CONNECT – Community Arts Project, LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, MEGA - Kids & Teens (EN), UPCOMING EVENTS
When it hasn′t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, but
I′ll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I’ll be there for you
Like I′ve been there before
I’ll be there for you
Cause you’re there for me too
We have all had a best friend at some point. A person we tell everything to, who we text or call when something good or bad happens.
In this workshop, we will explore through dance what connects us to our friends. Can friendship be found in our bodies? How much closeness and distance do we need? And how much strength do we find in our friendships?
The workshop is aimed at all young people between the ages of 13 and 20, with or without dance experience. Together, we will discover how to approach the topic through dance. Bring your best friend!
DATES
Fri, 19.06.2026 | 6 – 7.30 pm (trial session)
Sat, 20. & 21.06.2026 | 11 am – 3 pm
REGISTRATION
We kindly request that you register at tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or by phone: +49 221 – 846 395 80
PRICES
Trial session:
Free of charge
Weekend workshops:
Sliding Scale: 15 – 30 euros for both days
No one will be excluded from participating for financial reasons.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Judith Niggehoff initiates and accompanies artistic processes as a form of expression and education for young people in her roles as dance and theater educator, choreographer, and director. She has developed numerous productions with young people at Schauspiel Köln and Theater Marabu. Together with Sophie Halcour and Saliha Shagasi, she is part of KONNECTIVE. A performance collective whose artistic focus is on social issues that are explored from an intersectional feminist perspective.
Funded by
Photo: Anna Sorgalla
LABS & WORKSHOPS, LAYOUT EN, THE AGEING BODY – Generation + (EN), UPCOMING EVENTS
“I can deepen my contact with myself and my fellow dancers, I can be positively curious again. I feel included, not excluded – that’s priceless. And because the world is the way it is, we as those affected need to reinforce these positive feelings again and again, recharge our batteries and enjoy them. This is possible in dance training at the ehrenfeldstudios!”
(Ulrike Borchers, Dance & Parkinson’s participant)
Under the guidance of Silke Z., we intensify our own body awareness in search of new possibilities for movement. We work playfully with individual dance expression and our own creativity.
A project by Elisabeth Habel in cooperation with ehrenfeldstudios.
For ALL with and without previous experience.
For ALL with Parkinson’s.
For relatives and interested parties.
DATES
Tue, 23.06. – Thu, 25.06.2026 | 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
REGISTRATION
Participation fee: Sliding Scale 90 – 180 Euro
No one will be excluded from participation for financial reasons.
Registration and info: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Or via phone: +49 221 – 846 395 80
To enable as many people as possible to participate, we offer a solidarity-based contribution model. People who can afford to pay a little more make it possible for those with fewer financial resources to participate through their contribution.
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
The training starts with a dynamic warm-up that travels through the space including variations of complex & simple exercises, steps and floor work.
The class develops into improvisational material: individually, with a partner and as a group, and rounds up in phrases that play with speed, musicality, levels and dynamic.
DATES
Mon, 30.03 – Thu, 02.04.2026 | 10:00 am – 11:30 am each day
Further dates (instructors to be announced)
10:00 am – 11:30 am each day
Mon, 06.04 – Thu, 09.04.2026
Mon, 11.05 – Fri, 15.05.2026
Mon, 25.05 – Fri, 29.05.2026
Mon, 01.06 – Fri, 05.06.2026
Mon, 22.06 – Fri, 26.06.2026
Mon, 06.07 – Fri, 10.07.2026
Participation in individual sessions is also possible.
PARTICIPATION FEE
Single ticket: 9 euros
5-ticket pass: 40 euros
About the artist
Ayberk Esen (1984) is a Caucasian folk dance based freelance contemporary dancer who lives & works in Europe since 2009. He received his BA from ZZT Köln , in addition to his previous studies in Istanbul and Salzburg , SEAD (2009) . Since 2010 he has been working in several projects in Austria, Bosnia, Germany, Spain and Holland with Georg Hobmeier (AU) // Flow Berger (AU) // Haris Pasovic (BIH) // Edward Clug (RO) // Georg Reichl (AU) // Jelena Kostic (SRB) // Helder Seabra (PT) // Karl Schreiner (DE) // Sandra Marin Garcia (ES) // Maura Morales, (CU) // Hakan T. Aslan (DE) // Michael Schmidt (DE) // Reut Shemesh ( ISR ) // Marguerite Donlon (IR)
In addition to performing, he has taught professional dance lessons and workshops at several institutions, including Tanzhaus Basel, the Henny Jurriëns Foundation in Amsterdam, Marameo in Berlin, Tanzhaus Zürich, Tanznetz in Freiburg, ZAIK in Cologne, Tanzhaus in Mannheim and Tanzhaus in Düsseldorf. He is also planning to teach at universities and dance colleges.
Eintanzhaus Mannheim, Company training, Copyright: Ayberk Esen
& HJS Amsterdam -Copyright: Henny Jurriëns Studio
Photo © Martin Miseré
Photo © Marta-Olszewska
Photo © Marta-Olszewska
Photo in the background © Almut Elhardt
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
Click here for online ticketing
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
