Community Arts Festival 2026 (EN), CONNECT – Community Arts Project, LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, UPCOMING EVENTS
The Dance Jam Session takes place as part of our CONNECT Community Arts Festival. Click here for an overview of the entire festival program.
We’ll start together with a guided warm-up that leads into an open community space for improvisation and dance encounters among all festival participants. This creates space for new inspiration and collaborative experimentation. Even if you haven’t participated in a CONNECT workshop before, you’re warmly welcome to join in the dancing.
DATE
Sat, 19.09.2026 | 6 -9 pm
REGISTRATION
Please register in advance at karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or by phone at +49 221 846 395 80
PARTICIPATION FEE
On a donation basis
CONNECT Community Arts Festival is funded by RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur and Office for Cultural Affairs Cologne.
Foto: © S. Große-Wortmann
Community Arts Festival 2026 (EN), CONNECT – Community Arts Project, LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, UPCOMING EVENTS
This workshop is part of our CONNECT Community Arts Festival. Click here for an overview of the entire festival program.
‘Dance to the Music!’ is the title of a 1968 song by the band Sly & the Family Stone. But what does it mean to dance to music? How can musicality be expressed? Is it by following the beat, rhythms, vocals or melodies? Or does it involve physically capturing the vibe of a piece of music to tell a story?
In this workshop, dance is taught as a sensory experience and a means of communication. Participants with varying levels of vision explore their own movement language and creativity by dancing through descriptions, tactile interactions and auditory impulses.
DATE
Sun, 20.09.2026 | 11 am – 2 pm
REGISTRATION
Please register in advance at karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or by phone at +49 221 846 395 80
PARTICIPATION FEE
Our workshops follow 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 CONNECT workshops: starting at 10 euros per workshop
No one will be excluded from participating for financial reasons.
REGISTRATION
Organizational information about the process and registration procedure
Directions
About the artists
Khadidiatou BANGOURA is a dancer and choreographer. Together with Sabine Kuxdorf, she has been offering dance workshops for blind, visually impaired, and sighted dance enthusiasts since 2024. Sabine Kuxdorf is a blind social worker, access consultant, performer (Diphtong Kollektiv, KHARABA & GUESTS), and audio describer for dance and theater (Analogtheater Cologne, Studiobühne, Sticky Fragements).
CONNECT Community Arts Festival is funded by RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur and Office for Cultural Affairs Cologne.
Image: Lorena Spülbeck
Community Arts Festival 2026 (EN), CONNECT – Community Arts Project, LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, UPCOMING EVENTS
This workshop is part of our CONNECT Community Arts Festival. Click here for an overview of the entire festival program.
For all participants in the CONNECT workshops—prior participation in at least one workshop of the CONNECT Community Arts Project is required.
Let’s CONNECT! Our performance workshop invites all previous workshop participants of our CONNECT Community Arts Project to continue working together. In an open, collaborative process, we’ll develop a mini-performance—with a focus on creative exchange and the interplay of different perspectives. In the evening, the results will be presented to an audience as the collective finale of the festival.
DATE
Sun, 20.09.2026 | 3 – 6 pm
PARTICIPATION FEE
Our workshops follow 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 CONNECT workshops: starting at 10 euros per workshop
No one will be excluded from participating for financial reasons.
CONNECT Community Arts Project ist gefördert von der RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur und dem Kulturamt der Stadt Köln.
Community Arts Festival 2026 (EN), CONNECT – Community Arts Project, LAYOUT EN, ON STAGE, UPCOMING EVENTS
This performance is part of our CONNECT Community Arts Festival. Click here for an overview of the entire festival program.
DATE
Sun, 20.09.2026 | 6 pm
TICKETS
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
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
2:00 pm Sweet Dance Intergenerational Workshop
3:30 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
3:30 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
