This workshop is part of our CONNECT Community Arts Festival. Click here for an overview of the entire festival program.

This creative dance workshop for families invites us to explore movement and play as ways to connect and imagine together. Inspired by the idea of forming hybrid communities, we let our bodies transform into fantastic beings that emerge from our own creativity. Using simple organic materials such as sticks, fabrics and natural textures, we experiment with shapes, weights and rhythms to invent new creatures and shared worlds. Through guided proposals, children and adults discover their individual movement and then open it to communication with others—moving alone, in pairs and in groups. The workshop offers a joyful, safe and playful environment where every body can express itself freely, expand its imagination, and enjoy the pleasure of dancing together. It is an invitation to curiosity, cooperation and the shared creation of a small, temporary universe made of bodies, nature and imagination.

DATE
Fri, 18.09.2026 | 6 – 7:30 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.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Catalina Carrasco is a dancer and choreographer whose work explores movement as transformation. Her creations are sincere, physical and poetic, engaging audiences of all ages. She has performed worldwide and received several awards. With BAAL, she develops a unique body-based language that enriches young audiences and sparks curiosity.

CONNECT Community Arts Festival is funded by RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur and Office for Cultural Affairs Cologne.

Photo: Alvaro Maldonado