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In this workshop, improvisation technique meets personal physical and dance possibilities as well as individual fantasy, imagination and creativity.
Various principles and basics of dance improvisation are introduced and explored in solo, duo or group situations.
The focus is on the fun of dancing and the (democratic!) values of dance improvisation.
For everyone aged 16 and over, with or without previous experience.
DATE
Fr, 05.12.2025 | 6 – 9 pm
REGISTRATION
Participation fee: 45 – 145 Euro
No one will be excluded from participation for financial reasons.
Registration & Info: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Barrier-free access. Participation with a rollator or wheelchair is possible.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
Photo: © S. Große-Wortmann
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The public: one place among many. We appear where we are not expected. We swarm out, a collective body, streaming through train stations, streets and squares. We irritate, stand out, become visible and … disappear again. An unlimited movement collective that changes public space with performative interventions. Once a month, we meet at different locations throughout the city, create forms of movement and try them out in public. Participation is possible at any time, open to theater enthusiasts of all ages, free of charge, no previous experience required.
Please register by the Friday before the next session at the latest.
All information and registration at: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Artistic direction: Silke Z.
DATES
Mon, 01.09.2025 | 5 – 7 pm
Mon, 06.10.2025 | 5 – 7 pm
Mon, 03.11.2025 | 5 – 7 pm
Mon, 01.12.2025 | 5 – 7 pm
free of charge
Meeting point: ehrenfeldstudios
Participation with a rollator or wheelchair is possible.
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in collaboration with Rebecca de Toro und Shauna Fischer
Veline are a showgirl duo created by the Italian television production company Mediaset, whose job is to perform the stacchetti: a 30-second dance break characterized by cheerful routines and ever-present smiles.
“VELINE repertoire” is a choreographic study of these Italian television showgirls, fantasizing about their relationship with lesbian romance. While the performers trace the Stacchetti repertoire from the 1990s to the present day through dance, the girls on stage gradually turn away from the camera. What begins in mimicry turns into seduction where frivolous gestures become erotic tension, smiles become enchantment, till the choreography binds them into a romance. “VELINE repertoire” deconstructs the glossy surface of berlusconian femininity and reveals the desire—and defiance—beneath.
In this new production, Gaia Pellegrini continues the gestures and aesthetics of her previous choreographic works “Million Dollar Smile” and “culo 2 aka le veline.”
VELINE repertoire is presented as part of the LOOK guest performance series for dance art and diversity.
DATES
Fri, 30.01.26 | 8 pm
Sat, 31.01.26 | 8 pm
TICKETS
Sliding Scale: 10 – 20 Euro
Reservations at: karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Barrier-free access.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Live audio description on request.
CREDITS
Artistic Direction and Choreography: Gaia Pellegrini // In collaboration with the performers: Shauna Fischer and Rebecca de Toro // Choreography Assistant: Ley Akpinar // Music: GFOTY, Tim Pauli, Gaia Pellegrini // Lights: Haiqing Wang // Styling: Giulia Parenti // Curation: Alice Minervini
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Gaia Pellegrini is a choreographer and performer based in Cologne. Her work explores intimacy, sexuality and femininity as a spectrum. Gaia’s work has been presented at Tanzhaus nrw (Now & Next, 2024), Folkwang Museum (’54 Hours Performances’, 2023) and other venues such as MOLT (2023), NEW FEARS (2024), DAS Bologna (2025) and Fondazione Sozzani (2025). Gaia graduates in Physical Theatre at Folkwang University (Essen, 2020-2024) and specialised in choreography at the Conservatory of Dance in Barcelona (2023). This year she is researching Miss Italia and queering choreographic strategies, awarded with the research grant ‘Tanzrecherche NRW 2025’.
Foto: Rafał Stefanski
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Our daily life is full of seemingly insignificant moments, merging one into another. We stumble over them without noticing them. But what surprises do they contain? What can we discover, when we stretch, extend, and inflate time? With One moment, please, Caroline Simon invites everyone aged 3+ to dive into a world full of fantasy, poetry and humor, where everything is possible, and nothing is obligatory. Every performance is different, just like every moment…
DATES
Sat, 20.09.2025 | 4 pm
Performance for families
Mon, 24.11.2025 | 10 am
Kita Performance
TICKETS
Sliding Scale 10 – 20 €
Kids 5 €
Reservation & Infos: karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Barrier-free access.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Photo: © Michael Zerban
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Playful, and full of joy, Sônia invites women* of all ages to get their bodies moving.
She works with subtle, gentle, relaxed, and playful exercises for the body and space. These are built up calmly and repeated several times until you feel something happening…
Just move – as naturally as breathing, playing, or watering plants. Curiosity, desire, and trust open doors to expression, play, and vitality.
Basics of the training:
• Accept gravity and let it carry you
• Find balance – inside and out
• Explore and deepen movement qualities
• Let new things arise from your imagination
• Move, experience, and be in the here and now
No previous experience necessary—all levels welcome!
DATES
Thu, 20.11.25 | 6 – 7:30 pm trial session
Sat, 22.11.25 & Sun, 23.11.25 | 10 am – 2 pm weekend workshops
REGISTRATION
Please register via tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de.
Trial session: free of charge
Weekend workshop: 15€
No one will be excluded from participation for financial reasons.
About Sônia Mota
Sônia Mota, born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1948, has lived and worked in Cologne since 1989. She is primarily active in the independent dance scene in Brazil and Europe. Since 2018, she has danced for Kabawil e. V., tanzfuchs PRODUKTION, Kimchibrot Connection, MIRA by Julia Riera, ip-tanz by Ilona Pászty, and Tanzwerk VanekPreuß in Bonn, among others. In August 2024, her book Art of Presence/Presence in Art about her dance methodologies in Brazil was published.
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Foto: Günther Kremer
