affairs Cologne.
Foto: © S. Große-Wortmann
