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.
The escalation of various acute global crises seems to be increasingly condensing into a collective state of fear and shaping human behaviour in the process. fear:less explores the social conditions of fear and questions the role of the body within this context.
How much uncertainty can a body endure?
Does touch become a risk?
Are we losing our sense of connection to one another?
In a relentless and challenging pas de deux, dancers Dmitrijus Andrušanecas and Hanna Held seek an intense physical connection with each other. They surrender themselves to the other, challenge their counterpart, and resolutely explore what it means to be fear:less.
“With beguiling clarity, Silke Z. proves that the appearance of analog bodies can constitute an event”
– Thomas Linden, Kölnische Rundschau (November 6, 2025, translated by ehrenfeldstudios)
MOMENTOLOGY explores the moment between the lines.
Caroline Simon moves between humor and poetry, between the expected and the surprising, between body and language, between the certain and the maybe. She creates the performance live in front of the audience.
The starting point for this dance performance is the dancer’s imagination, the mood of the room, the present moment. The audience witnesses the creation, the search, and the unfolding of the dance performance. The theme is not predetermined, but crystallizes, deepens, and develops associatively over the course of the performance.
For whom are cowboys actually still sexy? In the night we have become REAL men. Or heroes? We cry under the beer table and one thing is for sure: the fries in the swimming pool are fattier than my bum. Someone had to win the mating dance. And lose the antler fight. Sure, the two of us can be a band.
Die Nacht in der wir Männer wurden is an entertaining evening of physical theater with a night-life vibe, drag and original live music that explores positive forms of modern masculinity. From a non-binary and trans*-masculine perspective, the (i)dentityteam questions what masculinity actually is and how we want to be masculine. The artists use a wide range of artistic elements such as movement, choreography, music, stand-up comedy, acting and, of course, drag! You can expect a humorous, artistic and raw deep dive into the open-air pool of identity formation, puberty, coming-outs and transition. There are songs about feelings and male roles in relationships; there are cowboys, swimwear and courtship dances; and above all, there is one important question: Is this masculine now?
CREDITS Concept and performance: S. Rudat, Performance: Elina Brams Ritzau, Outside Eye: Sascha Malina Hofmann, Dramaturgy: Nina Weber, Music and Audio: S(i)R Music (Jakob Lorenz, S. Rudat), Kolya Wulf, Elina Brams Ritzau, Audio description: Ursina Tossi, Lena Visser, Stage and costume: Hannah Wolf, Dorothea Mines, Lighting: Jan Widmer, Photos: Oliver Stroemer, VK: Theresa Hupp
A production by S. Rudat & das (i)dentityteam in co-production with HochX Theater and Live Art Munich and FFT Düsseldorf and in cooperation with Barnes Crossing Köln e.V..
Supported by the conceptual funding of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne.
Reprise sponsored by the City of Cologne and the Karin and Uwe Hollweg Foundation.
Our culture and heritage are (partly) inscribed in our bodies, our cells, and our habits. How do culture, origin, and social spaces shape our movements, postures, and inner structures? The Cultural Moves workshop invites participants to consciously perceive culturally imprinted movement patterns and forms of expression and to experience them. Through physical exploration, observation, and lots of exchange, we examine how individual and collective stories manifest themselves in the body. Joint improvisations and small group compositions create spaces for dialogue, resonance, and new perspectives. The workshop is aimed at anyone interested in the body, movement, culture, and encounter – no prior knowledge is required.
REGISTRATION We kindly request that you register at tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or by phone at +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.
ACCESSIBILITY
We want to make the workshop as accessible as possible so that everyone can participate. Please feel free to let us know in advance via email at organisation@ehrenfeldstudios.de about any specific access requirements you may have, for example by sending us an Access Rider. We will then do our best to accommodate your access requirements as much as possible and in communication with you.
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 Caroline Simon is a dancer and dance teacher who has been working in Cologne for 25 years. Here she has danced in over 20 productions by the Silke Z. company, among others. Since 2022, she has been focusing her artistic work on methods of dance improvisation – both in performance and in teaching. 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 co-founder and co-director of the ehrenfeldstudios.
Largely accessible toilet in the neighbouring building, No grab rails or height-adjustable mirror available.
On request we offer a touch tour before the performance. Please contact us via organisation@ehrenfeldstudios.de
