Events

Full of abysmal humor and surrealistic imagery, Ligia Lewis' work "Still Not Still" evokes a poetic theatrical language that shatters any fantasy of historical progress. If history is fallible, insufficient, and marked by gaps and absences, can it simply be consigned to the past? The image of an 8th century Black Madonna in Italy inspired her to create an evening dedicated to those left in the shadows by history: black and queer people, non-normative bodies. On March 23 and 24 at the Muffathalle

Which self-deceptions did one succumb to in the past?
which lies did we believe and why?

Should we have taken different paths from the experience of earlier crises and their consequences?
Why do we now experience déjà-vus that take our breath away?

A collection of material with film and audio contributions, photos and texts
on an expanded concept of the turn of the times, as well as experts in conversation.

An exhibition from March 23 to 26.

Together with artists, organizers and politicians with and without disabilities, the umbrella organization Tanz Deutschland is discussing structures and funding that will give people with disabilities sustainable access to dance. What development must there be in German (contemporary) dance so that everyone has access?
On March 24, the 5th and final module of the online symposium will take place, this time on the questions: "What does Crip Time mean? What intersectional and transformative potential does this approach offer in dance?" will take place.

What does anti-racist cultural work mean, which ideas of decolonizing unlearning processes are there and which visions of creative work without discriminating power structures can be formulated together? CHAKKARs invites to an exchange of experiences on 25.03. at HochX

Two choreographers work independently with two dancers on a 20-minute choreography to the music of the quartet. The music remains the same in both cases. On March 27 and 28 at the Gasteig HP8

Training for Everybody is the continuation of a format that has developed in the Playground since it opened in 2019. It is open to everyone who wants to activate and experience their body and their movements, but also their imagination and reflection. In the training, Anna Konjetzky & Co suggest a series of exercises and approaches that use the body as a source of knowledge to train the ability to think further and to develop dreams and ideas. No previous experience is necessary.

DanceOn60+ is a contemporary dance project for people over 60 and is suitable for all with and without handicaps. An experienced team of dancers and musicians accompanies live in the LUISE through the afternoon.

"Gatherings" is the generic term for quite different actions such as lectures, discussions, readings, films and other forms that live from the input of an invited guest. The guest input is framed by activities of the Playground team to provide another space for dialogue and exchange. The "Gatherings" revolve around the themes of Care, Alliances, Queerness and Connection as a continuation and connection to Anna Konjetzky "Nomadic Academy" and will take place every two months at the Playground.

With Dance Inclusive! everyone can dance along, easily from home. Whether young or old, sitting on a chair or talking with your hands. Two dance teachers will guide you. No previous experience is necessary, just have fun moving with other people.

The South Korean choreographer and dancer duo Zinada (Jin Lee and Jihun Choi) present their debut production HUABUN (Korean for "potted plant"). The 40-minute solo dance theater performance in three chapters deals with a very current and personal topic for the two artists: what does it mean to put down roots in a new environment and build a life for oneself. HUABUN intertwines human and plant existence in terms of content and choreography.

Inspired by Firestone's biography and these portraits written with "grim laconicity,"
choreographer and dancer Zufit Simon's solo traces the effects that political and private conflicts
can have on female corporeality. Economic and psychological-private oppression
are questioned and translated into the movement language of dance.
On April 5 & 6 at schwere reiter

The search for the divine formula: "GOD's FORMULA - The Film" lets the camera become a partner; it accompanies the dancers directly in the action, gets very close to them, reports from the choreography itself.
Stream for free from March 12 to April 16 at drangeblieben.de.

The WS plays with the "performing body" in multiple facets of interactive relationship, and with its repertoire beyond abstract dance. It is about situational movement, specific interaction, the threshold between playful gesture and dance, language as a continuation of physical communication, and improvisation with themes of play in fusion with dance vocabulary. 17.4 - 22.4 at the schwere reiter

Five performers travel into the world of Shakespeare's works. In all facets of dance theater they bring the stories of the tragic heroes to the stage. They confront the dramas of humanity, the tragedies and conflicts and continuously change playfully from character to character. Thus, from play to play, the perpetual cycle of love and death unfolds, for all the tragic conflicts into which Shakespeare's heroes fall, and for the resolution of which they struggle, begin in the name of love, which transfigures into hate, and finally ends fatally. On 18 and 19. April in the schwere reiter

We are celebrating: 50 years ago, the Swede Jessica Iwanson came to Munich and founded the Iwanson School one year later. The Cultural Department is taking this date as an opportunity to honour the significance of an outstanding artist and to look back at the beginnings of contemporary dance in Munich in the 1970s. The evening will be hosted by Mayor Katrin Habenschaden, Cultural Affairs Officer Anton Biebl, dancer and choreographer Jessica Iwanson, as well as contemporary witnesses and students of Iwanson International. The evening will be hosted by Nina Forgber.

With Dance Inclusive! everyone can dance along, easily from home. Whether young or old, sitting on a chair or talking with your hands. Two dance teachers will guide you. No previous experience is necessary, just have fun moving with other people.

Influenced by the experience of prescribed isolation, and the fundamental uncertainty of what human closeness can mean in times of a pandemic, Johanna Richter tells in fear.less beyond words, with a lot of humor and empathy, the story of six characters who, after a time in solitude, want to find their way back to a shared normality. All of them bring with them the psycho-physical traces of isolation that overwhelm them, and make them helpless to meet each other now in a confined space. They experience an emotional world of fear, insecurity, longing and the utopia of being able to meet again without restrictions. At the same time, the need for closeness reveals an elementary human need that is timeless and extends far beyond the aftermath of the pandemic. On April 21 and 22 at the schwere reiter

Training for Everybody is the continuation of a format that has developed in the Playground since it opened in 2019. It is open to everyone who wants to activate and experience their body and their movements, but also their imagination and reflection. In the training, Anna Konjetzky & Co suggest a series of exercises and approaches that use the body as a source of knowledge to train the ability to think further and to develop dreams and ideas. No previous experience is necessary.

The piece moves between overconsumption and global initiatives and reactions born on the Internet, fed by an angst-filled horror vacui, the fear of nothingness, and cookbooks in lockdown. Individualism is in crisis, but without copying nature to find forms of collectivism; a new path that fails because solidarity as such has not been established and predatory machinations prevail without clear goals or prayers. On 26 and 27 April at the Muffathalle

The group SVUNG from Budapest gives an insight into their practice of participatory dance making and eco-somatics. In their approach, they explore how space choreographs one's movements and how crossing a line can improve one's body awareness. On 29. & 30. April 2023

The next SPURENSUCHE will take place from May 08-11, 2023 at the Pathos Theater, schwere reiter and Theater HochX in Munich.

Practice Sharing with Jules Flierl

On May 11 and 12 at Celibedacheforum as part of DANCE

On May 11 and 12 at Muffathalle as part of DANCE

DANCE is returning! From 11 to 21 May 2023 the 18th edition of the festival will take place.

On May 11 and 12 at FAT CAT / Carl-Orff-Saal as part of DANCE

From May 11 to 15 at Experience-Center des Forums der Zukunft / Deutsches Museum as part of DANCE

On May 12, 13 and 18 as part of DANCE

From May 12 to 14 as part of DANCE

On May 12 and 13 as part of DANCE and DOK.fest

On May 13 and 14 at HochX as part of DANCE

On May 13 and 14 at HochX as part of DANCE

On May 13 and 14 at the Schauspielhaus of the Münchner Kammerspiele as part of DANCE

On May 14, 16, 17 and 21 as part of DANCE

From May 14 to 16 at HochX as part of DANCE

On May 14 and 15 at schwere reiter as part of DANCE

On May 15 and 16 at HochX as part of DANCE

On May 15 and 16 at Muffathalle as part of DANCE

From May 15 to 21 at Villa Stuck as part of DANCE

From May 16 to 18 at 8 Münchner Brücken as part of DANCE

From May 16 to 21 at Muffatwerk as part of DANCE

On May 16 and 17 at Freiheitshalle as part of DANCE

On May 17 and 18 at schwere reiter as part of DANCE

On May 19 and 20 as part of DANCE

On May 19 at Prinzregententheater as part of DANCE

On May 20 and 21 at Muffathalle as part of DANCE

On May 20 at Prinzregententheater as part of DANCE

On May 20 at Freiheitshalle as part of DANCE

On May 20 and 21 at schwere reiter as part of DANCE

Training for Everybody is the continuation of a format that has developed in the Playground since it opened in 2019. It is open to everyone who wants to activate and experience their body and their movements, but also their imagination and reflection. In the training, Anna Konjetzky & Co suggest a series of exercises and approaches that use the body as a source of knowledge to train the ability to think further and to develop dreams and ideas. No previous experience is necessary.

Bavaria has a new festival. Südwind wants to stir up dust, refresh and blow new ideas into the state. Every two years, it is hosted by a different Bavarian theater. It brings a selection of worthwhile theater performances from all over the country to the Schauburg and the Münchner Kammerspiele. From 5. to 11. July 2023!

In anatomy or biology classes, we learn about the human body as a skeleton or as a system of muscle strands and functions. Muscles, organs, body parts are depicted - but what exactly are these body parts, what defines my hand as a hand? And why is there no word for the area between my elbow and my upper arm? What would the body look like if we thought of it as a landscape, a weather system, or a folded skin sculpture? What do these body images look like in motion? With her piece Körperatlas, Sahra Huby explores existing body concepts and body images, changes them and plays with them. Through dance, ways of perceiving the body are expanded and alternative ways of depicting the body are presented by means of live drawings.

The Tanzwerkstatt Europa 2023 will take place from 1st to 11th of August 2023.