Festival · 10. – 13.09.2026
Claiming Common Spaces VIII
Shift the Vibe
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FFT & tanzhaus nrw
SHIFT THE VIBE , Claiming Common Spaces VIII Festival Opening
Claiming Common Spaces VIII Festival Opening
We are kicking off the new season with a special collaboration: FFT and tanzhaus nrw, together with the Alliance of International Production...
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Thursday, 10. September 2026, 18:00
Performance
Showcase Beat Le Mot mit Von Krahl Theater Tallinn, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop und Maya Dunietz , Sieg über die Sonne
Sieg über die Sonne
More than one century ago, avant-gardists dreamt about a radical future art with the opera “Victory over the Sun”. Yet its 1913 premiere...
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Thursday, 10. September 2026, 20:00
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Saturday, 12. September 2026, 18:00
DUB-KE: Adventure in Arab Techno
The Alliance of International Production Houses has not only been specialising on the international performing arts for the last ten years...
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Thursday, 10. September 2026, 22:30
A Workshop in Times of Planetary Unrest
With Ulrike Haß und Laura Strack , Die Spur der Eidechse (The Lizard’s Traces)
Die Spur der Eidechse (The Lizard’s Traces)
The global crises and wars of the present stand in stark contrast to the actually unfathomable: The human species, entirely dependent on the...
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Friday, 11. September 2026, 10:30
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Saturday, 12. September 2026, 10:30
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Sunday, 13. September 2026, 10:30
The Art of Community
Hools of Fashion
The Alliance of International Production Houses has not only been specialising on the international performing arts for the last ten years...
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Friday, 11. September 2026, 12:00
The Art of Community
Durch unsere Augen
The Alliance of International Production Houses has not only been specialising on the international performing arts for the last ten years...
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Friday, 11. September 2026, 12:00
The Art of Community
Konrad-Lunch
The Alliance of International Production Houses has not only been specialising on the international performing arts for the last ten years...
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Friday, 11. September 2026, 12:00
Lecture
Magda Szpecht , Staging Evidence: Art in Times of Hybrid War
Staging Evidence: Art in Times of Hybrid War
Considering war crimes and human rights violations, the question for artistic responsibility arises. Less obvious are the effects that...
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Friday, 11. September 2026, 18:30
kiana rezvani , Untitled (briefly here bright)
Untitled (briefly here bright)
Marked by life in a moment of continuing violence and destruction, Untitled (briefly here bright) dwells on conditions of exhaustion...
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Friday, 11. September 2026, 19:30
- Subtitles
- EN subtitles
Ballroom party
by and with ZOE, Mandhla Ndubiwa and Aaro Assy , ECHOES By HAUS MAWU
ECHOES By HAUS MAWU
A ritual sound performance in which three multi-disciplinary artists with diasporic experience weave movement, sound, and poetry into a...
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Friday, 11. September 2026, 21:00
Talks
with Chara Kotsali, Jaak Prints, Viktor Ruban, Magda Szpecht and others , Artists’ Perspectives on Conflict and War
Artists’ Perspectives on Conflict and War
In a two-part talk with participating artists and additional guests, we examine how current wars and conflicts shape and change the self...
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Saturday, 12. September 2026, 11:00
Performance Double Bill
Karol Filo & Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki , Non-Violent Bodies (solo) & East German Fragilities – Lust auf Gewalt
Non-Violent Bodies (solo) & East German Fragilities – Lust auf Gewalt
Two solos, two young positions, two debates on Eastern Germany and Eastern Europe in the Nineties: Karol Filo looks at the Czech Republic...
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Saturday, 12. September 2026, 14:00
Open Foyer / The Art of Community
Hosted by Community of Reception , Dance like nobody’s watching – remixed
Dance like nobody’s watching – remixed
Every Saturday, tanzhaus nrw opens its foyer from 3–6 pm to anyone who simply wants to dance – free from consumerism and the pressure to...
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Saturday, 12. September 2026, 15:00
- Audio description
Talk
with Holger Bergmann, Dr. Andrea Firmenich & Daniela Schneckenburger , Between Diversity, Artistic Freedom and Social Relevance
Between Diversity, Artistic Freedom and Social Relevance
Art Funding in Times of Austerity Politics The state needs to save money – whether it is on a federal, a state, or a city level. It is...
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Saturday, 12. September 2026, 16:00
Eisa Jocson & Venuri Perera , Sweeping Sisters
Sweeping Sisters
In a performative intervention, two women with brooms between their legs transfer the practice of sweeping into public space. Based on their...
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Saturday, 12. September 2026, 19:30
Chara Kotsali , IT’S THE END OF THE AMUSEMENT PHASE
IT’S THE END OF THE AMUSEMENT PHASE
The end of the world has not yet arrived, just as the End of History has not. The only thing that is for certain: The fun is over! In IT’S...
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Saturday, 12. September 2026, 21:00
- Untertitel
- Untertitel EN
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Sunday, 13. September 2026, 18:00
- Untertitel
- Untertitel EN
Lecture performance
Claire Cunningham , 4 Legs good REMIX
4 Legs good REMIX
In this lecture demonstration, Claire Cunningham provides insights into her unmistakable movement style “Quanimacy”. She shows how the use...
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Sunday, 13. September 2026, 16:00