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Why does a Ukrainian artist decide to become a soldier? Polish theatre director Magda Szpecht searches for words and images to describe the feeling of seeing a friend and sister go to war – and yet still wanting to support her. Based on letters, voice messages, chats, videos and research material, what emerges is a multi-layered portrait of the everyday life of a Ukrainian theatre-maker at war.

The opening takes place within the installative setting of Dávid Koronczi’s dinner performance „BRUCHOVRAVY,“ thus creating, from the outset, a space between encounter, atmosphere and artistic practice.

In “TOIL”, Northern Irish choreographer Sheena McGrandles investigates the dancing body at work – torn between alienation and desire, routine and rebellion. Drawing on ballet, Irish folk and punk, five dancers and two musicians create a physical portrait of dance as a place of work and longing alike.

Michikazu Matsune poses a question to residents and visitors of Düsseldorf that is as simple as it is multi-layered: What is your favourite song? During the Impulse Festival, he will develop two formats: spontaneous interviews in public spaces and listening sessions in which personal favourites and the stories behind them are shared within a group.

Why does a Ukrainian artist decide to become a soldier? Polish theatre director Magda Szpecht searches for words and images to describe the feeling of seeing a friend and sister go to war – and yet still wanting to support her. Based on letters, voice messages, chats, videos and research material, what emerges is a multi-layered portrait of the everyday life of a Ukrainian theatre-maker at war.

Michikazu Matsune poses a question to residents and visitors of Düsseldorf that is as simple as it is multi-layered: What is your favourite song? During the Impulse Festival, he will develop two formats: spontaneous interviews in public spaces and listening sessions in which personal favourites and the stories behind them are shared within a group.

“BRUCHOVRAVY” is a feast with musical compositions that combines the experience of good food with the discursive or poetic characteristics of contemporary art; it is initiated and directed by visual artist Dávid Koronczi. In the Düsseldorf edition the space is given over to the traditions of funeral meals: a communal farewell to the world as we know it in three compositions, three dishes, three shared moments.

In “TOIL”, Northern Irish choreographer Sheena McGrandles investigates the dancing body at work – torn between alienation and desire, routine and rebellion. Drawing on ballet, Irish folk and punk, five dancers and two musicians create a physical portrait of dance as a place of work and longing alike.

Why does a Ukrainian artist decide to become a soldier? Polish theatre director Magda Szpecht searches for words and images to describe the feeling of seeing a friend and sister go to war – and yet still wanting to support her. Based on letters, voice messages, chats, videos and research material, what emerges is a multi-layered portrait of the everyday life of a Ukrainian theatre-maker at war.

In the face of war and geopolitical uncertainty, the transnational network of critical cultural practitioners, The Embassy, asks: What are those who do not wish to be fit for war doing? What can we learn from current protests? And how can we show solidarity with those who have no choice?

Michikazu Matsune poses a question to residents and visitors of Düsseldorf that is as simple as it is multi-layered: What is your favourite song? During the Impulse Festival, he will develop two formats: spontaneous interviews in public spaces and listening sessions in which personal favourites and the stories behind them are shared within a group.

“BRUCHOVRAVY” is a feast with musical compositions that combines the experience of good food with the discursive or poetic characteristics of contemporary art; it is initiated and directed by visual artist Dávid Koronczi. In the Düsseldorf edition the space is given over to the traditions of funeral meals: a communal farewell to the world as we know it in three compositions, three dishes, three shared moments.

In the face of war and geopolitical uncertainty, the transnational network of critical cultural practitioners, The Embassy, asks: What are those who do not wish to be fit for war doing? What can we learn from current protests? And how can we show solidarity with those who have no choice?

Michikazu Matsune poses a question to residents and visitors of Düsseldorf that is as simple as it is multi-layered: What is your favourite song? During the Impulse Festival, he will develop two formats: spontaneous interviews in public spaces and listening sessions in which personal favourites and the stories behind them are shared within a group.

Michikazu Matsune poses a question to residents and visitors of Düsseldorf that is as simple as it is multi-layered: What is your favourite song? During the Impulse Festival, he will develop two formats: spontaneous interviews in public spaces and listening sessions in which personal favourites and the stories behind them are shared within a group.

For 2025 Capital of Culture Chemnitz, artist Tanja Krone posed a simple, open question: “Chemnitz, are you safe?” The conversations revealed not only the mood of a city, but perhaps of an entire republic.

A living anatomical doll dissects itself with words in order to constantly renegotiate bodily boundaries: the unlikely intersection between lesbian* verbal intimacies, colonial-patriarchal medical history and performance art.

On stage, a word- and melody-rich play unfolds that is somewhere between chamber opera and impossible choreography, between pizza party and the afterlife. It all starts innocently enough, but when a guest reveals that they are dying of a strange illness and disappears from the party, a portal opens to the world of the (possibly) dead and undead who still have scores to settle and questions that demand answers in this world.

A living anatomical doll dissects itself with words in order to constantly renegotiate bodily boundaries: the unlikely intersection between lesbian* verbal intimacies, colonial-patriarchal medical history and performance art.

On stage, a word- and melody-rich play unfolds that is somewhere between chamber opera and impossible choreography, between pizza party and the afterlife. It all starts innocently enough, but when a guest reveals that they are dying of a strange illness and disappears from the party, a portal opens to the world of the (possibly) dead and undead who still have scores to settle and questions that demand answers in this world.

In the ‘Fremder Planet’ series, philosopher Juliane Rebentisch discusses the concept of the sublime. In philosophical aesthetics, the concept of the sublime refers to something overwhelmingly powerful or immeasurably vast.

The climate catastrophe, AI, and wars mark our view of the future. This lecture asks, beyond doomsday anxiety and positive thinking: How can we rationally talk about the future today? Florian Chefai discusses hope without certainties from the perspective of critical rationalism.

Kita-/Schulvorstellung, im Anschluss Publikumsgespräch

What happens when something suddenly changes? When a loved one is missed, when you move house, when the world starts shaking a bit? Alles anders invites children and grown-ups alike to reflect on letting go, on change and on new beginnings together – cautiously, playfully and with an abundance of fantasy.

A whole weekend of culture: In the museum by night – on stage by day. That is the ART:WALK Festival. On Sunday, we invite you to a daytime rave, a special edition of our Cultural Breakfast, a dress-up party, and to a workshop with the FFT Cubes.

What happens when something suddenly changes? When a loved one is missed, when you move house, when the world starts shaking a bit? Alles anders invites children and grown-ups alike to reflect on letting go, on change and on new beginnings together – cautiously, playfully and with an abundance of fantasy.

Kita-/Schulvorstellung, im Anschluss Publikumsgespräch

What happens when something suddenly changes? When a loved one is missed, when you move house, when the world starts shaking a bit? Alles anders invites children and grown-ups alike to reflect on letting go, on change and on new beginnings together – cautiously, playfully and with an abundance of fantasy.

Two women, one road trip, and the question: What is the meaning of life? Lisa Roy captures the millennial attitude towards life in her new novel “Alles ist Gold”.

Desenfreno Tropical combines Latin American rituals and tropical rhythms with avantgarde jazz, electronics, and psychedelic rock. The result is an experimental, interdisciplinary and danceable live set between concert, intoxication, and collective celebration.

A woman waits at the sea – for a ship, for messages, for change. Inspired by encounters with women on Europe’s shores, THEATER DER KLÄNGE develops a poetic dance piece. Choreographer Jacqueline Fischer compresses real-life stories into physical imagery between work, longing, and the ocean.

A woman waits at the sea – for a ship, for messages, for change. Inspired by encounters with women on Europe’s shores, THEATER DER KLÄNGE develops a poetic dance piece. Choreographer Jacqueline Fischer compresses real-life stories into physical imagery between work, longing, and the ocean.

Cooperativa Maura Morales typifies the close correlation between movement and sound, dance and music. In their Pulse Lab, musicians meet choreographers and dancers, to develop compositions and choreographies during a three-day creative crash, to be offered to the audience as a “peak over the shoulder”.