ARCHIVE, LAYOUT EN, THE AGEING BODY – Generation + (EN)
Age(ing) concerns all of us – throughout our entire lives. This makes the questions of how age(ing) moves us, how we want to move as we age, and how we shape age(ing) both socially and artistically relevant. Approaching these topics through a physical and dance-based practice in a low-hierarchy, non-judgemental environment offers participants space to explore, question, and experience.
DATES
Mon, 23.03. – Fri, 27.03.2026 | 10 am – 3 pm each day
Fri, 27.03.2026 | 8 pm final performance
REGISTRATION
Sliding scale: 250 – 380 Euro
Sponsorships* can be requested or taken on.
No one will be excluded from participating for financial reasons.
Registration: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
*Sponsorships can be taken on for people who need assistance with the participation fee. We want EVERYONE to have the opportunity to participate.
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.
Foto: ehrenfeldstudios
ARCHIVE, LAYOUT EN
Hunch, a solo improvisation | by and with Liisa Pentti
In this solo improvisation Liisa Pentti is looking for leaks where the undefined, the unexpected and the unconscious are becoming conscious and shaping the dance. Dance has the potential to be the new place, a place which has not yet been, a place that is not so much of drama but of poetry. Images arise carrying the dance along and dissolving into moments of not-knowing and wondering.
almost finished – Solo-Research | by and with Caroline Simon
In this solo, Caroline Simon looks for new, unknown and still to be discovered instant composition strategies. How to genuinely address the unknown, how to uncomfortably exit the comfort zone and how to evade expectations?
DATE
Sat, 21.03.2026 | 8 pm
TICKETS
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almost finished
Research, workshop, and presentation series by Caroline Simon & guests
almost finished stands for exploration and curiosity to discover new, unfamiliar, and surprising ways of “live creation.”
almost finished is an improvisation format based on method and experience exchange, and the joy of discovery.
In this project, international and experienced improvisational stage artists are invited to share their perspectives, methods, and performance art in workshops and performances.
Photo: Uupi Tirronen
ARCHIVE, LAYOUT EN
How does our use of imagery and instinct for imitation shape our dance? To what extent we can go beyond the norms and patterns embedded in our dance in order to challenge and refresh our familiar pathways while moving both alone and with others ?
Our bodies are a potential of constantly opening, muting and moving energy which naturally gets patterned in relation to its surroundings, with its culture, norms and routines. During the workshop we are going to play with different kinds of imagery -both somatic and fantasy-like- in order to explore our possibilities of a bodily metamorphosing.
DATE
Fri, 20.03.2026 | 6 – 9 pm
REGISTRATION
tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Participation fee: 30 – 60 Euro (Sliding Scale)
almost finished
Recherche-, Workshops- und Präsentationsreihe von Caroline Simon & Gästen
almost finished stands for exploration and curiosity to discover new, unfamiliar, and surprising ways of “live creation.”almost finished is an improvisation format based on method and experience exchange, and the joy of discovery. In this project, international and experienced improvisational stage artists are invited to share their perspectives, methods, and performance art in workshops and performances.
Foto: Ismo Helen
ARCHIVE, LAYOUT EN
‘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.
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).
DATE
Sun, 15.03.2026 | 1 – 5 pm
REGISTRATION
Organizational information about the process and registration procedure
Directions
Funded by
Photo: Lorena Spülbeck
ARCHIVE, LAYOUT EN
Come a little closer. Even closer. Super close. Can you feel our age? Can you taste our experiences? Do you desire our knowledge? Which body do you reveal to me?
In TEMPTATION, nine performers aged over 60 move between lust and loss, flirtation and shame, pleasure and pain and create a statement on sexuality in old age(s) in biographical excerpts and physical snapshots. TEMPTATION embarks on a journey to stimulating, lost and obscure places and is dedicated to the visibility of individual pleasure in old age(s).
TEMPTATION is a production by the Silke Z. company and was created in 2024 in cooperation with Schauspiel Köln. The performers are made up of the OLDSCHOOL theatre ensemble from Schauspiel Köln under the artistic direction of David Vogel and performers from the Silke Z. company.
CREDITS
Artistic Direction: David Vogel, Silke Z.
Direction: David Vogel
Choreography: Silke Z.
Performance: Friedhelm Friebe, Uta Gärtel, Anne Kaute, Felicitas Martin, Hartmut Misgeld, Bettina Muckenhaupt, Mina Rahimzacleh, Gabriele Seiler-Seidler, Majid Taatizadeh, Caroline Simon
Costume: Julia Misiorny, Anette Köhler
Facilities: Anna Lachnit
Lighting design: Garlef Keßler
DATE
Saturday, 14.03.2026 I 7:30 pm
VolXbühne, Mülheim an der Ruhr
https://www.volxbuehne.de/?stucke=gastspiel-temptation-kompanie-silke-z-schauspiel-koeln
Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Photo: © Sophia Ebner
