Performer mit VR-Brille läuft von rechts nach links über die blau beleuchteten Bühne. Im Zentrum eine Lampe, die einen kreisförmigen Lichtring wie ein Heiligenschein an die Wand hinter sich wirft.
Festival · 15. – 25.01.2026

TEMPS D'IMAGES

Festival for dance and technologies

January at tanzhaus nrw is all about dance and technology: Once again, annual festival TEMPS D’IMAGES is set to return. The extensive programme will present remarkable pieces, projects, and installations that make things like artificial intelligence, gaming, virtual and mixed reality productive in choreography.

Technology and AI have increasingly come to define our everyday lives – the participating festival artists probe for its forward-looking potential and creative force beyond the dismantling of bureaucracy and market interests. They are looking for idiosyncratic approaches and provide shape to their ideas through varying formats.

The festival opens with a breathtaking collaboration by two outstanding international artists: Lu Yang, among the most important voices in contemporary digital art, and Louise Lecavalier, an icon of contemporary dance, Together, they are going to present the live motion capture performance Delusional World in which mythology, sci-fi and hyper pop merge.

Viktor Szeri returns to tanzhaus nrw with his group Hollow and the piece Baby, as part of the final showcase of EU project MODINA (Movement, Digital Intelligence, Audience Interaction) in cooperation with MIREVI/ Düsseldorf Hochschule. At the piece’s centre are their virtual offspring, with which the artists reflect on creation and their joint efforts as a collective.

In collaboration with Moovy Tanzfilmfestival Köln (Cologne Dance Film Festival), TEMPS D’IMAGES will also show a programme of current dance films – a genre that was also present during previous festival iterations. Last not least, audiences will be able to experience an exhibition programme at tanzhaus nrw’s Foyer, among which will be Dominik Geis’ 3D video animation Rhythm that reflects on gestures and roles of masculinity with the aid of digitally animated characters. The Düsseldorf artist is a regular feature at TEMPS D’IMAGES as well as this year’s recipient of the Support Grant for Visual Arts of the City of Düsseldorf.