Review: CircusDanceFestival program 2023

A wonderful CircusDanceFestival 2023 lies behind us: It was about the political body, our relation to human and non-human bodies, our relation to architectures and our physical environment. Overhead Project showed "What is left" twice as a Cologne premiere.

Here you can browse through the program 2023 again or get some visual impressions in the archive. During the summer break, the CDFthek is also happy to provide you with exciting input on the topics of contemporary circus and dance, e.g. with films, talks or articles.

UK Tour in March 2023

"I think it is safe to say the audiences were blown away. I myself found it to be a perfect blend of skill, accessible contemporary work, dance, acrobatics and humour." (Adrian Berry, Artistic Director Jacksons Lane)

In March 2023 we travel to the UK for the first time with the company and showed our production of "What is left" at the Lowry in Salford, Circomedia in Bristol and Jacksons Lane in London. We are still overwhelmed with the warm welcome and great feedback we got from the British audience – a big thank you to all who made the tour happening!

The production "What is left" explores spatial structures that shape human communication culture. It shows the brutal beauty of frontality and the everyday social fashionwalks of this world. Read more

Newest Production "Greenroom" premiered on March 3rd, 2023

Our latest production "Greenroom" has successfully premiered at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr on March 03 & 04, 2023!

In "Greenroom" four performers enter a constantly changing space between wood workshop, physical experimental field and exhibition. A place manifests itself where nothing is as expected and nothing remains as it was. By and with Breno Caetano, Tim Behren, Charlotte Ducousso, Simon Bauer. Read more

Focus Cologne as part of Zeit für Zirkus 2022

The international festival "La Nuit du Cirque" will take place in over 50 countries worldwide from November 11th to 13th, 2022, and will showcase the diversity of contemporary circus. In Germany, "Zeit für Zirkus" (nationwide accompanied by BUZZ & Forum Neuer Zirkus) celebrates the genre with performances, premieres, workshops, exchange formats, online formats and much more.

Cologne sets a focus and even takes a whole week for Contemporary Circus: from November 7th to 13th, 2022.

Out and Around - 5 years EinTanzHaus Mannheim

A project created in front of the audience's eyes: From September 12 to 17, 20 artists from Mannheim and all over Europe from the fields of dance, contemporary circus, physical theater, music, visual arts and architecture meet on the forecourt of Mannheim's EinTanzHaus. For several days, they will improvise, create and research together and in public as part of the Out and Around Outdoor Creation Summit. This process is accompanied by Overhead Project (Tim Behren & Breno Caetano).

Installative Version von "Circular Vertigo" bei 20. Kölner Theaternacht

Wir sind mit einer installativen Version von "Circular Vertigo" im Rund des Zirkuszelts bei der 20. Kölner Theaternacht dabei! Insgesamt stehen 37 Spielstätten mit 47 Bühnen und 42 Starterveranstaltungen am Abend des 24. September 2022 auf dem Spielplan. Alle Tickets für Einzelveranstaltungen und Guided Tours gibt es ab sofort im VVK unter https://www.koelnticket.de/koelner-theaternacht-tickets/

Publication "Circus in flux" released

The CircusDanceFestival (deputy Tim Behren & Jenny Patschovsky) released a workbook under the title "Circus in flux - Zeitgenössischer Zirkus | Contemporary Circus"! It was published July 1st, 2022 by Verlag Theater der Zeit and can be ordered now.

Tabori Award of the Fonds Darstellende Künste for the Company

The jury decided: "This honors a unique signature of the merging of contemporary dance and contemporary circus, creating a performative language of its own that makes a special contribution to both establishing and communicating the formats and their differentiated thematic worlds." (translated excerpt from the jury statement)

Adaptation of "What is left" with students at IMPACTZONE 22

In March 2022, an adaptation of the piece "What is left" was staged as part of this year's IMPACTZONE in Cologne. The series shows choreographies by international artists, staged and performed by students of the ZZT at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (HfMT).

Unexpectedly weightless: Overhead Project in the Kulturkenner-Portrait

"New circus is a genre between art and entertainment, between awakening and tradition, between physicality and partly topical issues" – this is what Tim Behren says as artistic director of Overhead Project in an interview with Kulturkenner NRW.